Power consumption tuning

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On Tue, 09 Aug 2016 17:03:36 +0200
Solène Rapenne wrote:


> Buying a device to measure the power consumption is also a good idea,
> so you can check your changes.
> It costs around 12€. Example
> http://www.ecvv.com/product/1000019919.html

A lot of those cheap power meters will work with simple loads like
heaters or fridges,  but are very inaccurate with computers. I have one
and I've heard a lot of bad reports about them.