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3 HN users recommended this between 2009 and 2012, in 3 comments.
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3 HN users recommended this between 2009 and 2012, in 3 comments.
Each tall tick is one HN user's first recommendation. A short tick is the same user again. Click a tick to jump to the comment.
That looks pretty cool. I've been toying with buying one of these for months: http://www.amazon.com/dp/B001ELJKLE
This looks like a great product. Nobody seems to have mentioned the competitors, though, which include some pretty mainstream brands.
Black & Decker EM100B Energy Saver Series Power Monitor: http://www.amazon.com/Black-Decker-EM100B-Energy-Monitor/dp/...
Blue Line PowerCost Monitor: http://www.amazon.com/PowerCost-Monitor-BLI-2800/dp/B0028LS5...
I believe I saw the B&D model on an episode of "Ask This Old House". Not sure if any competitors offer a web or iPhone interface, or just the receiver devices, but in any case this is a useful form of feedback that will likely become a standard feature as the monitoring equipment gets cheaper.
I really wanted one of these when they first came out, however, the arrogance of having locked down hardware really irked me...
iirc you had to pay something like $5/month after spending $250 for the sensor just to have access to the data! After spending $250 for it, I would have like to be able to write my own script to read the data off the device and not rely on their web service.... not having open access really turned me off...
This one is much cheaper : http://www.amazon.com/Black-Decker-EM100B-Energy-Monitor/dp/... and it occasionally can be had for a simple $25... sure it'd take some hacking to get the data to the computer, but avoids the insulting monthly fee!