Can I Use my Multimeter to Test How Much Power my Appliance (TV) is Using?


I wanted to know if my TV actually uses only 50W of power.

If it’s possible to use a multimeter to check, how do I do it and what should I avoid?

  • Thorry84@feddit.nl
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    5 months ago

    If you’re the kind of person who doesn’t know how to do this, you probably don’t have a true RMS meter and getting any kind of accurate reading is probably a no go.

    Also something like a TV has a highly variable power draw, so a measurement of power over a longer time is probably more useful than a momentary snapshot. This is why most energy rating have something like kwh per year for some kind of defined typical usage.