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TECHNOLOGY
I’m Not a Fanatic About Vampire Plugs and I Can Prove It
A few watts here and there can’t matter
Yes, I have a Kill-A-Watt meter and a Belkin whichamajiggy that does the same thing. I don’t recall exactly why I ended up with both of these except to say these things are known to happen at Amazon, and they refuse to accept responsibility, so here we are.
It’s not such a dumb idea, anyway. There have been occasions where I’ve wanted to measure something’s energy draw for a long period, and then what are you going to do if you want to measure something else?
You’ll wish you had two thingamjiggies like I do, that’s what.
Why measure things?
Seriously? You are asking why? With apologies to other humans without unmatched chromosomes, what kind of man are you? I bet you don’t even own a hammer, or if you do, it’s one of those wimpy lightweight excuses that any real man wouldn’t allow in the house unless the little woman wanted something of her own.
We measure because we can, dammit! I didn’t buy these meters to sit on a dusty shelf untouched by my fingers and opposable thumb, did I?
