aaron kulkis cmiqlkx91hotpopcom carlos e r wrote begin pgp signed message hash sha1 friday 20080215 1607 0100 per jessen wrote would look device needle rather digital readout dont think measure true rms coil needle measured thermal effects carlos aaron said readout unrelated measured advantage analog readout digital possible human see spikeschanges clearly know ive always liked analog multimeters reason dont think get needle movement rms voltage measurement amp meter tweezers used certainly work badly triac controlled motors pc power supplies allow doubt needle thing could measure ac power properly nowdays much accurate reading looking fluctuations much easier make sense needle digital readout gadget probably using new chip made market probably recently designed purpose power measurement complex waveform wonder power distributors thinking using chips house meters instead mechanic meters use doubt current meters measure total power real power imaginary power since generators see real power imaginary power everyones best interest power continue metered using current method bills real imaginary power appliance manufacturers especially electric motor manufacturers motivated design things imaginary power kept minimum real power current phase supply voltage imaginary power current phase supply voltage mon 04 aug 2008 192506 0500 opensuse ot much power pc really consume