OWL Wireless Energy Monitor - your findings?

credit_crunch_victim

time you have been to 3 diferent branches of b & q you can go on ebay
they have been on there for 20-00 to 30-00
there was a load buy it now 23-99 with free delivery

Madfish

Alan_Vickers wrote: »

Just received my Owl energy monitor yesterday and I am looking forward to seeing how it performs.

For its first day it recorded energy consumtion of 7.6004 kWh compared to 7.1 kWh recorded on the electricity meter. This suggests that it is reading about 7% high for this one day's usage. I read on a website that was comparing different types of energy monitors that the claimed accuracy is +/- 2%.

How do you get it to record a daily consumption figure am i missing something on mine but i can only see whats being used in real time, i cant seem to find a history option??

1carminestocky

Madfish wrote: »

How do you get it to record a daily consumption figure am i missing something on mine but i can only see whats being used in real time, i cant seem to find a history option??

It all depends how old your model is - the old ones don't have a historical usage function, the new ones do (new model is CM119 from what i recall)

Madfish

ah right i have a c113 model from argos, i may return it for new model

Spamcan_flyer

Hi Guys
Not sure if anyone has the knowledge to help me. I live in Spain in an apartment. I want an energy monitor but am not sure if it will work here. We have similar voltage 220v but my meter, along with all the other aptment meters is in a room quite a way from my apartment. I have access to the incoming electric cable in my apartment via the fuse/trip box. Question: Will it work?
Thanks
Dan

saxonrosecliff

I've had my Owl monitor for about a week now. So far its doing its job!

What I need help with though is getting the cost display to work. Our electricity has a standing charge and I can't figure out how to set it to take that into account. Any ideas?

Magentasue

saxonrosecliff wrote: »

I've had my Owl monitor for about a week now. So far its doing its job!

What I need help with though is getting the cost display to work. Our electricity has a standing charge and I can't figure out how to set it to take that into account. Any ideas?

Work it out per day - for example £1 and divide by average daily kwh. So, if 12 kwh a day, add on another 8p to the kwh cost. Accurate enough, I think.

espresso

Spamcan_flyer wrote: »

Hi Guys
Not sure if anyone has the knowledge to help me. I live in Spain in an apartment. I want an energy monitor but am not sure if it will work here. We have similar voltage 220v but my meter, along with all the other aptment meters is in a room quite a way from my apartment. I have access to the incoming electric cable in my apartment via the fuse/trip box. Question: Will it work?
Thanks
Dan

The sensor can be fitted at the apartment end of the meter tails, so yes it will work.

Elliebee_2

Hi Guys

Just received my FREE Owl from British Gas (who I've since left ) and wondered if anyone else has worked out how to set the cost when the tariff is a higher amount for the first 900 kwh then a lower amount after that? At the moment it's just set for the higher amount as I'm not looking for a 100% accurate cost, more a comparison.

Alan_Vickers

Are British Gas now providing free Owl energy monitors to their customers?