OWL Wireless Energy Monitor - your findings?

Alan_Vickers

Those are exactly my thoughts 1carminestocky although it may not have come across like that at first. I like the Owl very much and look forward to using it. I am sure that the other energy meters also do a good job but, for me, the Owl came out cheapest.

mothershipton

i love my owl monitor too! My youngest son is a bit of an eco warrior so though that this would be ideal for him to monitor which items use most electricity.
We run it in pence per hour and the house costs 0.6p an hour to run when no ones using anything and the most we have had is 44p (!) an hour at which point we all ran around switching things off. It also stopped the boys running the electric heater in the conservatory for hours on end. I ve managed to reduce daily electric consumption from 15kw to 12kw this winter which saves about 50p per day so the monitor has nearly paid for itself. I do get obsessed by this kind of thing though so have to watch myself

richardc1983

I use the WATTSON energy meter which I guess is same principal although a funkier design and a bit of a led lightshow put on, comes with some software as well u can use to track and record ur readings. Good piece of kit actually although i think its way over priced for what it is.

My daily consumption is averaging around 15kw and thats with electric inverter heating in a 2 bed flat and flat at constant 22C during the day and evening switching off at night unless its subzero outside as prefer comfort next day.

KevinG

richardc1983 wrote: »

at constant 22C during the day and evening switching off at night unless its subzero outside as prefer comfort next day.

22C? Good grief! Are you not from these parts?

penrhyn

Whats an electric inverter heater?

One of these? http://www.amazon.co.uk/Corona-Inverter-Portable-Heater-3kW/dp/B0002XOYDY

basmic

tonester wrote: »

mine was £20 from B&Q this week...
also my usage is under a penny during the day with a couple of chargers on.
1p per hour when the Aquarium fires up (filter and low enrgy bulb)

Of course you can check the meter roughly if you know the wattage of the appliance..
i.e. 3 kilo watt heater @15 p per kilowatt hour should make the meter jump 45 p logically.....!

Got a link to that energy monitor? I'm pretty keen to get one at that price. :cool::D

richardc1983

KevinG wrote: »

22C? Good grief! Are you not from these parts?

No thats recommended room temperature also that im comfortable with some people have there rooms at 25/26C! The bedrooms are kept at 18C and on a night time if its sub zero outside the other rooms that are at 22C during the day are kept at 18C .

richardc1983

penrhyn wrote: »

Whats an electric inverter heater?

One of these? http://www.amazon.co.uk/Corona-Inverter-Portable-Heater-3kW/dp/B0002XOYDY

Its a heat pump air conditioning unit with "inverter" technology.

Basically the inverter calculates how much heat the building/room is loosing by the temperature of the air and alters the speed of the compressor to provide only as much heat as the building is loosing so temperture remains constant.

Theres a post in this forum called inverter heat pump diy.

have a good read of that!

tonester

basmic wrote: »

Got a link to that energy monitor? I'm pretty keen to get one at that price. :cool::D

yes just go to B&Q and ask.
they had a shelf full at 29.99 then I saw them go down to £20 I got one with less than 5 left...Order one if theve one they may get more in...
Its definately an OWL brand by the way..

KevinG

richardc1983 wrote: »

No thats recommended room temperature also that im comfortable with some people have there rooms at 25/26C! The bedrooms are kept at 18C and on a night time if its sub zero outside the other rooms that are at 22C during the day are kept at 18C .

I'm surprised - I've not seen recommendations as high as 22C - I'd have thought a maximum of 20C for living rooms and 15C for bedrooms, but each to his or her own I guess.