Re: Watt Meter to consumer board?

[nobody@xxxxxxxxxxxx (Dave Houston)]

I think you'll have to go with one of Brand Electronics devices to find one
that is whole house and has a serial interface. I gave the URL earlier. They
start at about twice the cost of the Watts Up device.

"Declan McEvoy" <ngacs@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

>Here's a very interesting product capable of data logging and 220 VAC @50 hz
>and is cheap too. However it seems like it is designed to monitor one
>appliance only rather than Whole House.
>
>https://www.doubleed.com/secure.html
>
>Declan
>
>
>"Declan McEvoy" <ngacs@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
>news:3vZQe.4713$R5.559@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>
>> 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
>>
>>
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