How to Find Out What's Costing You Money on Your Electric Bill. Excellent suggestions and I completely agree!
I have recently saved a significant amount by buying the Nest Thermostat and moitoring daily usage after it automatically setup our living schedule. Its quite an incredible device. As for me I am fortunate that our water heater is natural gas and I can take very long showers (20-30 mins) daily and this makes practically no dent in our monthly costs. We're considering one of these, but I'm not sure how well it would play with our house fan. Maybe I'm not thinking it through properly... We live in a low-humidity area, so when the temperature drops at night we open the windows and turn on the house fan. Installing the house fan took our electric bill during summer months down by about $80/month, btw. With all due respect, considering the energy usage that a "Last 20 years" water heater uses, you would just be better doing all your clothes in the heat of water that they call for.
It's not going to make a big difference. For the lights? La solution domotique idéale. RFXtrx433: Le nouvel émetteur et récepteur pour votre domotique. Le RFXtrx433 de RFXcom est le nouveau couteau suisse de la domotique qui permet de communiquer avec l'ensemble des récepteurs RF de votre maison communiquant sur la fréquence de 433 Mhz.
Il est capable de recevoir les signaux provenant de nombreux équipements du marché, cette liste évolue tous les mois ... ANSLUT,ATI Remote Wonder,ATI Remote Wonder II,ByeByeStandBy,Chacon,COCO,Cresta weather sensors,DI.O,Digimax,Domia Lite,Düwi,ebodeELRO AB600,HomeEasy,HomeEasy (including HE105),HomeEasy EU HE300,Intertechno,KD101 - Chacon, NEXA, Flamingo smoke detectorKlikAanKlikUitLa Crosse weather sensors,LightwaveRF, Siemens (lighting & power),Mertik Maxitrol,NEXA,Oregon Scientific weather sensors, (all 1.0, 2.1 & 3.0)OWL CM113, cent-a-meter, Electrisave,OWL CM119 / CM160,PC Remote,Proove,RFXMeter,RFXSensor,TFA weather sensors,UPM/Esic Clas OhlsonViking 02811Visonic PowerCodeX10 lighting, X10 security,X10 Ninja/Robocam,Xdom.
Et d'émettre des signaux pour les équipements suivants : DIY KYOTO. DIY Home Energy Monitoring System. All the talk of the "smart grid" is increasing consumer awareness on the importance of home energy monitoring.
There are 4 ways to monitor your homes electricity consumption: The Old Fashioned "Read your meter" wayA "smart meter" installed by your utilityBuying a home energy monitor - see our complete list of home energy monitors.Building your own home energy monitor! - for the true energy geeks! Building your own home energy monitor is not the easiest way, and after accounting for your time, it probably isn't the cheapest; but it is a really great way to get an understanding of how your home consumes energy (and comes in handy if you are really bad at finding hobbies).
Real-time Web Based Power Charting. Do-It-Yourself Smart Grid Monitor Brief project description This post details a real-time web based household power usage chart.
The end result is a live chart in a web page that updates every 10 seconds with the instantaneous power usage for my entire house. The electrical current is measured on the main lines entering my home with AC clamps. The signal is then conditioned with a simple circuit and monitored by an ioBridge module. (This chart will begin plotting in 10 seconds) Downloads.deusm.com/designnews/7663-Gadget_Freak_Case_151_Warm_up_to_Remote_Energy_Monitoring_Build_Instructions.pdf.
Watts up? Products: Smart Circuit Controllers. Lufdesign. Power Cost Monitor. P3 - Home Electronics.