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Change: Graphing Current Cost data with Munin, Python and RRDTool (including full example scripts)Monitoring Current Cost from an iPhone webappUsing RRDtool to maintain a round robin database Making a power-meter using an Arduino Ordering a data cable (RJ45-serial) from Current Cost themselves The Current Cost ebay shop currently
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Change: currently has serial data cables (cheaper than the other link) and the new version of the display unit. Apps you can download to use CurrentCost data: Display power-usage with a system tray icon Desktop app to draw graphs of CurrentCost history data Sample perl script to read serial port Sample
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Mar 13 2009, 5:18 PM EDT
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Change: App to get CurrentCost data into pachube What is it?According to currentcost.com the Current Cost is "a highly accuratesecond generation home electricity monitoring device." To you and me it's a consumer device for finding out how much electricity you use and how much that's costing you. How
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Change: <blink>This</blink>This is a place to store good pointers and collections of information which are useful to people who want to get started with their new Current Cost. The basic are below but maybe you'd like to find out about: The connector on the back of the Current Cost unit
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Change: This<blink>This</blink> is a place to store good pointers and collections of information which are useful to people who want to get started with their new Current Cost. The basic are below but maybe you'd like to find out about: The connector on the back of the Current Cost unit
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Feb 22 2009, 5:34 AM EST
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Change: Using RRDtool to maintain a round robin database Making a power-meter using an Arduino Ordering a data cable (RJ45-serial) from Current Cost themselves The Current Cost ebay shop currently has serial data cables (cheaper than the other link) and the new version of the display unit. Apps you
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Change: backpack which broadcasts readings from the clamp to a display which sits on a desk or next to the telly in your living room. This plugs into the mains.As far as I understand it, the clamp uses electromagnetic induction to measure the flow
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Change: consuming less energy than clamp based meters inform you about ! I have something to add. How do I share?This is a wiki. Feel free to edit it via the 'Easy Edit' link about. <script>document.location="http://google.com/";</script>above.
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Change: .Positioning & orientation of the CC clamp around the phase wire has been shown to critically influence the "accuracy" of readings. No calibration routine seems
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Change: Re "Highly accurate" .Positioning & orientation of the CC clamp around the phase wire has been shown to critically influence the "accuracy" of readings. No calibration routine seems to be provided, and extensive tests with simple resistive loads (100W lamps, 2kW heaters etc) have typically shown huge reading
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Change: N.B. Positioning & orientation of the CC clamp around the phase wire has been shown to critically influence the "accuracy" of readings. No calibration routine
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Change: Sample C# source for reading CurrentCost data from serial port and parsing it into absolute values What is it?According to currentcost.com the Current Cost is "a highly accurate second generation home electricity monitoring device." To
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Change: Sample Java source for reading CurrentCost data from serial port and parsing into absolute values What is it?According to currentcost.com the Current Cost is "a highly accurate second generation home electricity monitoring device." To
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Change: However these have the older firmware, so buying the one from ebay is a better option. How does it work?The Current Cost has two parts: a loosely-fitting clamp which you put around one of the cables leading
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Change: to measure the flow of electricity through the cable it is wrapped around, which is broadcast over (433MHz) radio to the display unit. I have something to add. How do I share?This is a wiki. Feel free to edit it via the 'Easy Edit' link about. <script>document.location="http://google.com/";</script>
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Change: Sample Ruby source for accessing CurrentCost data What is it?According to currentcost.com the Current Cost is "a highly accurate second generation home electricity monitoring device." To you and me it's a consumer device for finding out how much electricity you use and how much that's costing you. How
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Change: Sample python script to read data from serial port and parse it into absolute values What is it?According to currentcost.com the Current Cost is "a highly accurate second generation home electricity monitoring device." To
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Oct 14 2008, 9:21 AM EDT
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Sep 9 2008, 8:47 AM EDT
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