Re: Re: Did anyone hack the electrasave unit ?

[Kevin Hawkins <lists@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Marcus Warrington wrote:
> Kevin,
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> I take it you mean leaving the current meter insitu and wiring another
> pulsed meter in-between that meter and the consumer box ?
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Yes once you get after the utility meter you can do what you want,=20
although must be installed to regulations
> Any advice on a particular make/model or supplier ?
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I use the 5196B from Energy Controls, I have split my supplies between=20
upstairs, downstairs and the 'office' and have metering on each.=20
Actually when the electricity company replaced their ageing dial meter=20
just this year they installed teh same meter (but without the pulsed=20
output feature).  The 5196B is available in both standard versions ,=20
although I opted for a slightly greater sensitivity on pulses - 10 times=20
as many.

http://www.econtrols.co.uk/kwh_single.htm
http://www.econtrols.co.uk/downloads/5196B%20USER%20MANUAL.PDF
> I seem to remember seeing some that where DIN mountable for use on
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s ?
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I have some DIN rail ones too - the DRM100's  - they a single width and=20
a bit cheaper - but their max load capacity is 25A so you may have to=20
reduce the fusing in ring mains for example which typically have 32A=20
breakers. If they are leakage breakers then they are a not =20
insignificant cost to replace.

http://www.shmcomms.co.uk/images/PDFs/Br_DM_drm100.pdf
> I suppose I could even have two secondary meters so I could monitor
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ge
> of lighting circuit vs sockets
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Yep - just as you wish and the DIN rail mounted ones make this quite=20
easy to retrofit - (although they require a live and neutral feed).

Kevin


> Marcus
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> From: Kevin Hawkins <lists@xxxxxxx>
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> It really is very cost effective to add a secondary meter with a
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> pulsed output - they're sub =A350 (+fitting) and way more dependable
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> optical.  Fitting is around a 30 minute job.
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> Kevin
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> Marcus Warrington wrote:
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>> Did anyone ever manage to get the wireless electrasave
>> electricity monitor to feed data to their PC ?
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>> Or did anyone ever manage to track down the device that
>> could optically read the digits from an old fashioned
>> Electricity meter (or gas meter) ?
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>> Marcus
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