Dan
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Just bought one, as i want to find out what the hot tub i got is costing me to run lol.
Its pretty scary what things cost lol
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John
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Got a wattson here.
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Dan
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Registered: 22nd Apr 02
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mines not that posh lol. i got an owl one.
Wish it showed how much u have used since a reset etc, but only shows current use
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Andrew
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Where do you get them from?
I'm curious to find out what my servers cost to run and tumble dryer on the weekly wash.
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Dan
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i got mine from tesco for £25
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John
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The wattson can hook up to the computer and it glows different colours depending on your usage, £100 is a lot for what it does though.
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Andrew
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I'm going to have a look for these little beasts 
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Dan
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you can also get a usb connection for the owl ones. Dont know what you can see once you connect tho.
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Brett
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Do these just work for a single appliance then?
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whitter45
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depends what you go
I work in the industry and we ahve all types of pwoer metering etc
People like powerfectro normally give away plug away devices that show you waht individual devices pull in amps etc
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John
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quote:
Originally posted by loafofbrett
Do these just work for a single appliance then?
They normally hook round a main power cable at the electricity meter.
You get single appliance plug in ones as well though.
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Brett
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Fair enough. Seems pointless tho if it's hooked round the existing meter anyway?
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Dan
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Registered: 22nd Apr 02
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not really lol. If you plug it round that it tells you how much per hour you are using. If you then turn any appliance on it goes up and you can see how much thats using. Her 2000w hair drier costs 33p an hour to use. Crazy lol
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John
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They are for the most part pretty pointless tbh, it gives you a visual indicator of what you are currently using though and some of them let you chart and graph usage which is quite handy, even if only to show that the electricity company is overcharging.
The wattson one glows blue if you have low usage then goes red straight away so you can see something has turned on.
Makes you think about leaving things on for no reason, only high power things though, I still leave everything on standby because everything in my house on standby put together doesn't use as much as the stupid adverts say one thing costs.
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Dan
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Registered: 22nd Apr 02
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out of interest how much does your house sit at with everything on standby etc??
When i got up this morning, i was using 2.4p/hr before anything was on.
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John
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Sits at about 450W when everybody is in bed, sits arounnd a KW in the evening with tv's, computers etc on.
I don't really have it on the cost option so not sure what that is in pence.
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Dan
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Registered: 22nd Apr 02
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even with my tv, sky, laptop fish tank on, im only using 300watts :/
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John
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That sounds a bit low but could very well be correct, what else do you have running?
In here theres a server going 24/7, 2 fridges, a few tv's/sky boxes etc on standby, a couple of cameras running and thats just when nobody is in.
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Dan
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Registered: 22nd Apr 02
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i have a fridge on (24/7 obv) a sky hd box on, a 42in lg lcd tv, a marine fishtank with 70w lighting and 30w pumps. a 32in lcd TV and freeview on standby in bedroom
Thats it really tho tbh. only a 1 bedroom
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AndyKent
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I came across one I thought of getting today, looks a bit better than the Tesco one - more settings etc.
http://www.electricity-monitor.com/efergy-c-26.html
The top one for £40. That said, haven't actually bought one, not convinced how much I'd actually use it once the novelty wore off and I don't think I'm very wasteful anyway tbh.
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oceansoul
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cant ya jus stick on a clamp ammeter on the main incoming live cable. And work it out :/ might take mine home from work tonight hand have a play 
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Dan
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lol yea u could do, but ull have to change amps to watts and then to kilo watts, straight forward, but by time u worked it out it will go up or down lol
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