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I must correct my younger self and say I am completely taken by the convenience and simple but very useful interface that the google power meter provides. Whilst Google Power Meter does not provide high resolution analysis it does give excellent low res and more importantly daily/weekly/monthly that...

Just thought I'd bump this thread. Fitted solar Pv and wanted a better way to do NET meter consumption, bought, sold, generated. Turns out the Brultech ECM 1240 I have has a NET metering option that does the polarised energy flow measuring and has virtual channels dedicated to expose these internal ...

Looks really nice, I agree with the comments on a nice 'warm white' light.

Sorry if I missed the information, maybe its on your main site, but what is the LED strip that you use and (gulp) what is the cost per metre ?

Electricity/Energy Logging Solution ...... I'm a fan of the Brultech ECM 1240 which has 7 channels and starts at $180 usd per unit including CTs. You can use Ch7 to count pulses such as gas meter. The engine or collection software can tie together 6 ECM units. Remarkable value ~ (6x200) $1200 for 42...

Looking to finally play around with the Google PowerMeter. It is very easy to get working, no problem at all. Brultech ECM1240 now has native support for Google Power Meter and we have 14 channels logging into big brother. I can't see this being as good as the Brultech dashboard or custom applicatio...

As usual we have Apple wonderness and desirability.
As usual we have Apple lockdown and still no Adobe Flash support in the useless browser.
Could have been an interesting client option, but gets the thumbs down from me !
grrrrrr

see my blog post rant at http://wp.me/pHmJS-fo

Any other thoughts ?

I have a soft spot for Drive Snapshot http://www.drivesnapshot.de/en/ It's more a disk image backup program, but reasons why I really like it are ... 1. No need to install and restart, can run from a small <150kb exe 2. Amazing OS support from NT onwards 3. Network support good 4. Possible to conver...

I really admire these DIY folks, here is another similiar (US) link to a DIY project with some nice snaps of the construction and finished article

http://sites.google.com/site/mysticsola ... was-made-2

I'll stand corrected and take your word for it, presumably due to electric heating rather than cooking. In the UK a 100 amp single phase supply is not a bill I would like to pay, never mind a 3 phase one ! I really do not known what accuracy Brultech quote, but I did a comparison for 6 weeks against...

I don't see why you make the point about 3 phase on a home automation forum. Unless you have a Donald Trump tower block mansion, I think most people do just fine on single phase. So the Ecm 1240 is great for single phase and from my records is surprisingly accurate. It is also quite a bit cheaper th...

I don't have 3 phase, it has no way that I know of handling total 3 phase power. The unit uses a small psu which is also used a voltage reference to correctly calc real power per phase. I think you can use it for split 2 phase loads, but if it was a bigger 3 phase system with multi single phase sub ...

after the long reply above,... what I have for $180 usd

6 electrical channels logged including current transformers
1 gas meter connected by clip on reed switch (30) 0.01m3, pulses counter solution

I also found the website difficult to navigate, especially for the ecm1240 related technical, support and beta things. It used to be even worse, so I guess it is moving in the right direction. Frustrating quirklyness perhaps, but after getting personal assistance from Paul at Brultech I'm don't hold...

Just a note to say that after using this 7 channel energy moniter I keep getting more impressed. Only 180 usd for 7 channels including CT. I have ch7 as a pulse counter taking the gas readings, so 6 electrial and one gas, pretty good. It works in the UK with 240/50hz, a different firmware is supplie...

Depends on what your reading, however, please remember this only reads apparent power ie current x assumed voltage, when you load is not in-phase the errors can be very large. It cannot provide real power reads which is what your power meter charging is based on. It's a handy device, but not an accu...