A few pennies here and there and you can save some serious money...

A little Proa Madness, the price tag on what it costs to sow hate, and yet another storm wending its way towards someone somewhere...

Since I'm in the process of testing a new wind generator I thought it would be nice to install a dedicated power monitor to the circuit so I could get some serious feedback in terms of how many amps and amp hours it provides along with the voltage at various wind speeds etc...

Now being on a boat, one is tempted to look at marine meters or suchlike if for no other reason to establish a base to compare better stuff to...

Now, a lot of readers are aware that we have a Xantrex-free boat and that, as far as I'm concerned, it was a happy, happy day when we excised the last bit of ill-performing Xantrex gear off "So It Goes", but since it is the usual suspect in things energy related I always check to see what it costs... In this case, a whopping $243 at discount.

Looking around, I find a much better unit which would handle almost everyone's energy monitoring needs on a boat in the Doc Wattson digital meter over at Power Werx for just shy of $60...

This is however somewhat overkill for my needs for a dedicated energy monitor for a wind generator so I checked for something cheaper and found the little sister unit "Watts Up" to the Doc Wattson on Amazon for a kiss less than $50...

Looks like just the thing!

Listening to an Eagle's cover

So it goes...