Re:Wattvision: The Smart Energy Sensor
by pbhjpbhj on Tuesday August 14, 2012 @10:47AM
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So you didn't know you had incandescent bulbs until you used the wattvision, or whatever, or you didn't realise they used more power, or you didn't realise leaving them on used more power???
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There were a couple of things plugged in in my house that were chewing up huge amounts of electricity. Very large incandescent bulbs in our bathrooms were one of them.
Re:Wattvision: The Smart Energy Sensor
by icebraining on Tuesday August 14, 2012 @02:09PM
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Wouldn't it have took you less time to check the wattage of each bulb on the house than having to buy, receive, install and run this meter?
No? The whole point of the meter is that it won't occur to you what things to look at. The entire value proposition is spotting those things for you.
If you're the kind of person who memorizes the wattage of everything you plug into your house, then yes, this might not be money well spent. It was for me.