tool to measure power consumption

[James Bourne]

On Tue, 5 Sep 2006, Greg Dickie wrote:

>
> This helps as well, thanks.
>
> Strange that none are rated for 230V or higher than 15A. Does noone in
> Europe need these things?

We use an APC InfraStruXure system and I know that APC makes several power
bars which include amp meters in them.  The ones we use are typically 3
phase 120/208 but you can get single phase 120/240 with any number of
amperage options.

http://www.apc.com/products/category.cfm?id=6

Regards
James

>
> Greg
>
> On Tue, 2006-09-05 at 11:51 -0400, David Hubbard wrote:
>> Haven't seen anything more featureful than an ammeter
>> for measuring current draw. :-)  What I use is this
>> little $14 thing:
>>
>> http://www.tequipment.net/WavetekELS2.html
>>
>> and then a clamp-on ammeter from home depot.
>>
>> David
>>
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: linux-poweredge-bounces at dell.com
>>> [mailto:linux-poweredge-bounces at dell.com] On Behalf Of Greg Dickie
>>> Sent: Tuesday, September 05, 2006 11:33 AM
>>> To: Dell Mailing List
>>> Subject: tool to measure power consumption
>>>
>>>
>>> Hi,
>>>
>>>   At some point in response to one of the questions about power
>>> consumption of a server, someone had posted the name or link to a very
>>> neat gadget that plugged in and told you everything you
>>> needed to know.
>>> It was much neater than just an ammeter. Does anyone rember what the
>>> name of it was?
>>>
>>> The guys in the lab are constantly blowing breakers and I want to give
>>> them some kind of tool to know when a circuit is getting full.
>>>
>>>
>>> thanks,
>>> Greg
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> --
>>> Greg Dickie
>>> just a guy
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