Comments on: A day in the life…of my electricity http://www.plentyways.com/blog/2009/08/a-day-in-the-life-of-my-electricity/ Green News, Reviews and Tips Wed, 05 May 2010 19:38:23 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Brendan http://www.plentyways.com/blog/2009/08/a-day-in-the-life-of-my-electricity/comment-page-1/#comment-79 Brendan Tue, 15 Sep 2009 20:14:50 +0000 http://www.plentyways.com/blog/?p=202#comment-79 Just following up to say that Sam posted his<a href="http://www.plentyways.com/blog/2009/09/how-i-created-my-home-energy-monitor/" rel="nofollow"> How-To article here</a>. We also cover <a href="http://www.plentyways.com/blog/2009/09/google-powermeter-tracking-your-energy-usage/" rel="nofollow">Google PowerMeter here</a>, which similarly monitors your home energy usage. Just following up to say that Sam posted his How-To article here. We also cover Google PowerMeter here, which similarly monitors your home energy usage.

]]> By: Google PowerMeter – Tracking your energy usage. | PlentyWays Green Blog http://www.plentyways.com/blog/2009/08/a-day-in-the-life-of-my-electricity/comment-page-1/#comment-69 Google PowerMeter – Tracking your energy usage. | PlentyWays Green Blog Thu, 10 Sep 2009 12:03:36 +0000 http://www.plentyways.com/blog/?p=202#comment-69 [...] and kettles will provide a characteristic spike in your electricity usage so you will be able to identify the electrical footprint of all the utilities in your house. Knowing Google, there will be a few unexpected extras thrown in there as well. It’s [...] [...] and kettles will provide a characteristic spike in your electricity usage so you will be able to identify the electrical footprint of all the utilities in your house. Knowing Google, there will be a few unexpected extras thrown in there as well. It’s [...]

]]> By: Brendan http://www.plentyways.com/blog/2009/08/a-day-in-the-life-of-my-electricity/comment-page-1/#comment-59 Brendan Fri, 04 Sep 2009 19:29:21 +0000 http://www.plentyways.com/blog/?p=202#comment-59 Hi Jason, Yes, you need an energy monitor - it doesn't have to come from your utility provider, anything that has custom reporting built in should work. Sam used a unit made by CurrentCost and <a href="http://www.plentyways.com/blog/2009/07/sams-household-energy-usage/" rel="nofollow">hooked it up to a laptop</a>. He then custom made the integration to get it posting to the webpage in real time. Good news is he will have a How-To article on this soon, so look out for that. Hi Jason,

Yes, you need an energy monitor – it doesn’t have to come from your utility provider, anything that has custom reporting built in should work. Sam used a unit made by CurrentCost and hooked it up to a laptop. He then custom made the integration to get it posting to the webpage in real time. Good news is he will have a How-To article on this soon, so look out for that.

]]> By: jason http://www.plentyways.com/blog/2009/08/a-day-in-the-life-of-my-electricity/comment-page-1/#comment-56 jason Wed, 02 Sep 2009 20:09:34 +0000 http://www.plentyways.com/blog/?p=202#comment-56 I love this post and would like to do the same to track my energy usage. What do I need to get for my house? Do I need a smart meter from my utility company and then some other gadgets for the house? Hoping it is feasible... I love this post and would like to do the same to track my energy usage. What do I need to get for my house? Do I need a smart meter from my utility company and then some other gadgets for the house? Hoping it is feasible…

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