Comments on: Awaiting PowerMeter http://blogs.reuters.com/felix-salmon/2009/05/05/awaiting-powermeter/ A slice of lime in the soda Tue, 21 May 2013 08:40:26 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 By: solarpanels http://blogs.reuters.com/felix-salmon/2009/05/05/awaiting-powermeter/comment-page-1/#comment-29323 solarpanels Sun, 07 Aug 2011 09:16:37 +0000 http://blogs.reuters.com/felix-salmon/2009/05/05/awaiting-powermeter/#comment-29323 After getting Power Meter i have seen the difference, my electricity bill reduced by 10% http://www.solarcost.com.au After getting Power Meter i have seen the difference, my electricity bill reduced by 10%
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]]> By: power meter morgane http://blogs.reuters.com/felix-salmon/2009/05/05/awaiting-powermeter/comment-page-1/#comment-4687 power meter morgane Tue, 28 Jul 2009 05:22:36 +0000 http://blogs.reuters.com/felix-salmon/2009/05/05/awaiting-powermeter/#comment-4687 Power meter are really usefull, I can just encourage everybody to get one and to save energy by controling what they spend.. Power meter are really usefull, I can just encourage everybody to get one and to save energy by controling what they spend..

]]> By: Mike http://blogs.reuters.com/felix-salmon/2009/05/05/awaiting-powermeter/comment-page-1/#comment-1630 Mike Sun, 17 May 2009 15:48:04 +0000 http://blogs.reuters.com/felix-salmon/2009/05/05/awaiting-powermeter/#comment-1630 I think the power meters are a great idea. If this fairly simple concept takes only a small percentage of usage off the average bill, it will be well worth the effort. http://epowermeter.com/ I think the power meters are a great idea. If this fairly simple concept takes only a small percentage of usage off the average bill, it will be well worth the effort. http://epowermeter.com/

]]> By: Max Snauth http://blogs.reuters.com/felix-salmon/2009/05/05/awaiting-powermeter/comment-page-1/#comment-1317 Max Snauth Wed, 06 May 2009 13:21:01 +0000 http://blogs.reuters.com/felix-salmon/2009/05/05/awaiting-powermeter/#comment-1317 And Google gets a nice profile of those of your daily activities, which use electricity, which is, like, most activities. Not so philanthropic after all? And Google gets a nice profile of those of your daily activities, which use electricity, which is, like, most activities. Not so philanthropic after all?

]]> By: Bob http://blogs.reuters.com/felix-salmon/2009/05/05/awaiting-powermeter/comment-page-1/#comment-1294 Bob Wed, 06 May 2009 02:21:47 +0000 http://blogs.reuters.com/felix-salmon/2009/05/05/awaiting-powermeter/#comment-1294 You can do this with a spreadsheet and a Kill a Watt meter and a good wrist watch for the most part. a Bluetooth device that plugs into your main feed circuit would be better. and maybe some shareware logging applications. Major appliances you cant read with a kill a watt meter if you must know do the math and subtract the other load that you can measure or buy a real ammeter inductive type. You can do this with a spreadsheet and a Kill a Watt meter and a good wrist watch for the most part. a Bluetooth device that plugs into your main feed circuit would be better. and maybe some shareware logging applications. Major appliances you cant read with a kill a watt meter if you must know do the math and subtract the other load that you can measure or buy a real ammeter inductive type.

]]> By: pt http://blogs.reuters.com/felix-salmon/2009/05/05/awaiting-powermeter/comment-page-1/#comment-1284 pt Tue, 05 May 2009 21:53:38 +0000 http://blogs.reuters.com/felix-salmon/2009/05/05/awaiting-powermeter/#comment-1284 we released a smart meter (open source, patent free) a few months ago http://www.adafruit.com/tweetawatt/ it uses a modified kill-a-watt and it twitters power usage (behavioral) it uses wattzon, google app engine, facebook, etc - etc. we released kits and folks in the from the usa to the uk to japan are making them. we emailed google before they announced their power meter but only got an auto-reply. you can see it in action on twitter here: http://www.twitter.com/tweetawatt we released a smart meter (open source, patent free) a few months ago http://www.adafruit.com/tweetawatt/ it uses a modified kill-a-watt and it twitters power usage (behavioral) it uses wattzon, google app engine, facebook, etc – etc. we released kits and folks in the from the usa to the uk to japan are making them.

we emailed google before they announced their power meter but only got an auto-reply. you can see it in action on twitter here: http://www.twitter.com/tweetawatt

]]> By: bdbd http://blogs.reuters.com/felix-salmon/2009/05/05/awaiting-powermeter/comment-page-1/#comment-1281 bdbd Tue, 05 May 2009 21:09:23 +0000 http://blogs.reuters.com/felix-salmon/2009/05/05/awaiting-powermeter/#comment-1281 Something similar is probably true in physically intimate situations requiring energy -- the more aware you are of your efforts, the less energetic they are. Or something like that. Something similar is probably true in physically intimate situations requiring energy — the more aware you are of your efforts, the less energetic they are. Or something like that.

]]> By: Mark Levitt http://blogs.reuters.com/felix-salmon/2009/05/05/awaiting-powermeter/comment-page-1/#comment-1277 Mark Levitt Tue, 05 May 2009 20:27:44 +0000 http://blogs.reuters.com/felix-salmon/2009/05/05/awaiting-powermeter/#comment-1277 You are right that the Google PowerMeter could reach a broader audience. The company's philanthropy and resources could enable it to charge much less than competing products. I've been pleased with The Energy Detective T.E.D. device that costs US$145. I haven't tried the T.E.D. software that costs an extra US$45 and runs on a computer that must be on all the time to track usage http://tinyurl.com/6d7w3e You are right that the Google PowerMeter could reach a broader audience. The company’s philanthropy and resources could enable it to charge much less than competing products. I’ve been pleased with The Energy Detective T.E.D. device that costs US$145. I haven’t tried the T.E.D. software that costs an extra US$45 and runs on a computer that must be on all the time to track usage http://tinyurl.com/6d7w3e

]]> By: PeakVT http://blogs.reuters.com/felix-salmon/2009/05/05/awaiting-powermeter/comment-page-1/#comment-1275 PeakVT Tue, 05 May 2009 19:49:53 +0000 http://blogs.reuters.com/felix-salmon/2009/05/05/awaiting-powermeter/#comment-1275 You can get some models of the Killawatt for $20. The cheapest has a single outlet but it's still useful for spot checks of non-hardwired devices. You can get some models of the Killawatt for $20. The cheapest has a single outlet but it’s still useful for spot checks of non-hardwired devices.

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