legg  wrote:   
   > Your facility has a watt-hour meter that you can read and   
   > record manually.   
   >   
   > For single devices or wall outlets, the simplest measurement   
   > is probably a kill-a-watt or one of its clones.This will   
   > record energy consumed since a last buttom-press or application   
   > of input power.   
   >   
   > First order approximation for real datalogging is a record   
   > of current, stored on a portable PC. Multimeters with PC   
   > interface are becoming fairly inexpensive, to make this   
   > measurement - software to record and manipulate data may be   
   > slightly buggy or poorly supported.   
   >   
   > Haven't seen a really cheap datalogger, but haven't looked   
   > lately. These will also mant to interface to a PC for   
   > data recording analysis and display.   
   >   
   > RL   
   >   
      
   Thanks. Moving discussion to alt.energy.homepower where I posted a more   
   complete description of my small problem.   
      
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