Tchibo Power Consumption Meter

sat_mad

droopsnoot said:

Does anyone have one of these devices, and still have the manual for it? If so, would you possibly be able to scan or photograph it and let me have a copy?

I got this one from a car boot sale without any paperwork. I'd like to know mainly how to reset the cumulative totals, without having to just remove the internal batteries as that's a bit of a fiddle.

I've searched the internet, contacted Tchibo who say they don't have a manual for it, but am struggling to find any information. Maybe it was sold as an own-brand meter, and that's why nothing comes up on the brand name. I've also searched on the model number on the back (which I can't post, because it's currently got the PC I'm typing on plugged into it) and got nothing.

I've tried pressing all the buttons, tried pressing them in combinations, holding them down for a period of time, all sorts. I can't quite drop on the reset procedure. A note on another thread suggests that some of these don't have a way to reset the totals, but it'd be handy to know that for sure.

I have both of these energy meters... and I also have the instructions. 

[link removed]

I don't mind the Tapo ones, but wish you could reset the stats easier (without resetting the device).

droopsnoot

sat_mad said:

I have both of these energy meters... and I also have the instructions. 

https://!!!!!!.com/yb9y4bsd

I don't mind the Tapo ones, but wish you could reset the stats easier (without resetting the device).

Thanks - I can't open your link unfortunately. Could you PM it, in case the forum software blocked it for some reason?

droopsnoot

getmore4less said:

This Tchibo thing oscillates between 0w and 4w when there is nothing plugged in?

One PC power supply(PC off) was showing 5w-6w,  on the Tapo its 1w-2w  

When I free up a tapo I think I will daisy chain to see what that gives me.


I remember seeing the manual a while(like maybe year or more)  back and I would have kept it.
It might be in one of the "I need to keep that" pile of boxes that needs another sort through. 

I haven't seen it showing load when there's nothing connected to it, but I have seen it read higher (and lower) than the manual suggests for certain items. There is also some consumption from the meter itself, though I'd have expected that to be deducted before display. And I did read elsewhere that it's quite difficult to show an accurate power reading on AC lines.

My PC shows 12w when it's off, but apparently some modern PCs do keep the 5v line running even if all the "Wake on LAN" and "Wake on USB" and similar are disabled.

I'm not massively concerned about it showing exactly the correct figure, just hopefully giving me an idea of what I should concern myself about. If I can avoid it, I don't really want to buy more meters even though I do like collecting stats about stuff. I think if I had something that would allow me to keep more detailed information, I'd probably do that, and I shouldn't.

getmore4less

droopsnoot said:

sat_mad said:

I have both of these energy meters... and I also have the instructions. 

https://!!!!!!.com/yb9y4bsd

I don't mind the Tapo ones, but wish you could reset the stats easier (without resetting the device).

Thanks - I can't open your link unfortunately. Could you PM it, in case the forum software blocked it for some reason?

MSE has mangled the name !!!!!!!! 

getmore4less

sat_mad said:

droopsnoot said:

Does anyone have one of these devices, and still have the manual for it? If so, would you possibly be able to scan or photograph it and let me have a copy?

I got this one from a car boot sale without any paperwork. I'd like to know mainly how to reset the cumulative totals, without having to just remove the internal batteries as that's a bit of a fiddle.

I've searched the internet, contacted Tchibo who say they don't have a manual for it, but am struggling to find any information. Maybe it was sold as an own-brand meter, and that's why nothing comes up on the brand name. I've also searched on the model number on the back (which I can't post, because it's currently got the PC I'm typing on plugged into it) and got nothing.

I've tried pressing all the buttons, tried pressing them in combinations, holding them down for a period of time, all sorts. I can't quite drop on the reset procedure. A note on another thread suggests that some of these don't have a way to reset the totals, but it'd be handy to know that for sure.

I have both of these energy meters... and I also have the instructions. 

https://!!!!!!.com/yb9y4bsd

I don't mind the Tapo ones, but wish you could reset the stats easier (without resetting the device).

Using my tapo with home assistant which contsantly records.
Not needed to reset yet

Need to get round to looking at the code used to see if a standalone recorder could be built.
Don't like the tapo app version

sat_mad

droopsnoot said:

sat_mad said:

I have both of these energy meters... and I also have the instructions. 

https://!!!!!!.com/yb9y4bsd

I don't mind the Tapo ones, but wish you could reset the stats easier (without resetting the device).

Thanks - I can't open your link unfortunately. Could you PM it, in case the forum software blocked it for some reason?

No problem, try again. 

droopsnoot

sat_mad said:

droopsnoot said:

sat_mad said:

I have both of these energy meters... and I also have the instructions. 

https://!!!!!!.com/yb9y4bsd

I don't mind the Tapo ones, but wish you could reset the stats easier (without resetting the device).

Thanks - I can't open your link unfortunately. Could you PM it, in case the forum software blocked it for some reason?

No problem, try again. 

Many thanks for that. Despite looking similar, that's a slightly different model and, more to the point, the reset procedure must be different. I'll carry on playing with the thing, though, and try some more combinations.

getmore4less

If still reading or getting notifications I found my manual 

Hold for 3 seconds "down arrow" and "price" should then reset and beep

droopsnoot

Thanks, I haven't used it for a while but I have got a few more things I'd like to try it on.