By: JBeale
“80 W baseline is… over 20% of the total annual consumption here.” Not bad, you use about 1/3 of the US average, 1.3 kW continuous (11496 kWh per year) according to...
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Hello Glyn – wow, great site, lots of progress clearly! I tend to develop my own solutions, because it gives me more flexibility and lets me learn more. So yeah, EmonCMS looks good, and so do a few...
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Indeed, see also this list of per-capita consumpation values: US = 1363 W, NL = 767. I’m at about 350. But these numbers are a bit skewed: heating in the Netherlands is almost entirely by natural gas....
View ArticleBy: Ronald
that unexplained vampire power : could it be your fridge ? aquarium heating ?
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Fridge would be periodic, right? We have two, but when off I assume they are not consuming much. No aquarium here (anymore). Couple of efficient devices, each drawing 1..2W, but apart from that I...
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If you graph that 80%, is there any fluctuation? That would suggest a fridge or something running (twice per hour), coinciding with you observing baseline consumption. Other usual suspects are control...
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Fridges are perverse – they contain heaters! To prevent condensation forming on the outside panels, instead of improving the insulation, most vendors include heating in the double wall. The smart ones...
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I just white this one, i also have an FV system on my roof and i just want to make a sensor thet send me the pulse counter.(maybe you remember) But … i think the next step for the pulse sensor is to...
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I have a power outlet right next to the fuse box, so no low-power demands here, sorry. You can probably make it use a lot less power by pulsing the LEDs on the pulse counters (once every few ms is no...
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