Re: Electrisave Monitoring Device - A small review

["darren_karp2001" <darren@xxxxxxxxx>]

Iain,

That would be great! Where can you buy RF to PC interfaces from?

Darren

--- In ukha_d@xxxxxxx, "Iain Goodhew"
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> I too decided to buy one, due to the =A320 discount. When it
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I will hook it up to the test equipment here at uni and have a look=20
at the possibility of getting the data to the PC. It should be=20
possible to either take the data from their receiver unit, or add a=20
second 433MHz receiver to a pc interface. Depend on how much people=20
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> > Subject: [ukha_d] Electrisave Monitoring Device - A small review
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> > Hi All,
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> > As mentioned on another thread I received my electrisave 'cent-a-
> > meter' this morning.
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> > Well packed and complete, installation was a doddle. As I have an
> > outdoor plastic cavity box I decided to attach the sensor to the
> > live wire feeding my meter and attached the transmitter to the=20
back
> > of the box using some double sided sticky foam.
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> > After pressing 'search' on the back of the receiver it started
> > monitoring straight away.
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> > Configuring the device from $ to =A3 and entering my unit cost
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> > (6.6p) was a doddle and the instruction manual accompanying the
> > device made it easy to understand.
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> > The LCD which isn't backlit is nice and large (circa 4.5"
square)
> > and the readout is very clear. It benefits from displaying the
> > average humidity and temperature every 3 seconds which is an=20
added
> > benefit. A face icon displays whether it believes the humidity is
> > good or bad.
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> > You can set the device to display pence per hour, KwH or Amps=20
being
> > drawn.
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> > The MAJOR downside to this unit is that is DOES NOT keep a
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> > your consumption, so although you can take the receiver to=20
various
> > appliances around the home to see what they cost per hour to=20
run, it
> > won't let you see 'savings' made on a week by week or month by=20
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> > basis.
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> > This IMHO lets the unit down dramatically. Afterall, how can
> > you 'save' money if you don't know how much you are 'saving'?
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> > There is however, a Mark II version of the unit being launched in
> > the 2nd half of 2007 which is meant to have features like the
> > ability to link it to a PC, etc.
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> > The transmitter frequency is 433Mhz so it would be interesting to
> > see if any kind technical chap can come up with a solution to=20
allow
> > PC monitoring and recording.
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> > All in all a very clever device and well made but in its current
> > form it makes for an expensive temperature & humidity gauge.
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> > Darren
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