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1. tankslappa
   

   I just saw a very interesting advert on TV from EDF energy.

   After looking at their site they seem to have something rather useful. As usual the one thing I want to find is mentioned on the site, but can I find the price or where to order them? Nope! Normal for the EDF wedsite , a triumph of form over function.

   Anyway it's a remote power usage reporting device with some extra twists. 1) It has "transmitter plugs" which report the current use for devices connected to them 2) You can tell the plugs to turn off remotely.

   http://www.edfenergy.com/ecomanager-controller/

   Neato. Obviously these will have the superior/safe UK 3 pin plugs/sockets :o) Although I am sure they do exactly the same over on that larger landmass to the East with your funny plugs.

   The website says the box comes with 3 "transmitter plugs", but that you can order more. That was what I was trying to track down, and failed. Also as I've only just changed tariff (annoyingly with EDF), I can't change it again for 11 months. They do say "worth £69", but again, don't give any method to buy the thing without the tariff change. I might try emailing them and see what the customer service desk in India say.

   Hopefully these things use wireless and not data over mains cable (which would be the really obvious route!).

   Posted 21/09/2010 22:30:43

2. erisan500
   

   A similar product but in my opinion much more mature is http://www.plugwise.com/nl/idplugtype-e/ It uses zigbee for communication and the amount of "nodes" is not limited like the 14 from edfenergy.

   Greetings

   Posted 22/09/2010 08:45:09

3. tankslappa
   

   @erisan500 - Nah, it's got those funny round plugs :o)

   I was rather hoping form something that uses 868Mhz or 433Mhz so can be controlled direct from a Jeenode.

   I wonder why they have a limit of 14? Seems like an odd number. 15 I could understand, 4 bit ID with one ID taken for the controller, but 14 sounds like someone forgot to start counting at zero.

   Posted 22/09/2010 13:34:58

4. hotzoneuk
   

   EcoManager is another product from CurrentCost, I suspect, 14 appliance modules is down to, as mentioned, 1 for the controller, 1 for the house power monitor, and 14 for the plug in units.

   As far as I understand it , CurrentCost use their own over the air protocol, C2 @ 433MHz, more details on the EcoManager on my blog, http://hotzone.org.uk/edf-ecomanager/

   Posted 24/09/2010 10:49:56