| Energy Monitor |
Real-time Electricity Monitoring
updated once every minute. We were consuming about 10.000 kWh a year, way to much! For years I was thinking about a plan to
measure the electricity automatically. With this little project I was able to reduce the electricity
from 10.000kWh to 6000kWh. Because of the accurate and minute by minute reading of electricity consumption I became much more aware of it all.
I found out that I was consuming 0.600 kWh at night! With simple things like
unplugging adapters of my cellular (GSM) and kill standby of the harddiskrecorder, computers and television I was able to reduce the power to around 320 Watts.
I also discovered that there are a lot of power adapters which consume a lot of energy with doing nothing, so I use now switching power adapters which have a high performance and so consume much less energy. The energy monitor is
automatically plugged in my Home Control System which adds nice little features like for example getting a mail on your cellular (GSM) if the power consumption is higher then
500 Watt and there is no one at home.
I really think automating your home or business and
controlling your energy can help to reduce the worlds growing energy problem (2003).
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| Current Electricity consumption (kW) |
The current electricity consumption at this moment is:
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| Real-time Electricity Counters |
The Real-time electricity counters below are
updated every hour. The Right one is the night counter (night-rate)
and the left on is the
day counter (day-rate). The counters are exactly synchronic with the counters of the power company,
so we don't have to write it down!
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kWh |
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| Electricity used (kWh) |
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| Year |
High Rate |
Euro |
Low Rate |
Euro |
Total |
Total Euro |
| 2013 |
919,12 |
225,92 |
1.246,52 |
260,27 |
2.165,64 |
486,19 |
| 2012 |
2.240,00 |
- |
3.200,00 |
- |
5.440,00 |
- |
| 2011 |
2.560,00 |
- |
3.170,00 |
- |
5.730,00 |
- |
| 2010 |
2.649,00 |
- |
3.375,00 |
- |
6.024,00 |
- |
| 2009 |
2.390,00 |
- |
3.186,00 |
- |
5.576,00 |
- |
| 2008 |
2.880,00 |
- |
4.030,00 |
- |
6.910,00 |
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| 2007 |
2.699,00 |
- |
3.834,00 |
- |
6.533,00 |
- |
| 2006 |
2.853,00 |
- |
4.132,00 |
- |
6.985,00 |
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| 2005 |
2.674,00 |
- |
3.925,00 |
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6.599,00 |
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| 2004 |
2.602,00 |
- |
4.033,00 |
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6.635,00 |
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| 2003 |
4.311,00 |
- |
5.706,00 |
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10.017,00 |
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 How is it Done?
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Real-time Electricity Monitoring
Since 2003 I had different solutions to measure the energy consumption in the Bwired house. In 2012 I finally start using the Iskra MT371 Smartmeter making it all much more easier and precise.
The smartmeter has a so called P1 output connector which can be very easily connected to your home automation system. The P1 output provides every 10 seconds the real-time counters for Energy and Gas usage.
Also the revenues of my Solar panels are measured with the Iskra smart-meter. Check my blog for more information.
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| Chart Electricity used last 24 hours |
| The chart below displays the last 24 hours
in Kilowatt hour (kWh) updated real-time. Move over the chart bars to see the tool tip with the exact usage per hour.
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| Chart Electricity used last 30 days |
| Move over the chart bars to see the tool tip with the exact usage per day.
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| Chart Electricity used last 30 Weeks |
| Move over the chart bars to see the tool tip with the exact usage per week.
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| Chart Electricity used last 24 Months |
| Move over the chart bars to see the tool tip with the exact usage per month.
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| Electricity Data |
| Date |
Time |
Hour |
Reads |
kW |
Day Use |
Counter Day |
Counter Night |
| 24-5-2013 |
19:18 |
19 |
112 |
0,131 |
6,120 |
1.348,975 |
1.898,283 |
| 24-5-2013 |
18:59 |
18 |
360 |
0,306 |
5,989 |
1.348,844 |
1.898,283 |
| 24-5-2013 |
17:59 |
17 |
360 |
0,483 |
5,683 |
1.348,538 |
1.898,283 |
| 24-5-2013 |
16:59 |
16 |
360 |
0,396 |
5,200 |
1.348,055 |
1.898,283 |
| 24-5-2013 |
15:59 |
15 |
360 |
0,178 |
4,804 |
1.347,659 |
1.898,283 |
| 24-5-2013 |
14:59 |
14 |
359 |
0,299 |
4,626 |
1.347,481 |
1.898,283 |
| 24-5-2013 |
13:59 |
13 |
360 |
0,396 |
4,327 |
1.347,182 |
1.898,283 |
| 24-5-2013 |
12:59 |
12 |
360 |
0,027 |
3,931 |
1.346,786 |
1.898,283 |
| 24-5-2013 |
11:59 |
11 |
360 |
0,063 |
3,904 |
1.346,759 |
1.898,283 |
| 24-5-2013 |
10:59 |
10 |
360 |
0,169 |
3,841 |
1.346,696 |
1.898,283 |
| 24-5-2013 |
09:59 |
9 |
360 |
0,122 |
3,672 |
1.346,527 |
1.898,283 |
| 24-5-2013 |
08:59 |
8 |
360 |
0,163 |
3,550 |
1.346,405 |
1.898,283 |
| 24-5-2013 |
07:59 |
7 |
360 |
0,211 |
3,387 |
1.346,242 |
1.898,283 |
| 24-5-2013 |
06:59 |
6 |
360 |
0,478 |
3,176 |
1.346,031 |
1.898,283 |
| 24-5-2013 |
05:59 |
5 |
360 |
0,315 |
2,698 |
1.346,030 |
1.897,806 |
| 24-5-2013 |
04:59 |
4 |
360 |
0,322 |
2,383 |
1.346,030 |
1.897,491 |
| 24-5-2013 |
03:59 |
3 |
360 |
0,331 |
2,061 |
1.346,030 |
1.897,169 |
| 24-5-2013 |
02:59 |
2 |
360 |
0,436 |
1,730 |
1.346,030 |
1.896,838 |
| 24-5-2013 |
01:59 |
1 |
360 |
0,503 |
1,294 |
1.346,030 |
1.896,402 |
| 24-5-2013 |
00:59 |
0 |
360 |
0,791 |
0,791 |
1.346,030 |
1.895,899 |
| 23-5-2013 |
23:59 |
23 |
360 |
1,228 |
12,479 |
1.346,030 |
1.895,108 |
| 23-5-2013 |
22:59 |
22 |
360 |
0,641 |
11,251 |
1.346,030 |
1.893,880 |
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