Ira Posted September 22, 2006 Report Share Posted September 22, 2006 Got me a new toy! Any suggestions on installing it? I was thinking it looks like it wouldn't necessarily have to be on the power supply to the hole house since it just clips onto a power cable. So would I be right in thinking I could, for example, clip it onto the power to my marine tank and see what that is, then move it to something else and measure there, move it somewhere else... And so on? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chimera Posted September 22, 2006 Report Share Posted September 22, 2006 yes, you can do that but i found it hard to get a gauge on usage though as i got separate rcd's going all over the place for the tank. best thing to do is hook it up to the mains coming into the house, turn everything off, take a reading (there is always some power used somewhere) then just turn on your tank equipment and see what it says. dont forget day time cents/kwH and night time cents/kwH are different. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ira Posted September 22, 2006 Author Report Share Posted September 22, 2006 I just tried it on one of my tanks. Didn't have any reading. Might be the cord is too thin, Dunno. I'll try and install it properly this weekend. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ira Posted September 22, 2006 Author Report Share Posted September 22, 2006 hehe, Never mind, it's installed. Was easier than I thought. Hardest part was pulling the right wire out just a little so I could get the sensor around it. I didn't realize before that my house has one meter for the underfloor heating and another for the rest of the power. Each of them is reading about 3KW right now. Damn...6KW! And my marine tank's lights havent even come on yet! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zev Posted September 22, 2006 Report Share Posted September 22, 2006 Put it away, Ira... Stop scaring yourself. Or at least don't let the other half know what the results are! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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