My expectations have so far been greatly exceeded. The free software works well. I have not as yet attempted to validate the readings except to eyeball compare it to two other power meters. So far it seem at least reasonable but my impression is that it is accurate.
My initial use has been to perform thermal/power qualification on gaming PC's running Blender, Cinebench, OCCT power and other such workloads. The power consumption plots collected in those workloads seem to match the system activity very well so (at the minimum) I feel confident in using it at least as a relative measure. I have attached a sample plot of the power draw of a system running Cinebench R23 on a PC that hits 40K points in the multicore workload. The plot exhibits the expected behavior though it shows an interesting and unexpected (to me) change in the RMS voltage over time.
There are two main reasons I wanted this device. (1) my UPS seems to be shutting down due to excessive load om overnight OCCT thermal testing. I want to record the power draw of the UPS to insure that the power is not shutting off. I also want to record the power draw of the system itself to better understand the circumstances.
Notes:
(0) The construction and quality is quite good though it is a bit expensive considering what is provided.
(1) I will eventually try to run the software on Linux under Wine. I believe it should just work.
(2) It comes with two AAA batteries preinstalled. The manual claims these should last for 6 months in the worst case. This is good because annoyingly, you have to significantly dismantle the power measurement unit to replace the batteries.
(3) As far as I can see, there is no simple means of implementing a scripted start and stop of a measurement.
(4) This meter will be good for monitoring PC power consumption whilst gaming. It should at least be useful determine whether there is a power aspect of game crashes.
(5) the fastest sample rate is one per second. I'd like it to be faster.
(6) I suppose the name HOBO is acronym for something. :)
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My expectations have so far been greatly exceeded. The free software works well. I have not as yet attempted to validate the readings except to eyeball compare it to two other power meters. So far it seem at least reasonable but my impression is that it is accurate.My initial use has been to perform thermal/power qualification on gaming PC's running Blender, Cinebench, OCCT power and other such workloads. The power consumption plots collected in those workloads seem to match the system activity very well so (at the minimum) I feel confident in using it at least as a relative measure. I have attached a sample plot of the power draw of a system running Cinebench R23 on a PC that hits 40K points in the multicore workload. The plot exhibits the expected behavior though it shows an interesting and unexpected (to me) change in the RMS voltage over time.There are two main reasons I wanted this device. (1) my UPS seems to be shutting down due to excessive load om overnight OCCT thermal testing. I want to record the power draw of the UPS to insure that the power is not shutting off. I also want to record the power draw of the system itself to better understand the circumstances.Notes:(0) The construction and quality is quite good though it is a bit expensive considering what is provided.(1) I will eventually try to run the software on Linux under Wine. I believe it should just work.(2) It comes with two AAA batteries preinstalled. The manual claims these should last for 6 months in the worst case. This is good because annoyingly, you have to significantly dismantle the power measurement unit to replace the batteries.(3) As far as I can see, there is no simple means of implementing a scripted start and stop of a measurement.(4) This meter will be good for monitoring PC power consumption whilst gaming. It should at least be useful determine whether there is a power aspect of game crashes.(5) the fastest sample rate is one per second. I'd like it to be faster.(6) I suppose the name HOBO is acronym for something. :)
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Reviewed in the United States on June 15, 2023
My expectations have so far been greatly exceeded. The free software works well. I have not as yet attempted to validate the readings except to eyeball compare it to two other power meters. So far it seem at least reasonable but my impression is that it is accurate.
My initial use has been to perform thermal/power qualification on gaming PC's running Blender, Cinebench, OCCT power and other such workloads. The power consumption plots collected in those workloads seem to match the system activity very well so (at the minimum) I feel confident in using it at least as a relative measure. I have attached a sample plot of the power draw of a system running Cinebench R23 on a PC that hits 40K points in the multicore workload. The plot exhibits the expected behavior though it shows an interesting and unexpected (to me) change in the RMS voltage over time.
There are two main reasons I wanted this device. (1) my UPS seems to be shutting down due to excessive load om overnight OCCT thermal testing. I want to record the power draw of the UPS to insure that the power is not shutting off. I also want to record the power draw of the system itself to better understand the circumstances.
Notes:
(0) The construction and quality is quite good though it is a bit expensive considering what is provided.
(1) I will eventually try to run the software on Linux under Wine. I believe it should just work.
(2) It comes with two AAA batteries preinstalled. The manual claims these should last for 6 months in the worst case. This is good because annoyingly, you have to significantly dismantle the power measurement unit to replace the batteries.
(3) As far as I can see, there is no simple means of implementing a scripted start and stop of a measurement.
(4) This meter will be good for monitoring PC power consumption whilst gaming. It should at least be useful determine whether there is a power aspect of game crashes.
(5) the fastest sample rate is one per second. I'd like it to be faster.
(6) I suppose the name HOBO is acronym for something. :)
My initial use has been to perform thermal/power qualification on gaming PC's running Blender, Cinebench, OCCT power and other such workloads. The power consumption plots collected in those workloads seem to match the system activity very well so (at the minimum) I feel confident in using it at least as a relative measure. I have attached a sample plot of the power draw of a system running Cinebench R23 on a PC that hits 40K points in the multicore workload. The plot exhibits the expected behavior though it shows an interesting and unexpected (to me) change in the RMS voltage over time.
There are two main reasons I wanted this device. (1) my UPS seems to be shutting down due to excessive load om overnight OCCT thermal testing. I want to record the power draw of the UPS to insure that the power is not shutting off. I also want to record the power draw of the system itself to better understand the circumstances.
Notes:
(0) The construction and quality is quite good though it is a bit expensive considering what is provided.
(1) I will eventually try to run the software on Linux under Wine. I believe it should just work.
(2) It comes with two AAA batteries preinstalled. The manual claims these should last for 6 months in the worst case. This is good because annoyingly, you have to significantly dismantle the power measurement unit to replace the batteries.
(3) As far as I can see, there is no simple means of implementing a scripted start and stop of a measurement.
(4) This meter will be good for monitoring PC power consumption whilst gaming. It should at least be useful determine whether there is a power aspect of game crashes.
(5) the fastest sample rate is one per second. I'd like it to be faster.
(6) I suppose the name HOBO is acronym for something. :)
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