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Postby ChrisB » Wed Nov 29, 2006 11:12 pm

All you home energy people you might like to know that Mapin electronics have got this on special offer

http://www.maplin.co.uk/Module.aspx?Mod ... &doy=29m11

Could be useful

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Postby floydster » Mon Apr 30, 2007 5:34 am

Anyone know any more about this actually happening?

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/6550361.stm

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Postby ChrisB » Mon Apr 30, 2007 9:54 pm

Interesting Floydy

Mind you its only 3000 homes in south london currently ?

New one on me, hadnt even heard about this on the grapevine, but the remotely read meters have been on the cards for years now .

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Postby anachrocomputer » Fri May 25, 2007 8:09 am

There's a two-part article in Everyday and Practical Electronics magazine for a build-it-yourself energy meter (last month's edition and this month's). With a bit of modification and an optoisolator, this could be made into an energy meter with a PC connection for data logging.

Has anyone built one?

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Postby aminorjourney » Fri May 25, 2007 8:11 am

No, but I think perhaps you are just about to accept the challenge, John :)

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Postby ChrisB » Fri May 25, 2007 1:36 pm

Crumbs I havent heard the name "Everyday Electronics" mentioned in YEARS :shock: didnt even realise it was still going :shock:

A data loggin version would be good now :wink: well done John :) ................... ever thought you've been stitched up :lol:

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Postby aminorjourney » Fri May 25, 2007 2:15 pm

John should. We're very good at it. But then we love him really :)

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Postby anachrocomputer » Fri May 25, 2007 4:59 pm

The mag is still going:

http://www.epemag.com/

I have a copy of Everyday Electronics, Issue 1 somewhere (1971 I think it was). Also have a number of issues of Practical Electronics from 1979-1980 when the UK101 computer design was published. Sounds like I'd better get a copy of Part II of the energy meter article and start building...

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Postby floydster » Fri May 25, 2007 5:32 pm

anachrocomputer wrote:The mag is still going:

http://www.epemag.com/


I'm pretty sure I've a copy from 1972 up the loft. I was only four when it came out, no idea where it came from :?

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Postby qdos » Thu Aug 02, 2007 7:00 am

floydster wrote:Anyone know any more about this actually happening?

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/6550361.stm


My mother just got sent one of these devices in the post completely out of the blue for no apparant reason. She didn't want it so I've just put it on my mains supply and it's pretty neat. I'm already going round the house switching off various devices. Mind you I'm not sure about the accuracy as it's telling me my leccy bill should only be £3.21 a month !!!!!!! I wish!

It doesn't seem to work on individual power leads. I tried it on the kettle and it didn't work but it's fine on the mains supply to the whole house and it's got a remote display unit. Ironically the remote display unit is plugged into the mains and isn't battery operated :roll: Must get a photo of it so you can see it. There's also a USB port on the diplay unit but there's no mention about it in the rather basic manual. I'd love to find out what the USB port can do I'll try it out shortly, curiosity always gets the better of me.


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