Can I Use my Multimeter to Test How Much Power my Appliance (TV) is Using?


I wanted to know if my TV actually uses only 50W of power.

If it’s possible to use a multimeter to check, how do I do it and what should I avoid?

  • Rentlar@lemmy.ca
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    9 months ago

    You can, but one of those wall plug-in power meters are recommended for your use case.

    I have one that looks like this, there are many clones that will do just fine, which gives W, A or V and you can even put a price per kWh to have it give you the cost of running.

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