[geeks] Got the CurrentCost meter installed

[Patrick Finnegan]

On Tuesday 18 January 2011, gsm at mendelson.com wrote:
> On Tue, Jan 18, 2011 at 12:00:32PM -0500, Patrick Finnegan wrote:
> >I think that we're arguing about different things.  My point is that
> >it's doing the measurement in a way that isn't consistent with how
> > the power utility does, and potentially gives you much different
> > numbers than what you'd actually pay.  So, here's some numbers go
> > go with Mouse and my concern; hopefully this will help illustrate
> > my point.
> 
> It does, but is your concern more that the box is not accurate for
>  specialized loads or that it's not accurate at all?

You missed where I said that "I wish".  I'm not a typical person.  It's 
probably fine for most people, but it's not for me.  I don't expect the 
average person to want SNMP either, which I said that I wanted in my 
original post.

> I'm assuming that you and most of the people on this list have
>  multiple computers while the average "computer savy" family has one
>  per adult and older child, and the average "regular" family has one
>  or two computers.
> 
> If you figure that most people have the kinds of devices that it is
>  close (10%? 5%? 1%) to what the electric company charges, then this
>  is the device for them.

Sure, but that was never my point.  Maybe it sounds selfish, but I want 
something that's accurate for me, I don't care if it's "good enough" for 
most people.

> I personally have never used one, I have several clamp on ammeters
>  and use them. But I am more concerned with peak useage than long
>  term useage. I have 25 amp 230 volt service and a landlord who does
>  not care about upgrading.
>
> If I want to know long term useage I can read the electric meter and
>  get a good idea of what is being used. For example to measure a load
>  of laundry or dishes. I know it's contaminated by the refrigerator
>  and the lights, but it's still a good guess.

Pat
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