Kill A Watt Electricity Monitors Available for Use

Efficiency Maine made more than 650 Kill A Watt® electricity monitors to public libraries across the state in January 2009. The electricity usage monitors and educational tool kit are available to checkout FREE from your local library. The monitors will help you detect the "energy thieves" in your home and how to contain them.

These monitors simply plug into electrical outlets and then allow a consumer to plug in any appliance to get readout on how much electricity the appliance uses and then calculate how much money it's costing. The educational tool kits include a home energy savings tips brochure and energy tips bookmark which patrons may keep.

Don't have a library in your town? Visit the Maine State Library's website to find out how you can request materials via the mail.

To calculate how much an appliance is costing you, check out this appliance energy calculator created by the Lewiston Public Library. Simply enter in your read-out data from the monitor and the page will calculate how much the appliance is costing you a month.