[peace1]

hi has anyone of u seen these new Energy saving monitors ?
GEO :: Home Energy Hub - Minim, Solo, Duet, Trio & Trio+

i was looking at this The Duet, but i just found out it cost £350

what do u guys think ?

[leon]

looks great i like the way it does six zones for me with an annix icould monitor the use of the lodger
but £350 is silly money it would take years to get your money back

[t72bogie]

surely someone so affluent to afford £350 just to see what electrical devices are using power in their home, isnt worried too much about electric bills LOL

I mean its pretty obvious usually, what the big consumers of power are

....I have a £25 Scottish Electric monitor in the cupboard on my main feed and can use that just fine to see whether im on £50 a month or whether when I put the new 60" telly on its consuming 200w or 300w .....

[robh2002]

Originally Posted by t72bogie

surely someone so affluent to afford £350 just to see what electrical devices are using power in their home, isnt worried too much about electric bills LOL

.

But they might be worried about their carbon footprint!

[t72bogie]

LOL

if they were truly worried they wouldnt be paying a company £350 to produce some labour and resource intensive LCD screen, silicon chips, plastic enclosures and moulds etc

Id like to see how much CO2 was emitted making the product, so then I would ask them to offset it elsewhere.......

[robh2002]

then do some back of the envelope calculations and see...

The potential to save energy over a lifetime by educating someone on how to use energy more intelligently is certainly going to be more than energy cost of manufacture of one of these meters...People really have no idea how much energy they use - from boiling a kettle, TV, cookers etc. and these devices can help, although a £30 one will do the job!

[t72bogie]

yeah, I agree, just being a bit of a cynical bugger as usual

£30 meter I have, they should be free in built into all off the shelf installed meters - would wake people up a bit if theres a display telling them how much they are currently using, for sure

..but £350 for a system that communicates by powerplugs with multiple LCD displays ...seems a little OTT to me