Putting a Line Voltage Multimeter in a Receptacle Box (VA4K vs Shogun Test)

I got a Volt/Amp/Watt/Wh Meter from Banggood and wanted to put it to some use. So I decided to stick it in the back of a receptacle box, making some kind of metered extension cord.

This video shows the process of doing that, but is also a test of the Blackmagic Video Assist 4K vs. the Atomos Shogun for a review I’m working on. It’s a literal side-by-side comparison of the two. Though there’s no difference in quality (there shouldn’t be — they were both recording in ProRes HQ via SDI), I recorded about an hour of footage and neither one showed dropped frames or sync issues during that time. So far so good.

More to come on that later..

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I'm a computer guy with a new house and a love of DIY projects. I like ranting, and long drives on your lawn. I don't post everything I do, but when I do, I post it here. Maybe.
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  1. I’m not an electrical engineer (wait, I am sorta). But I think the discrepancy in the current reading has to do with “power factor”. A motor can appear to use less power when you just multiply current and voltage. Because magic. Maybe the kilowatt factors that in.

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