beer planet

Updated: December 19th, 2007

If you haven't heard yet, there's a cool useful little device that you can buy for about $20, called the Kill-A-Watt. You plug it into the power outlet, then plug something into it and observe various fun facts about the plugged in device, such as the power consumption, voltage, amperage, etc. I started plugging things in and recording power consumption that you can see below. Here are the results I got so far (updated often):

• Vizio P50 HDTV 50" plasma
  • standby: 0-1W
  • on - perfect white screen: 450W (OUCH!)
  • on - bright screen: 350-430W
  • on - medium brightness: 250-350W
  • on - dark scenes: 200-250W
  • on - perfect black screen: 185W
• Torchiere floor lamp with a 300W bulb
  • 1st torchiere - on: 272W
  • 2nd torchiere - on: 305W
• Cell phone charger
  • no phone, no LED: 0W
  • no phone, LED on: 0W
  • phone charging (Samsung A900): 3W
  • phone charged (Samsung A900): 0W
• Dell 90W laptop charger
  • no laptop, LED on: 0W
  • laptop on, screen on, already charged: 33W
  • laptop on, screen off, charging: 74W
  • laptop on, screen on, charging: 85W
• Revlon 1875W blow dryer
  • low cool setting: 192W
  • medium cool setting: 231W
  • high cool setting: 251W
  • low hot setting: 408W
  • medium hot setting: 644W
  • high hot setting: 1520W (HOLY SHIT! Blow drying your hair may just be the most expensive thing you can do. Don't you have some baby seals to club?)
• Braun WK200B AquaExpress electric water kettle
  • on: 1430W (SHITx2! If you like to constantly reheat your tea kettle, like some people I know, maybe you should switch to a regular stovetop one)
• Rowenta electric water kettle
  • on: 1465W
• Plain 2 slot toaster
  • on: 950W (and 8 Amps! If everyone just gets rid of their kitchens, we will have an instant green paradise)
• Honeywell 51000 air cleaner
  • on - low setting: 57W
  • on - high setting: 94W
• Honeywell compact fan similar to this one
  • on - low setting: 28W
  • on - medium setting: 36W
  • on - high setting: 45W
• Panasonic MC-V5710 vacuum cleaner (10A)
• on - 900W (8A, guess it's getting old)
• Norelco electric shaver
• plugged in - charging: 3W
• plugged in - in use: 0W (apparently, the shaver can't charge while being in use)
• plugged in - charged: 0W (no overcharging is done when you leave the charge on for too long)

Got any requests? Post and I'll try to fulfill and publish them here.