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

Danny O'Brien danny at spesh.com
Fri Jun 24 23:22:42 UTC 2011


We have mechanical meters, I think the smart meters are due in the next year
or so.

On Fri, Jun 24, 2011 at 3:11 PM, Bruce Wolfe <brucewolfe.sf at gmail.com>wrote:

> 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:
> >
> >
> > 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?
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > 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
> >>
> >>
> >> Sent from Android. Pardon spelling.
> >>
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