tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-248467392185842786.post4737146917899594412..comments2023-06-26T01:58:18.775-10:00Comments on PMJ Engineering Log: First experiences with the TED 5000Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-248467392185842786.post-84193212069594756482009-09-29T12:04:41.768-10:002009-09-29T12:04:41.768-10:00Great post, keep the data coming. What's the ...Great post, keep the data coming. What's the power usage of your fridge and water heater?Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03275279500435727867noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-248467392185842786.post-85852294495630778392009-09-29T02:38:19.830-10:002009-09-29T02:38:19.830-10:00Philip --
An excellent post indeed.
Having bee...Philip --<br /><br />An excellent post indeed. <br /><br />Having been doing Unix administration for a good part of my career, I am chagrined to admit that I had no idea you could ping the broadcast address of the network to find the nodes. Doh!<br /><br />Before installing the TED I had a BlueLine PowerCost Monitor, which provides a similar visual display. In my case, the impact of that change was significant, as we worked towards getting our baseline down to 200W - 300W from where we started, which was probably closer to 600W - 800W. Little changes over time were effective.<br /><br />The changes we made were small, and I would say no one has really noticed any reduction of quality in our lived -- mostly we just eliminate waste, and know when we have forgotten to turn something off.<br /><br />The TED is not significantly different than other monitors from a casual user's perspective. But its ability to have near-instant feedback as well as graphical display over time both are great for a more hard-core crowd. <br /><br />For example, I can tell when the 2 halogen lights in our range hood come on: 50W each. So we switch to a lower power light while we're waiting for things to cook. I learned that our oven uses a 300W "glow bar" instead of a pilot light whenever it is heating food.<br /><br />I think the TED 5000 is still working out the kinks of being a new product. But getting the data out and into a useful form seems to be its main benefit. That's something for us systems-type people to do; once done, there are scores of cool ways TED (or other) data can be aggregated and analyzed.<br /><br />Tom HTom Harrisonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06009992484645543666noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-248467392185842786.post-69200814308320849412009-09-28T17:30:53.700-10:002009-09-28T17:30:53.700-10:00Sounds like the TED is having the short-term impac...Sounds like the TED is having the short-term impact that you expect. Now we need to start harvesting data from it...Robert Brewerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05674207800203255484noreply@blogger.com