by Marshall Brain | January 21, 2009
If you want to save money by saving electricity, you need to know how much electricity you are using. Here’s a DIY way to build an electricity monitor:
Do-It-Yourself Smart Grid Monitor
See also:
Tweet-a-watt – our entry for the Core77 & Greener Gadgets design competition
If you don’t want to build your own, try this:
Also interesting for saving money on power bills:
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