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Re: [Shop-talk] Remote electric meter readout

To: "'Doug Braun'" <doug@dougbraun.com>, "'Shop-Talk List'"
Subject: Re: [Shop-talk] Remote electric meter readout
From: "Doug Armstrong" <darmstrong@nexicom.net>
Date: Sun, 21 Oct 2007 21:37:20 -0400
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One step better - if you want to see what your individual 110 volt equipment
is using.  Watt Minder Electricity Monitor Meter

$ 23.97 at this site.  May find a similar unit for a better price.

http://www.sierraenergyproducts.com/

Doug Armstrong



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From: shop-talk-bounces+darmstrong=nexicom.net@autox.team.net
[mailto:shop-talk-bounces+darmstrong=nexicom.net@autox.team.net] On Behalf
Of Doug Braun
Sent: Sunday, October 21, 2007 8:29 PM
To: Shop-Talk List
Subject: [Shop-talk] Remote electric meter readout

Hello,

I always have electricity bills higher than I expect,
and I've always wanted something that would tell me
how much electricity my house was using at any given
moment.  (Then I could tell if my air compressor or
other shop tools were a significant contributor).

I thought I would have to buy something that had to be
attached to the main power feed to the house,
involving the services of an electrician (and $$$). 
But then
I stumbled across a web site for an interesting
gadget: 

  http://www.save-electricity.ca/ 

This has a battery-powered optical pickup that
attaches to your electric meter and detects the
rotation of the disk inside it.  Then it transmits a
signal to a desktop display that shows the current
power usage and other statistics.  It's $139, which
seems quite reasonable.

Has anyone ever seen or bought one of these?  Has
anyone ever heard of something similar for sale? 
Ideally I'd like a system with a computer interface
that would let me log data, put it on a web page,
etc., etc.

Doug
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