Hello Folks
I've been using this Kill a Watt meter for maybe 10 years. It's been fine until now. Mostly, I just use it to see watt usage of various appliances/devices; have not really used the other functions. Right now, it is showing the voltage for every outlet in my residence, that I've tried it on, as roughly 198-199 volts (I'm in the USA). Probably not surprisingly, the watts display shows 42-43 when *nothing* is plugged into the kill-a-watt.
I have nothing much to lose (sure, I could just subtract 42 or 43 from every wattage reading, but that seems kind of "lame") so I thought I'd open it up and see what I can find. I'm not a EE or electronics technician but I do have a good multimeter that I know how to use fairly well.
Any tips on what to focus on as far as what type of testing I should do once it's opened?
Many thanks!
I've been using this Kill a Watt meter for maybe 10 years. It's been fine until now. Mostly, I just use it to see watt usage of various appliances/devices; have not really used the other functions. Right now, it is showing the voltage for every outlet in my residence, that I've tried it on, as roughly 198-199 volts (I'm in the USA). Probably not surprisingly, the watts display shows 42-43 when *nothing* is plugged into the kill-a-watt.
I have nothing much to lose (sure, I could just subtract 42 or 43 from every wattage reading, but that seems kind of "lame") so I thought I'd open it up and see what I can find. I'm not a EE or electronics technician but I do have a good multimeter that I know how to use fairly well.
Any tips on what to focus on as far as what type of testing I should do once it's opened?
Many thanks!