[ale] power monitoring

Jim Kinney jim.kinney at gmail.com
Wed Oct 14 09:27:24 EDT 2009


THAT IS COOL!!!!!! <digging out cc for purchase>

On Wed, Oct 14, 2009 at 9:18 AM, Chris Fowler
<cfowler at outpostsentinel.com> wrote:
> One guy bought this device
>
> http://www.diykyoto.com/uk/wattson/about
>
> He said his ROI was about 2 months.
>
>
> On Wed, 2009-10-14 at 08:55 -0400, Jim Kinney wrote:
>> cool!
>>
>> What I _REALLY_ want is an on-the-wall display for each room in the
>> house that shows power consumption on a  rolling time average and
>> current usage and it's part of the blasted light switch! ("Dang
>> kids!")
>>
>> Oh. And I want gizmo makers to stop putting in lights that are ON to
>> tell me the device is OFF. The Mac throbber on the power cable is a
>> total irritant at night.
>>
>> On Wed, Oct 14, 2009 at 8:23 AM,  <krwatson at cc.gatech.edu> wrote:
>> > I have seen posts in the past on the list concerning power monitoring. I recently found out about a company that has products for this and their 5000 series is even Linux compatible.
>> >
>> > http://www.theenergydetective.com/
>> >
>> > keith
>> >
>> > --
>> >
>> > Keith R. Watson                        Georgia Institute of Technology
>> > Systems Support Specialist IV          College of Computing
>> > keith.watson at cc.gatech.edu             801 Atlantic Drive NW
>> > (404) 385-7401                         Atlanta, GA  30332-0280
>> >
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