During last winter, I was watching an episode of 'Ask This Old House' and saw a new and really interesting home energy monitoring system being demo'd. The 'eMonitor' is a whole home, circuit level monitoring system with a web based 'dashboard' that allows the user to monitor their home power consumption and see where it is being used. I ordered two of these units(to cover most of the circuits in my home) and now have them installed and running for about a month.
So far, I have identified one MAJOR constant drain that I was able to eliminate and a few other 'phantom' loads I didn't expect too(my clothes washing machine draws 2 watts even when it is turned off and is not a fancy 'electronic' model, just an older 'manual' type, go figure).
I will post some pics a little later but I am wondering if anyone else here has the same device installed and what your experience is with it.
eMonitor
Ask ToH episode
So far, I have identified one MAJOR constant drain that I was able to eliminate and a few other 'phantom' loads I didn't expect too(my clothes washing machine draws 2 watts even when it is turned off and is not a fancy 'electronic' model, just an older 'manual' type, go figure).
I will post some pics a little later but I am wondering if anyone else here has the same device installed and what your experience is with it.
eMonitor
Ask ToH episode