Odds are that your devices are wasting more energy and costing you more money than you're aware. A simple tool called a Kill a Watt meter can help find the offenders in your outlets.

The library stocked its four Kill A Watt devices a year ago -- two at the main branch and two in South Norwalk -- inspired by counterparts throughout southern Fairfield County.

The Kill a Watt manual isn't written in laymen's terms, so Chris tells us what to do. "On this toaster, turn it over," Clubb explained. "Look for what we call a 'name plate' reading.

Kill A Watt from P3 International is a pretty simple concept: It's essentially a meter that tracks the power consumption of whatever's plugged into it.

The device, available to Washington County library cardholders, plugs into an electrical socket to measure the energy usage of household appliances and electronics.

Watt meters like the Kill A Watt ($25) and Watts Up ($96) are designed to help you measure how much electricity appliances, electronic equipment, and other devices around your house use during ...

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Kill-A-Watt’s latest version lets you see three stats at once: the current voltage, elapsed time, and cumulative use (which has an unfortunate abbreviation). You also get the programmable ...

The Los Angeles Public Library has 300 “Kill-a-Watt” brand electricity usage monitors stocked at its 73 library locations and available for home use. They retail for around $25.

If you're interested in how much energy your electronics use, it's hard to find a device better than a Kill A Watt—except maybe the Kill A Watt EZ! P3 International now offers model P4600, which ...