[Noisebridge-discuss] 1. Re: Electricity usage at the space is up UP UP

Bruce Wolfe brucewolfe.sf at gmail.com
Fri Jun 24 22:11:16 UTC 2011


Additionally, are these PG$E mechanical or Smart meters?

Bruce

Sent from Android. Pardon spelling.
On Jun 24, 2011 2:20 PM, "jim" <jim at well.com> wrote:
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> Good idea. A variant is to unplug the suspect device
> and plug it into something that measures Amps (e.g. a
> variac). What this will yield is a snapshot of amps.
> What's additionally needed is to know the amount of use
> during a billing period.
> A gizmo such as Andy's suggestion (we have one buried
> behind the refridge next to the vending machine) can show
> power usage for a time period. (I saw it but didn't want
> to move all the stuff necessary so's to retrieve it--if
> someone does retrieve it, maybe it'd be good to have a
> well-known storage place for it or the note someone would
> write to indicate it's current working location.)
> I suspect the cooking stuff as the primary sucker of
> power and NB money: can cookers tell if there's been
> greater use of that stuff in the last three months over
> the previous quarter?
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> On Fri, 2011-06-24 at 12:10 -0700, Bruce Wolfe wrote:
>> Go analog and start unplugging things one at a time while someone is
>> watching the meter spin (or numbers flip) while on walkie-talkies, or
>> a human chain to relay the message up and down or maybe just plain old
>> two cans and string.
>>
>> Bruce
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>> Sent from Android. Pardon spelling.
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