Cheap Onzo Energy meter - £8
Discussion
Country code is 00 for Eire, and 01 for UK, I believe. Might tie in with the defunct iPlan thing these were designed for.
EAC is estimated annual consumption. The forum I found said that the meter's EAC slowly updates itself over time. It probably ties in with the 'daily target' KwH on the right of the display, which may, or may not be what actually updates of itself.
I put my 10KwH a day estimate into the EAC input as 10 x 365 = 3650 per year. Yesterday the target showed 9.9 per day, today it's at 10Kwh.
I have used 5Kw/h today at 13.6p x 5. I blame the dishwasher. It hates me.
My life is vastly improved by this newfound weatlh of pointless electro-bollux, but slightly poorer to the tune of £7.95, batteries not included.
If only I'd bought five for £20, I'd be £12.05 better off.
EAC is estimated annual consumption. The forum I found said that the meter's EAC slowly updates itself over time. It probably ties in with the 'daily target' KwH on the right of the display, which may, or may not be what actually updates of itself.
I put my 10KwH a day estimate into the EAC input as 10 x 365 = 3650 per year. Yesterday the target showed 9.9 per day, today it's at 10Kwh.
I have used 5Kw/h today at 13.6p x 5. I blame the dishwasher. It hates me.
My life is vastly improved by this newfound weatlh of pointless electro-bollux, but slightly poorer to the tune of £7.95, batteries not included.
If only I'd bought five for £20, I'd be £12.05 better off.
Edited by Slushbox on Friday 2nd November 15:31
Slushbox said:
Country code is 00 for Eire, and 01 for UK, I believe. Might tie in with the defunct iPlan thing these were designed for.
EAC is estimated annual consumption. The forum I found said that the meter's EAC slowly updates itself over time. It probably ties in with the 'daily target' KwH on the right of the display, which may, or may not be what actually updates of itself.
I put my 10KwH a day estimate into the EAC input as 10 x 365 = 3650 per year. Yesterday the target showed 9.9 per day, today it's at 10Kwh.
I have used 5Kw/h today at 13.6p x 5. I blame the dishwasher.
My life is vastly improved by this newfound weatlh of pointless electro-bollux, but slightly poorer to the tune of £7.95, batteries not included.
EAC is estimated annual consumption. The forum I found said that the meter's EAC slowly updates itself over time. It probably ties in with the 'daily target' KwH on the right of the display, which may, or may not be what actually updates of itself.
I put my 10KwH a day estimate into the EAC input as 10 x 365 = 3650 per year. Yesterday the target showed 9.9 per day, today it's at 10Kwh.
I have used 5Kw/h today at 13.6p x 5. I blame the dishwasher.
My life is vastly improved by this newfound weatlh of pointless electro-bollux, but slightly poorer to the tune of £7.95, batteries not included.
BishBosh said:
Still nice to have another meter reading, charging the i3 at the moment and only drawing 90watts so PV is working well, nice and sunny in Northants...
A solar powered car? Are you from the future? :-)I wonder if two Gonzos can be powered off the same sensor, given that the data is apparently stored at the sensor, and not in the display thingy.
I'd save twice as much electricity!
Edited by Slushbox on Friday 2nd November 15:39
Usually thus, as mentioned: Left pair incoming live and neutral, respectively: right pair neutral and live feed (respectively) to consumer unit. (Fusebox)
Space is tight at my meter so the sensor is clipped on the incoming live. (First cable.)
When I moved into the current property, a meter reader came round and was upset that the previous owners had wired an electric shower in to bypass the meter. An annoyed chap came round to rectify the wiring.
Mines unboxed and set-up. I cleaned up the contacts on the rechargeable battery pack in the sender, it works fine, it appears to get its charge from the electromagnetic field on the cable, left mine connected over night and all working well this morning. I wonder if there's a rechargeable pack available for the receiver?
I've set mine up using my tariff details, currently using 230watts, most if that is standby stuff, bar the computer I using, one of the reasons I got this unit was to check my standby consumption.
If any one wants a link to the user manual it's here https://www.manualslib.com/manual/932716/Southern-...
I've set mine up using my tariff details, currently using 230watts, most if that is standby stuff, bar the computer I using, one of the reasons I got this unit was to check my standby consumption.
If any one wants a link to the user manual it's here https://www.manualslib.com/manual/932716/Southern-...
Slushbox said:
Usually thus, as mentioned: Left pair incoming live and neutral, respectively: right pair neutral and live feed (respectively) to consumer unit. (Fusebox)
Space is tight at my meter so the sensor is clipped on the incoming live. (First cable.)
When I moved into the current property, a meter reader came round and was upset that the previous owners had wired an electric shower in to bypass the meter. An annoyed chap came round to rectify the wiring.
megaphone said:
Only problem with that is the meter itself uses power, you'll get a false reading, I wonder how much a meter uses?
Won't be much, also my meter is 'digital' inasmuch as it has er, digits. A watt or two, maybe? I also found a screen shot showing the Onzo meter displaying a real-time clock and calendar. No amount of button prodding has got this to show, but I understand there were many variations for different suppliers.
Plugging the display into a PC also erased the last two days of readings, so don't do that. :-)
The Onzo has made me switch stuff off. It's annoying to see my money ticking away, second by second.
I must get out more. :-)
selym said:
Mine arrived and disappointingly the clamp battery bay was furred up with leaked battery fluid. Emailed seller.
Check the listing, it was clearly stated when I bought mine that the rechargeable battery contacts may be corroded. I cleaned my battery up and it is working fine.
megaphone said:
selym said:
Mine arrived and disappointingly the clamp battery bay was furred up with leaked battery fluid. Emailed seller.
Check the listing, it was clearly stated when I bought mine that the rechargeable battery contacts may be corroded. I cleaned my battery up and it is working fine.Well I've got mine working 
The clamp battery was fuzzy so buzzed in 3 aaa's for now. Will see if the fuzzy battery has any life in it though. Note RS do these battery packs with the charge cable dont know if they come with right plug though (will keep the old pack plug just in case)
On mine the settings button is a little hit & miss but eventually managed to plumb in all the figures. You just have to cycle through everything & press the up down buttons accordingly.
The clamp battery was fuzzy so buzzed in 3 aaa's for now. Will see if the fuzzy battery has any life in it though. Note RS do these battery packs with the charge cable dont know if they come with right plug though (will keep the old pack plug just in case)
On mine the settings button is a little hit & miss but eventually managed to plumb in all the figures. You just have to cycle through everything & press the up down buttons accordingly.
Well thanks a lot, 
I have just hit the buy one now on the mid priced £6.99 one, another thing to sit in the cupboard,
something I have never felt the need to own but will shortly be the proud owner of,
my plan as I am an antisocial git, is to, if we have visitors to subject them to a full information on how much different appliances use, I am sure it will have the desired effect.
I have just hit the buy one now on the mid priced £6.99 one, another thing to sit in the cupboard, something I have never felt the need to own but will shortly be the proud owner of,
my plan as I am an antisocial git, is to, if we have visitors to subject them to a full information on how much different appliances use, I am sure it will have the desired effect.
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