"Free" power monitor.

[VK3ZYZ]

I had a fellow knock on the door a couple of days ago to see if I would like a "Free Power Saving Device".
I told him that this will not save me power, just let me see the power in use.
Still, it was free so I let him install it on my power meter.
It is a, Emerald Electricity Adviser, a Bluetooth device that has a photo transistor stuck over the smart meter flashing LED.
As this device phones home to Emerald via the smart phone app, I will nor use it. If it was accessable directly without having to log onto an external web site, it would be useful. Of course I popped it open....

It is so tempting to activate the account and have a 555 lashing an LED to "use" Mega watt hours of power!

I wonder what is in the EPROM!

 

[BillC]

Wonder how much more of this sort of rubbish will be invented. To save power - use the switch! How well do you reckon the solar panel electric generators would be performing in THIS weather?

 

[VK3ZYZ]

How well do you reckon the solar panel electric generators would be performing in THIS weather?

Surprisingly well actually. Here is ours for last week. We have exported quite a bit of power, even with all the cloud and rain.

It would be a lot better for us if our power was purchased at a fair price instead of a fraction of what it costs us to buy the same amount of power.

I just wish we could afford a good hunk of storage!

 

[BillC]

Wow, that is pretty good in the midst of all this cloud and rain. Cheers.