Attleboro Library Devices Help Save Money on Electricity Bills

If you have a SAILS library card, you may want to consider checking out the Kill A Watt from the Attleboro Public Library.

There are two devices in the library and each can be borrowed for two weeks.

Katie Butler, head of the Circulation Services division, said the devices are useful in identifying which appliances are wasting electricity and could literally be killing watts.

These devices monitor electricity usage of devices such as toasters, cell phone chargers and computers, as well as other devices plugged into an outlet throughout the day.

Simply plug the device into a wall socket and then connect your household appliances to the receiver.

“It will tell you which appliances are wasting electricity,” Butler said. “And it can tell you how much it’s costing you.”

She added that the library doesn’t use them, but they are part of a collection of “stuff” such as bike locks, canvas bags and Wi-Fi hotspots that the library makes available for loan for two weeks.

These devices have been on the market for at least five years, Butler said.