<div dir="ltr"><div>You could monitor and graph the current with one of these USB multimeters for $40US:<br><br><a href="https://www.aliexpress.com/item/HYELEC-MS8236-6000-Counts-Digital-Multimeter-with-T-RMS-USB-1000V-10A-60M-Ohm-100mF-10MHz/32531814702.html">https://www.aliexpress.com/item/HYELEC-MS8236-6000-Counts-Digital-Multimeter-with-T-RMS-USB-1000V-10A-60M-Ohm-100mF-10MHz/32531814702.html</a><br><br></div><div>A while ago there was a power meter give away at the club. If someone could spare you one I reckon they had an RS232 interface with a fancy protocol that could be pressed into service with some effort. Then you could measure real power. I would be interested to see how that works out.<br></div><div><br></div>Richard<br></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Thu, Jan 12, 2017 at 10:37 AM, Kiel Hurley <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:kielhurley@gmail.com" target="_blank">kielhurley@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><div>I'm looking for something to measure power usage which can export its data. DIY or commercially available (but would prefer it isn't cloud connected).</div><div><br></div><div>I bought an old fridge off Trade Me and it seems to be on<span class="m_-2308242432801281765inbox-inbox-Apple-converted-space"> </span><i>most</i> of the time, so I'd like to graph it's usage to see what's going on. <br></div><div><br></div><div>Just a single socket for a start. Might add more sockets later, but would probably look into monitoring the whole house at that point.</div><div><br></div><div>Thanks,</div><div>Kiel<br></div></div>
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