Re: Blown Kill-A-Watt meters?

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Original poster: "by way of Terry Fritz <teslalist-at-qwest-dot-net>" <dhmccauley-at-spacecatlighting-dot-com>

I sent mine back after I killed both for a refund.

But you are right, they would be cool.  VERY EASY to complete take apart,
and then remount inside your own tesla controller etc...


The Captain



 > Hi All,
 >
 > If anyone happens to have a blown Kill-A-Watt meter that a Tesla coil
 > killed or you happen to "make one" ;-))  I would like to get my hands on
it
 > to find out "why" it died (assuming, I don't kill mine first :o))).  These
 > are really cool meters and making them TC proof would be a help to us
 > all.  I could certainly pay shipping and probably the cost of the meter
 > just to discover what goes wrong and how to protect them.
 >
 > These meters are just too cool not to take wild advantage of in our Tesla
 > coiling exploits!!  I have read a little on how they work.  They are
cheap,
 > but very effective!!
 >
 > Perhaps just replacing the fuse with a resistor "might" make them kill
 > proof...  They probably only have one weakness that we might be able to
 > find a fix for.  We maybe could then send that to Prodigit so no mods are
 > needed for the next rev. ;-))
 >
 > So if you have a dead Kill-A-Watt, get in touch with me.
 >
 > I suppose we could consider adding KAW to our list of "acronyms" too
:o))))
 >
 > Cheers,
 >
 > Terry
 > terrellf-at-qwest-dot-net
 >
 >
 >
 >
 >