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Reliance Controls AmWatt™ Load Tester

Model THP103


Overall Rating 3.8 of 5.0	Read Reviews Write Review Share

Retail Price:	$39.99
Discount:	-$10.00
Your Price:	$29.99

Amp/Watt Meter
• Measures exactly how much electricity your appliances use

Hand-Held AC Load Tester
• Plug 26" cord into live wall outlet
• Plug appliance into AmWatt™ receptical

Slide Switch
• Choose amps or watts to appear on liquid crystal display

UL Listed
• Measures up to 15 amps or 1875 watts

Average Rating: 3.8 of 5.0

Written September 04, 2006

Reliance Controls AmWatt™ Load Tester Review

By Ed Tobin

Greatest little gadget since sliced bread. Really helped in my selection of a emergency gererator. I just wanted what I needed and not a lot of extra power. With this tool, it was a sinch. Ed

Written August 25, 2006

Reliance Controls AmWatt™ Load Tester Review

By PETER CASTRO

WORKS GREAT, EASY TO USE, JUST PLUG YOUR DEVICE ONTO IT AND THEN PLUG IT INTO THE OUTLET, AND YOU GET AN INSTANT READOUT. JUST SELECT BETWEEN AMPS OR WATTS. HELPED ME A GREAT DEAL TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHAT WOULD BE THE BEST GENERATOR FOR MY BUDGET? HOW MUCH POWER DID I REALLY NEED IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY?

Written January 15, 2008

How to Save Your Fish Tank from Power Failure

By Jon Hoch, Founder (Bolingbrook, IL)

Coral reefs are fragile, but it often takes an act of God to disrupt a natural one.

Stick a coral reef into a fish tank, and it's literally on life support. A simple power outage can turn your aquarium into a mortuary in less than 48 hours.

Without power, your water pumps immediately seize up. The stagnant water quickly loses oxygen, and fish start suffocating.

Without electricity, your lights go dark. Your corals start starving because they need light to produce food.

Without a UV sterilizer, heater and protein skimmer, disease spreads rapidly as the weaker creatures start dying. The ammonia levels skyrocket, contaminating the water and eventually killing hardier invertebrates.

Keeping your tank alive is a race against time measured in days… not minutes.

We bought a battery backup system for our 250-gallon saltwater fish tank. It’s larger than most fish tanks, so we spent around $400 to buy two of the biggest battery backup systems available. What a waste!

Last August, an ordinary thunderstorm knocked out power in Chicago for 2-3 days. Our two battery backups ran for a whopping 20 minutes. It doesn’t take long for battery backups to go dead along with your fish. We sell generators, so we didn’t have any problems finding a backup generator.

Other fish tank owners weren’t so fortunate. We heard plenty of horror stories on how extremely expensive fish tanks decomposed in just a few days.

Fish tanks consume lots of electricity. We actually measured the wattage using a Reliance AmWatt Load Tester.

Protein Skimmer Water Pump = 105 Watts
Water Pump 1 = 60 Watts
Water Pump 2 = 60 Watts
Heater 1 = 190 Watts
Heater 2 = 190 Watts
UV Sterilizer 1 = 30 Watts
UV Sterilizer 2 = 30 Watts
Light 1 (Blue/White/Fan) = 200 Watts
Light 2 (Blue/White/Fan) = 200 Watts

Based on our calculations, we used a Yamaha 2000 Watt Inverter generator to revive our fish tank. It worked like a charm. It packed plenty of power to start the water pump motors, which require a large surge of electricity to turn over.

Always run your generator outside since they produce deadly carbon monoxide gas. Don’t kill yourself while saving your fish.

A generator sounds expensive, but it’ll cost more time, energy and money to replace your fish than it does to save them.

Written June 18, 2008

ProForce = GREAT value!

By Harold Miller (Houston, TX)

Living in Houston, hurricane seasons can vary from a few storms to a full blown Category 4 headed straight for the city.

When Rita came close to hitting Houston a couple of years ago, it became apparent that we needed to be ready to stay and tough out the storm if we could not get out of the city.

I made the decision to start shopping for generators.

There were quite a few things that I found important: 1 - quality, 2 - load watts, 3 - fuel consumption. With a limited budget, I couldn't pick up a nice quiet unit like my buddy's Honda.

Man, that was an awesome generator but for close to $1k, it was too far out of reach. I wanted to spend around $3-400 on something in the 2500-3000 watt range.

After more research, I found what I originally thought was an off-brand but turned out to be quite popular. Going through the Coleman site, I found ProForce generators. As I dug deeper, these ProForce generators were simply just another brand line for Coleman.

After searching through the different sizes, I found it: The ProForce 3000. It was perfect. With a whopping 10 hours of run time on just 3 gallons of gas (@ 50% load), it was one of the most fuel efficient generators on the market for it's size. I pulled the trigger and bought it.

Since then, I've used it for all types of projects. From powering a camp site to helping provide electricity for construction areas, it's never let me down. It's so compact and much more quiet than other generators I've seen used.

It's one that I would highly recommend to anyone looking to purchase a generator in this size. Hurricane season for 2008 has just started here in Houston. With the news stations buzzing about being prepared this season, I know that I'll be safe with my ProForce generator on standby.

Some recommendations that I would have for this unit would be to purchase an hour meter to keep track of maintenance. EG Direct has a nice little Yamaha unit for only $39.

Additionally, it wouldn't be a bad idea to purchase the AmWatt power meter to keep track of how much load is on your generator. This will also help to balance the load between both 120v outlets. I've purchased both for my generator.

EGD RESPONSE: Harold, the ProForce is a very nice generator. You made a wise choice. Unfortunately, Coleman Powermate went bankrupt a few months ago. If you're looking for a similar machine, consider the Briggs & Stratton 3500 Watt Portable Generator. Very similar. Very nice generator.

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