Paid $220 for a home energy monitor and now I'm fighting my fridge at 2am

Charlie Johnson · 2026-09-24T00:30:02.653456+00:00

I got one of those smart meters you clip on the breaker panel for $220 because I wanted to find out why my power bill jumped $40 a month. Turns out my 2004 fridge pulls almost 2 kWh a day and the stupid thing cycles on at 2am loud enough to wake me up, so now I just sit there staring at the app like it owes me money. Anyone else found a phantom load that made them mad enough to start a spreadsheet?

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