Re: Re: Electrisave protocol / PC Interface

["Jim Franklin" <jimf@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

My Electrisave arrived yesterday, i had been looking at them for a
little
while, but the idea of the PC interface spurred me into action :)

Does anyone have schematics for it yet they are willing to post, or do I
have to make my own at this stage (he says in a lazy manner)?

I concur with the TV standby mythbuster - my 3 TV's consume no more on
standby than when plugged (not readable by the 10's of watts that the
Electrisave shows). Also I found that my 42" plasma uses 60W, the
14" CRT TV
in the bedroom uses 50W, and the 21" LCD in my office uses 50/60W ish.
 So
this also begs the question - why are "they" considering a bigger
tax on
plasma due to their excessive power usage?

I plugged my Electrisave in at 5pm and was an Electrisave bore by 6pm :))


-Jim

On Tue, 05 Jun 2007 17:46:11 -0000, domdevitto wrote
> --- In ukha_d@xxxxxxx, Chris Hunter <cjhunter@...> wrote:
> > 'wonder what the life expectancy on these things is ... and what
the
> > payback period would be ?
>
> Well, following it's purchase, and swapout of bulbs (halogens to
> equal brightness low-energy bulbs) and other simple changes my base
usage
> has gone from 12p/hr to 9p/hr.  This is amount that when TVs n stuff
> are on standby (btw TVs etc. on standby don't use almost any power -
> myth debunked with my electrisave).
>
> I think it cost £70, which at saving (3px24hrs) 72p/day, so
payback
> is in 98 days, or 3 months.  Even if you factor in the (£20) cost
of
> the replacement low-energy bulbs, payback is still pretty much 4
months.
>
> The original plan was to sell it, and get back some money once I'd
> checked my house, but it's still great for knowing when the
> iron/cooker has been left on - put the monitor near the front door.
>
> I'm dying for a way to get the usage data into my PC, as this could
> drive some interesting results - is it cheaper, considering food,
> cooking leccy, lights and dishwasher, to eat out? :-)
>
> Dom