Re: Household electrical current to Excel ???

[Linny <easynews@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Mon, 29 Aug 2005 16:24:00 +0100, Declan McEvoy wrote:

Someone from on Misterhouse list, named Alan Womack, did built
a cheap device that seem to work fine. This was done 2-3 years ago.
look for "power meter" in the archive.

He did mention the following site.
http://www.seanadams.com/pge/

And some post have his personal pictures

> 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.

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