Power meter with data logging?

SFFMunkee

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Hi everyone,

Looking to do a few tests and benchmarks across a bunch of different hardware and one of the key factors will be power draw / usage.

As such I'm hoping to get something I can accurately measure and graph the power draw across a set of workloads.

I already have some wifi 'smart' switches that do basic load monitoring but they're only really effective to show trends, and I have an old piggyback plug that has a power meter on it, but no logging - and I really don't want to try recording the shitty little LCD is going to be feasible.

What options do I have? I'm happy to spend $100 or $200 buying something, but anything more than that is heavily into fuck it territory. So please don't recommend multi thousand dollar professional equipment unless it's really the ONLY option, or if it's possible to hire them.

Cheers
Nathan

Something like this (https://www.onsetcomp.com/products/data-loggers/ux120-018) but for Australian 3-pin and 230VAC would probably be ideal.
These exist (https://reductionrevolution.com.au/products/power-mate-lite-pml10a) but again, no external data / logging access.