Posted on January 7, 2012 [Permalink]

After more weeks 'off' than I care to think about, I got back to the bench this morning for the first carving on the final print in the Mystique series. Here's a Woodblock Webcam snapshot:

Not directly related to the printmaking, but perhaps of interest ... A new 'tool' arrived at the workshop this morning:

The thread continues in Mystique Series #18 : Carving progress ...

Added by: Gary on January 8, 2012

Excellent idea! Does it monitor your entire panel or only the circuit it's plugged into?

Added by: Dave on January 8, 2012

It's only reading the juice that is flowing through it of course. The idea is to put it inbetween any particular appliance and the plug, and measure exactly what is happening with that appliance.

What's also neat, is that it is estimating the electricity usage for the coming 24 hour period, based on what has been happening since you reset it and plugged it in. I'm using it right now to test the heater in the workshop, which keeps cycling on and off as its thermostat commands. This little meter keeps track of the amount of time on/off, and projects forward accordingly.

It also keeps track of the actual number of minutes at each watt level, and thus gives an exactly accurate readout of what you have 'spent' so far. Truly nifty!