Do you know where the energy hogs in your home are?
Did you know that the Franklin Public Library, in addition to lending books and media, also lends “things”?
Their library of things includes items such as games, electronic devices, kitchen appliances, a telescope, and more; it also includes an electrical power monitor named “Kill A Watt”. The Kill A Watt power monitor is a small, portable device which can plug into a power outlet, and then monitors the electric power usage of anything which is plugged into it.
The following testimonial was written by David Rittenhouse in October 2023, and can be found on the EnergizeFranklin.org Testimonials page :
“I use a dehumidifier in my basement. Because it uses a compressor, it uses significant electricity while running. I found this out by borrowing a Kill A Watt Monitor from the Franklin Public Library "Library of Things" collection.
There are two major ways to use it: 1) Press the "Watt" button to find out real-time usage (in this case about 500 watts) when the unit is on; 2) use the KWH or killawatt hour button to see how much energy is used over time. The library lets you borrow this device for 3 weeks.
I ran my humidifier for 2 weeks and doubled the KWH to get a rough energy usage per month. I bought a new dehumidifier and will be saving electricity and using it year-round, now that it rarely needs to come on during the heating season to keep humidity at a healthy level below 60%. (Please note that the Franklin Library only has a partial list of things on their website, and at the time of writing did not include the TOOLS KILL A WATT MONITOR.)
My old dehumidifier was 20+ years old. My next project will be to see how much electricity my 20+ year old refrigerator uses.”
For more information on this and other energy-saving ideas, please visit EnergizeFranklin.org !
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| borrowing a Kill A Watt Monitor from the Franklin Public Library "Library of Things" collection |
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