RE: Electrisave Monitoring Device - A small review

["Paul Gale" <groups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

I got mine yesterday - I agree, a cumulative meter would have been good -
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ut it is good to see a snap shot of consumption at any one time - and to
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able to turn kit on/off and see how much it's using.

The ability to see current draw in amps is also nice.

I'm quite pleased with mine - at =A350 rather than =A370 !!!

Paul.



> -----Original Message-----
> From: ukha_d@xxxxxxx [mailto:ukha_d@xxxxxxx] On Behalf Of
> darren_karp2001
> Sent: 13 January 2006 11:34
> To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
> 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 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 per Kwh
> (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 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 being
> drawn.
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> The MAJOR downside to this unit is that is DOES NOT keep a tally of
> your consumption, so although you can take the receiver to various
> appliances around the home to see what they cost per hour to run, it
> won't let you see 'savings' made on a week by week or month by month
> 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 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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