power consumption monitors
What is a power consumption monitor?
Power consumption, electricity or energy monitors are a window into the internal electrical workings of your business or home. Connecting to a building/space electricity meter can show you exactly how much energy your home or business is consuming during a specific period. The monitors come with a variety of features. Most monitors can recognize the overall energy usage of individual appliances.
What are the advantages of installing the monitor?
Monitors allow you to monitor energy usage to a finer detail than ever before. Knowing exactly when and where energy is being used can allow homes and business to consciously and efficiently reduce unnecessary energy use.
Monitor features
Household monitors vs. individual appliance monitors
It is important to distinguish between household energy monitors and energy monitors for individual appliances. Household monitors plug into your energy meter and give you a complete energy-use picture, standard in market are those that provides the overall-picture.
Appliance identification
Some energy monitors have an appliance identification feature that plug into your circuit breakers, detect how appliances around your home are using electricity, however it still not be as precise as expected. It’s usually easy for the monitor to detect differences between a TV and a refrigerator, but devices that use electricity in similar ways (like a toaster and an iron) may be not differentiated.
Real-time cost tracking
Some, but not all, home energy monitors allow you to track the cost of your energy consumption in real-time. If the driver to install is cost saving, look for those to devices with this feature.
Mobile apps and notifications
Many energy monitors connect to a mobile application that can send notifications about your appliances, tips for further savings, and warnings on abnormal appliance usage.
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Energy monitors
1. Sense Energy Monitor – Track Electricity Usage in Real Time and Save Money – Meets Rigorous ETL/Intertek Safety Standards
Price: $299.00
Description
SENSE SAVES: Sense saves you energy and money by providing insight into your home’s energy use and activity.
SEE WHAT’S UP. KNOW WHAT’S ON: Track how much electricity you’re using, what time your kids got home, or when someone leaves the basement light on. Sense identifies patterns in your energy use to help your family be more efficient, informed, and secure.
2. Gen 2 Emporia Vue Smart Home Energy Monitor | Real Time Electricity Monitor/Meter | Solar/Net Metering
Price: $69.99
Description
INSTALLS IN CIRCUIT PANEL of most homes with clamp-on sensors. INSPECT YOUR ELECTRICAL PANEL for compatibility
24/7 ENERGY MONITORING: Monitor your home’s real power anywhere, anytime to prevent costly repairs, conserve energy, and save costs. Monitor solar / net metering.
3. Eyedro Business 3-Phase Energy Monitor (Polyphase) – View your High Resolution Energy Usage in a Variety of ways via My.Eyedro.com (No Fee) – Energy Costs in Real Time – EBEM1-LV (Ethernet)
Price: $299.00
Description
REAL-TRACK ENERGY USAGE. MyEyedro presents your electricity data and real-time electricity usage in ways that are engaging, informative and easy to understand.
HIGH-RESOLUTION DATA. MyEyedro features responsive real-time graphs, furnishing you with hourly, daily, weekly and monthly consumption and costs, as well as estimates of what your current electrical bill will cost.
4. Sense Energy Monitor with Solar – Track Electricity Usage and Solar Production in Real Time and Save Money – Meets Rigorous ETL/Intertek Safety Standards
Price: $349.00 & FREE Shipping. Details & FREE Returns
Description
SENSE SAVES: Sense saves you energy and money by providing insight into your home’s energy use and activity.
MAXIMIZE YOUR SOLAR ENERGY USE: Compare solar production and energy consumption side-by-side in a single view so you can maximize the power you make and minimize the power you buy.