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My new toy is a USB-C cable with a built-in power meter

You can now buy a 100W USB-C cable with a built-in power meter.
They’re just $20 on Amazon, and they work!

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AstonJ

AstonJ

This is quite cool! I think all plug sockets should have one so we can check power usage of equipment.

I tested an old Yamaha amplifier and a new Yamaha receiver some years back and the power consumption between the two was huge (both were set to output one set of stereo speakers).

OvermindDL1

OvermindDL1

Except reading power levels involves taking a little bit of that power while also adding in some variances in it that didn’t originally exist, it’s a tradeoff. That’s why getting those little readers that you plug into a slot and then plug a cable in to it are so nice, you only have that cost when you need it. Plus cables wear out much faster so having one on a cable sounds annoying, lol.

dimitarvp

dimitarvp

But how the hell do you put 8 of these in a power strip and be able to actually read each, separately?

Always bothered me. I really want to monitor the power usage of some of my tech but having to do porn poses with my ass in the air and below the desk when I want to do a reading just sounds mega-annoying.

I’d buy wifi ones if I wasn’t a techie and didn’t know how easy they are to hack. But maybe I have to make a proper research for those that are a little more secure (if there are any).

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