RE: Maplin Wattage & Current Meter

["Kevin Hawkins" <lists@xxxxxxx>]

They seem like good little devices - it's a shame that the design is
such that the plug cable passes over the display window though. Also
means that mounting in sockets near to the floor is impossible.



            What
would be really nice is if someone could adapt these to
provide data out in some form (RS232 ?) and then you could use them for
HA electricity consumption monitoring (bearing in mind 13A max). On
that
subject does anyone do this at the whole house level and is so how -
sort of looking at current transformers at the moment having just got
my
electricity bill.



           
Kevin



-----Original Message-----
From: jpm.egroup1@xxxxxxx [mailto:jpm.egroup1@xxxxxxx] 
Sent: 03 January 2003 16:56
To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
Subject: [ukha_d] Maplin Wattage & Current Meter



Bought one of these (on-line from Maplin) with a few other bits to take
it
over the P&P limit.  The full order arrived in two days.

Some useful bits of functionality:

Shows the peak wattage & the time it occurs
You can set the cost per KWh & it will display the cost of running
device to
date.

I was surprised at the results, having tried it out on a couple of
devices
in the home office:

*  I have a couple of old Sun 20" monitors that I use with the
PCs.
These
monitors do have a power saving mode.
In normal use they consume 120W (each), in standby, they consume 40W
(each).
I will now try & remember to power them down when I do not use
them.

*  Laptop in docking station consumes only 38W (good).

I suppose I ought to do dishwasher, tumble drier & washing
machine...
the
cost of using them may be surprising to me.

Overall, seems like a good investment.


-----Original Message-----
From: roaming@xxxxxxx [mailto:roaming@xxxxxxx]
Sent: 02 January 2003 14:40
To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
Subject: Re: [ukha_d] [OT] Plamsa purchase - on the verge....


Thanks Doogie, and thanks Stu for reminding me of dv-depot - there was
some
reason I didn't use them when I went looking for the disc - probably
they
were
out of stock :-(

I know you've offered me a loan of the disk before Doogie, but I really
want
my
own copy as sods law dictates that I would want to borrow it again as
soon
as I
returned it :-/

DV depot have it in stock, @ 28 and a bit quid, so am ordering it as we
speak...

cheers,


Tony

Quoting Doogie Brodie <ukhad@xxxxxxx>:

> Mark Harrison wrote:
>
> > Have you got a UK source for Video Essentials?
> >
> > (Assuming that that IS the Joe Kane thing)
>
> I have seen them for sale in HMV before in the obscure section....
might
> be worth a shot.
>
> /me puts it in the drive and notes that it's a 3.32GB single layer
disc
>
> Let me know if you still can't source one.... ;)
>
> --
> Doogie
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