Re: Electrisave protocol / PC Interface

["Paul Bendall" <paul@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

If you want to do appliance monitoring I would go for a Watt-Meter,=20
something like this from Maplin (although it is fairly generic)

http://www.maplin.co.uk/Module.aspx?
ModuleNo=3D38343&source=3D1&C=3DMaplin&U=3DHomeBasketFillers&T=3D38343&DOY=
=3D7m6

I bought around 4 of these when Maplins had them on offer at =A311 each.

>From my experience I got the following results:

Freezer uses around 1.2Kwh per day (this is an old fridge rated at=20
class C)

Fridge uses about 0.5Kwh per day (again a fairly old unit and=20
probably rated at C)

Dishwasher uses around 1.2 to 1.5Kwh for a single cycle (This is a=20
modern Bosch unit rated A, interestly the Economy mode used more=20
electricity than Automatic [economy probably refers to water usage=20
rather than electricity])

Washing machine uses from 0.25KWh to 0.6Kwh per cycle (again modern=20
Bosch class A unit, washing at 30 degress used 0.25Kwh whilst washing=20
at 40degrees used twice as much)

Tumbledryer, can't tell you because out tumbledryer is gas heated so=20
uses minimal electricity to just spin and not heat.

Paul

--- In ukha_d@xxxxxxx, Marcus Warrington=20
<marcus.warrington@...> wrote:
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> ..yes I've wondered about the fridge myself, it's a big American=20
style one by Whirlpool and I think the main controller board has a=20
fault because there's a constant clicking sound from the front panel=20
relays and the temperature display on the front is constantly=20
flickering. I looked around on the web and it seems to be a common=20
fault, but looks like it'll cost =A3200+ for parts alone..
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> I only have one PC on 24x7 (the download machine ;)) and a=20
Homevision box. The PC is only a PII600 so I doubt its drawing a=20
massive amount. I'm planning on changing its harddrive over to a 2.5=20
laptop drive to try and shave a few watts of it.
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> 70W for the alarm panel sound massive.. that's about what our TV=20
draws when turned on!
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> One thing I did notice last time was that when I turned on the=20
upstairs lighting circuit (but with all lights turned off) there was=20
a power usage measured by the electrisave. The only thing I can think=20
of that is connected to the lighting circuit are the LD11's... I'm=20
guessing that these must draw some power to fuel the X10 monitoring=20
circuits, but I would have thought it would be milliamps.
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> One thing I might do soon is remove the Electrisave clamp=20
(transmitter) and then clamp it around the plug lead of various=20
devices to see how much each is drawing. I have some plug-in units=20
that do this but they are difficult to read when plugged in behind=20
the TV or fridge.. the remote electrisave monitor should make it much=20
easier.
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> Marcus=20