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3 HN users recommended this between 2008 and 2020, in 3 comments.
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2 cpu g5, imac, sometimes an old pc or macbook, don't use electricity for much else besides light, varies but often 80-100. in berkeley. i wonder what's causing the large difference.
edit: i'm buying this http://www.amazon.com/P3-International-Kill-Electricity-Moni...
I highly doubt that will be possible. Actually I think it is entirely impossible, but I'm trying to future-proof my statement :-)
The battery system will just know how much power is currently being used. It will have no way to identify which devices are currently drawing power. For that, you'd need something like this on each outlet: http://www.amazon.com/P3-P4400-Electricity-Usage-Monitor/dp/...
Maybe future smart homes will have the Kill A Watt built-in to electrical outlets for monitoring purposes.
I imagine you will be able to get metrics on current usage, peak usage periods et cetera.
Kill A Watt! https://www.amazon.com/P3-P4400-Electricity-Usage-Monitor/dp...