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USB Power Meters?

George Brooks
I'm looking to add an inline USB meter to my kit and google is coming up short with anything that looks high quality. I've seen a number of techs with these in their kits. Does anyone have any recommendations for the best brands/models/online retailers?
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  • OddS.
    Did you try searching for usb volt meter or usb current meter as well?
    I do not know what you need, but google returns quite a few. Here is a link to to one at Amazon: http://www.amazon.com/AboveTEK%C2%AE-US ... B00ICR1UB6 and you will see variants at the bottom of the page.

    Even if a device does not provide power readout, just multiply current and voltage (Volt X Ampere = Watt) to calculate power.
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  • SFA
    Something like this?

    http://www.ebay.com/itm/USB-3-0-Power-M ... 1606912751

    I have the USB3 version specced as it was at the beginning of 2015.

    I see it is currently out of stock but there is a USB 2 version if that would suffice.

    It's probably worth reading the reviews linked from the page referenced above.



    Grant.
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  • George Brooks
    SFA wrote:
    Something like this?

    http://www.ebay.com/itm/USB-3-0-Power-M ... 1606912751

    I have the USB3 version specced as it was at the beginning of 2015.

    I see it is currently out of stock but there is a USB 2 version if that would suffice.

    It's probably worth reading the reviews linked from the page referenced above.


    Grant.


    Yes, I searched amazon and saw that one and a few others. Like I said, none that I've found so far look like they're high enough quality for my taste.


    OddS wrote:
    Did you try searching for usb volt meter or usb current meter as well?
    I do not know what you need, but google returns quite a few. Here is a link to to one at Amazon: http://www.amazon.com/AboveTEK%C2%AE-US ... B00ICR1UB6 and you will see variants at the bottom of the page.

    Even if a device does not provide power readout, just multiply current and voltage (Volt X Ampere = Watt) to calculate power.


    That's more like it, I'll see if I can find that in stock elsewhere. USB 3.0 is a must for me as these days I'm usually teching Phase IQ backs, D810 and 5DS
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