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Re: [Shop-talk] Remote electric meter readout

To: Trevor Boicey <trevor@boicey.com>, Doug Braun <doug@dougbraun.com>
Subject: Re: [Shop-talk] Remote electric meter readout
From: Doug Braun <doug@dougbraun.com>
Date: Sun, 21 Oct 2007 19:50:19 -0700 (PDT)
I want something cooler than that: where I can be
sitting at my desk or lying in bed, and see a display
that tell me how much electricity my whole house is
using at the moment.  Then I will know if the kids
left the basement lights on, etc. 

Doug


--- Trevor Boicey <trevor@boicey.com> wrote:

> Doug Braun wrote:
> > Hello,
> > 
> > I always have electricity bills higher than I
> expect,
> > and I've always wanted something that would tell
> me
> > how much electricity my house was using at any
> given
> > moment.  (Then I could tell if my air compressor
> or
> > other shop tools were a significant contributor).
> 
>    Any clamp ammeter can be clamped around each
> circuit in your breaker 
> panel and will give current measurements for that
> circuit. I have used 
> my cheap chinese one extensively....
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