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Reliance Reliance Amwatt Appliance Load Tester

Simple plug-in tester gives quick, accurate digital readouts of Watts or Amps for refrigerators, dehumidifiers, space heaters, microwaves, holiday lighting, coffeemakers, hair dryers and more. Essential for calculating power needs for home transfer switches and emergency generator needs. Easy to use: First, plug appliance or light into AmWatt. Second, plug the AmWatt into any 15A electrical outlet. Then just turn ON the appliance or light. Application: Appliances, Measures: Watts or Amps, Display Shows: Digital readout

Average Customer Rating:

3.9 out of 5

11 of 14 (79%) customers would recommend this product to a friend.

Customer Reviews for Reliance Amwatt Appliance Load Tester

Overall Rating:

5 / 5

Excellent Electrical Current Measurements, August 12, 2008
By MobileBob from Mobile, AL

"I purchased several generators after hurricanes Ivan and Katrina to ensure that my family would have power after any ensuing storms. I purchased this Reliance Amwatt Appliance Load Tester to determine the electrical requirements of each of our many electrical appliances to verify that we had ample provisions for the next power outage. The Reliance Amwatt Appliance Load Tester was simple to operate and provided accurate stable wattage and amperage readings for each appliance. I now have a plan for loading appliances on my generators to ensure that the generators are each loaded within their mid-range and not overloaded providing maximum life of the generators while maintaining maximum comfort for my family. The Reliance Amwatt Appliance Load Tester is a simple and accurate device that I will never be without."

What is your level of technical expertise?: Home Handyman

Review 2 for Reliance Amwatt Appliance Load Tester

Overall Rating:

5 / 5

Handy device, April 14, 2008
By Noter from Indianola, IA

"I bought this to measure and calculate electrical load maximums for my emergency generator. The tester works great and is a must have for anyone that wants to maximize utilization of their backup generator."

What is your level of technical expertise?: Home Handyman

Review 3 for Reliance Amwatt Appliance Load Tester

Overall Rating:

4 / 5

Great gadget, January 23, 2008
By clevername from Hamilton, VA

"I bought this see how much it costs to run various items around the house. It works great but it would be really nice if it would also display in kilowatt hour to make $$$ calculations easier."

What is your level of technical expertise?: Home Handyman

Review 4 for Reliance Amwatt Appliance Load Tester

Overall Rating:

4 / 5

Good Tool, January 22, 2008
By krakus from Allen Park

"A good tool to check the efficiency of an old appliance and compare it to a new one, in as to how much money you'd save on your electric bill, buying a new appliance"

What is your level of technical expertise?: Professional

Review 5 for Reliance Amwatt Appliance Load Tester

Overall Rating:

5 / 5

load tester, January 14, 2008
By mikepe from vermont

"works very well when planing a generator purchase couldnt be easyer to use."

What is your level of technical expertise?: Home Handyman

Review 6 for Reliance Amwatt Appliance Load Tester

Overall Rating:

4 / 5

load tester, October 30, 2007
By BryanD from Neb

"I bought this to be able to test apliances to find out if the problem is the circuit is overloaded or the circuit breaker is bad. So far no tripped circuits so I have just been testing out of curiosity. It seems to work well although I don't have anything to check it against."

What is your level of technical expertise?: Home Handyman

Review 7 for Reliance Amwatt Appliance Load Tester

Overall Rating:

5 / 5

Go Green Must Have, October 8, 2007
By DrCrypto from Mineral, VA

"If you want to go Green and cut down on your carbon footprint, this item will tell you exactly how much wattage each appliance is using. It is a must have.

If you have a portable generator and want to do a wattage check so you will know that you do not want to overload your generator, this is a must have."

What is your level of technical expertise?: Professional

Review 8 for Reliance Amwatt Appliance Load Tester

Overall Rating:

3 / 5

not very accurate, October 8, 2007
By shotgun from park ridge'n.j.

"not very accurat'in my estimation.Jumps all over the place."

What is your level of technical expertise?: Home Handyman

Review 9 for Reliance Amwatt Appliance Load Tester

Top 100 Contributor

Overall Rating:

4 / 5

I like it!, September 28, 2007
By MrTommy from Carson City, NV

"We do a lot of dry and boondock RV'ing. I've got dual 6 volt batteries charged by three solar panels on the roof. This runs a 3500 watt inverter which in turn runs everything in the trailer except the A/C. I bought this tester to measure the power needs of everything that needs the 110/120 power. This way I'm not overtaxing the inverter, or killing my batteries. The load tester does the trick. It's quick and easy and so far, I've had no problems with it (about four months).

Now I've started checking everything in the house as well. I hate to say it, but it's just plain fun to see how much power EVERYTHING uses."

What is your level of technical expertise?: Home Handyman

Review 10 for Reliance Amwatt Appliance Load Tester

Overall Rating:

5 / 5

Load Tester, September 21, 2007
By Lena from Pequot Lakes, MN

"I found this product to be definately worth the money. Works great to find out what wattage and amps I will need for a generator. I have had this product for over three months now and I have not experienced any problems with it, and I have tested almost everything in my house. My husband loves to use it to test his computers to gauge what power supply he will need. That in itself has saved us lots of time and money."

What is your level of technical expertise?: Home Handyman

Review 11 for Reliance Amwatt Appliance Load Tester

Overall Rating:

4 / 5

Appliance load tester, March 7, 2007
By murry from Iowa

"Seems to work good for my needs."

What is your level of technical expertise?: Home Handyman

Review 12 for Reliance Amwatt Appliance Load Tester

Overall Rating:

5 / 5

Reliance Amwatt Tester, March 7, 2007
By Viewpoint from Indianapolis, IN

"I purchased this device to use in a trade show booth to show folks the energy savings potential of our products. I has worked flawlessly for over a month now. We also use it in the lab to adjust light level dimming by monitoring the fixture wattage. Amazing product for the price!"

What is your level of technical expertise?: Professional

1 of 1 people found this review helpful.

Review 13 for Reliance Amwatt Appliance Load Tester

Overall Rating:

1 / 5

Load search, November 21, 2006
By JS123 from Maryland

"I bought this tester to total the loads I'm currently using in my home and shop. This tool was simple to use and worked great but after I checked about five appliances it quit working. At this point I would not recommend this product."

What is your level of technical expertise?: Professional

0 of 1 people found this review helpful.

Review 14 for Reliance Amwatt Appliance Load Tester

Overall Rating:

1 / 5

Amwatt Appliance Tester, November 16, 2006
By JohnB from Las Vegas, NV

"Sorry People, Does Not Work. Not Worth sending it back, going to try and fix it Myself."

What is your level of technical expertise?: Professional

1 of 2 people found this review helpful.