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

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

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No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world · 5 months ago

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?

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Another free way of doing this is to use the power meter outside your home.

turn everything using power off

verify by ensuring the power meter is no longer moving; no electricity consumed

record current reading

turn on tv for some period of time

record new reading

Calculate usage as difference of the readings divided by how long you ran the tv for.

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