All these Kill A Watt like products are a bit expensive because they offer a few readings and not just amp draw, $10 is probably going to be the cheapest you find, but then, most are rated at 15A which is roughly 3.3kw on 220v, hardly enough for any modern asic miner out there, there is no cheaper option to be honest, you are going to need a tool of some sort if you need very accurate measure, check if you have an amp clamp or maybe one of your friends has it.
However, the real equation, why do you care so much about getting a 100% accurate reading? whatever you get on the screen is pretty accurate, the fans don't consume enough power to even matter as far as a 3kw miner is concerned, if you own a Whatsminer you can get the perfectly accurate reading from whatsminer tool, it shows you the exact amp output/input of the power supply, it measures everything that's being powered on by the PSU and that includes fans, LEDs and the control board.
Some monitoring software like AwesomeMiner would also give you an estimate of the total power draw based on some variables, it isn't 100% accurate but maybe 90% accurate.
Topic: what tool/screen do you use to monitor actual power draw? (Read 119 times)
The one you found is overpriced. Because they know its used in BTC.
$10 design
$10 design
That's a cheaper one if it supports more than 50A or if it supports your current unit but based on the specs it only supports 0-2,400W.
That power meter is the one I usually see used by other miners here but only for GPU miners and I can't find any cheaper power meter however I found the same thing that I posted above with lowered price around $12 check the link below
- https://www.ebay.com/itm/126144188847?mkcid=16&mkevt=1&mkrid=711-127632-2357-0&ssspo=zy2DDLtQTw6&sssrc=2047675&ssuid=&widget_ver=artemis&media=COPY
Or maybe use the keyword kws-ac300 on the shop of your choice and maybe you can find a cheaper one below $12 also take note they also sell 10A of this meter so make sure to look for the one that has 100A power limit.
Watt meter would be more reliable than software, but alot that I found are expensive, or the plug versions which are not rated for more than 13a...
Do you know any cheap inline options
How expensive that you found?
After a bit of research I found a cheaper meter that you can use in ASIC units here's the unit model kws-ac300 I think you will need to extra power cable for this to successfully connect it from psu to the miner unit.
I got the idea from ebay here https://www.ebay.com/itm/404541040081
The one you found is overpriced. Because they know its used in BTC.
$10 design
Watt meter would be more reliable than software, but alot that I found are expensive, or the plug versions which are not rated for more than 13a...
Do you know any cheap inline options
How expensive that you found?
After a bit of research I found a cheaper meter that you can use in ASIC units here's the unit model kws-ac300 I think you will need to extra power cable for this to successfully connect it from psu to the miner unit.
I got the idea from ebay here https://www.ebay.com/itm/404541040081
I don't think there is software to monitor the power draw of any ASIC units usually we use a watt meter to monitor the power draw or use PDUs there is some PDU software that you can use never tested this. I usually use watt meter to monitor the power draw.
Watt meter would be more reliable than software, but alot that I found are expensive, or the plug versions which are not rated for more than 13a...
Do you know any cheap inline options
I don't think there is software to monitor the power draw of any ASIC units usually we use a watt meter to monitor the power draw or use PDUs there is some PDU software that you can use never tested this. I usually use watt meter to monitor the power draw.
as miner fans speed up and slow down, power draw is differen.
do you use some type of plug screen to monitor actual usage?
what are some options
do you use some type of plug screen to monitor actual usage?
what are some options
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