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My Kill-A-Watt wattmeter let me know that I was using more power than my circuit supported (lemmy.today)

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I was wondering why the Kill-A-Watt wattmeter that I normally leave things in the room plugged into was beeping. Turned out that having an electric kettle and a space heater both on on a circuit were enough to drive the power usage over the 1800W that a normal US household circuit can provide, and that apparently the thing beeps in that case. It let me flip off the kettle before the circuit breaker flipped, which was nice.

I think I might look into a low-wattage, vacuum-insulated (to help compensate for the fact that the heat will have to be put into the water over a longer period of time) kettle.

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[–] CannonFodder@lemmy.world 5 points 3 hours ago (2 children)

Just stick a penny in the fuse and you're golden.

[–] corsicanguppy@lemmy.ca 2 points 3 hours ago

I was working at a large identifiable site when they had a power failure. In the worst possible spot, a blown fuse nuked the feed below the gennies and the transfer switch, and basically the entire place was dark.

It shouldn't be dark.

No one knew this fuse was down there, no one had a spare, it's from like 1960.

So we have a temporary fuse and the one guy needs a new screwdriver. I expect it'll be temporary - since the power on the way in is conditioned - until they decom the site in about 20 years.

[–] tal@lemmy.today 1 points 3 hours ago* (last edited 3 hours ago)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Penny_(United_States_coin)

In late 2025, the Mint halted the production of pennies for circulation, largely due to cost.[8][9]

They're antiques now! Can't expend them on such mundane uses!