Re: Household electrical current to Excel ???

[nobody@xxxxxxxxxxxx (Dave Houston)]

Declan,

It would cut down on non-applicable responses if you would note that you're
in Ireland. What voltage do you have there?

"Declan McEvoy" <ngacs@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

>Hi All,
>
>I want to be able to monitor electrical usage in the home in real time and
>to be able to see the effects of for example turning off the TV or turning
>on the water heating in graphical or numeric form.
>
>I looking for opinions on the best way(s) and product(s) for doing this.
>
>Presumably one would simply measure the electrical current drawn from the
>consumer board and send this reading to the PC using some kind of data
>acquisition board and software?
>
>I'm really not all that familiar with the products that are out there for
>doing this and would appreciate any help / opinions.
>
>I trolled Deja News and so apologise if it has been aired before!
>
>
>Declan.
>