Re: Watt Meter to consumer board?

[nobody@xxxxxxxxxxxx (Dave Houston)]

http://www.brandelectronics.com

They have models with PC and web interfaces. They tend to be costly and
don't do so well on _very_ low loads.

"Declan McEvoy" <ngacs@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

>
>Thanks for all the postings & I'm busy with looking up the various links and
>advice particularly with the Data Acq boards.
>
>
>As a tail end snippet (& sorry to drag the thing a little)...there are two
>options that I am considering trying, one with Data Acquisition and one
>without.
>
>In either event, at the end of the day I still wish to be able to read what
>the watt consumption is in real time. If  I don't go the data acquisition
>road then is it just a matter of installing a "Watt Meter" on the consumer
>board? Given that we use 220 Volts (50Hz) and that the "protection" circuit
>breaker is rated for 63 amps then the meter must be able to read up to 63 x
>220 = about 14 Kw as a maximum.
>
>Would a device like this be easily got, preferrably with a digital readout
>in watts whereby a consumer could look at it it and see at any point in time
>how many watts his/her house is using.
>
>Thanks Again
>
>
>Declan
>