Oregon Scientific Wireless Appliance Manager

The Advanced Wireless Appliance Manager coming late summer from Oregon Scientific will be a big hit with many 3reefers. This cool device will keep track of how much energy you are using in real-time. Handling up to 8 appliances, you can keep track of your pumps, lights - everything - on your aquarium. The information from the plug sensors is sent wirelessly to a cool counter-top display shown below. Oregon Scientific went all out. Not only can you see energy use, but real-time cost, peak-pricing and carbon emissions as well. The Advanced unit will retail for $80 and the Individual unit for $30. You can expect a full review on 3reef when released.


Oregon Scientific's Wireless Appliance Manager


Advanced Wireless Appliance Manager (MSRP: $79.99; Available: August/September 2010)

The Advanced Wireless Appliance Manager allows consumers to keep an eye on how much energy their appliances are using, as well as how much it costs to operate them. With this unit, up to eight appliances can be monitored with wireless remote sensors. The main base displays real-time cost, power consumption and carbon emissions for individual appliances. Equipped with a clock and calendar, the base unit is an attractive countertop gadget that helps to manage energy consumption.


Individual Appliance Manager (MSRP: $29.99; Available: August/September 2010)

With the Individual Appliance Manager, users can easily monitor their electricity usage from any appliance in their home. Simply plug the appliance into the Individual Appliance Manager, and track not only electricity use but also the associated costs. A backup power source allows users to unplug the manager from the wall without losing the information they're tracking. A "multi-cost" setting also allows for accurate accounting for "peak pricing" from any given utility. The LCD display shows energy current, line voltage and electricity cost.


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That's pretty cool! I'll need to get me one of these.

 

That's pretty sweet. I'll buy one.

 

This looks terrific. I'm stepping in line for one of these. Of course pending a USDM spec version.

Anyone care to guess how it keeps track of 8 different sources while only using one plug? I'm thinking along the lines of sine waves. Similar to how the latest Insteon, X10 and Smarthome devices work? Each appliance creates its own wave on the circuit so the device can read each source independently? Can anyone confirm or dispute this theory?

 

My first thought was that you needed a sensor for each appliance. But I simply do not know if that is true or not. You idea would be really cool if true.

 

I would think the one pictured is an example, which reads the information much like a kill-a-watt and then transmits to the base unit. I would guess one for each device /outlet would be needed.

 

Yeah you guys are right so nevermind its right in the text. "With this unit, up to eight appliances can be monitored with wireless remote sensors." Plural...



But since I started on it and I'm a geek for this stuff I'll post a link to Smart Home. I'm starting to rig my house out this way. The only aspect I have working fully yet is the exterior lights. Its really nice to be able to have your exterior lights turn on automatically at either a set time or, if hooked to a computer, turn on a user set amount of time before or after actual sunset time each day. Previously my exterior lights got left on just about all the time because I don't have time at 5:30 every morning running out the door to kill them all. I figure the cost savings should be realized in 787 years but whatever... Save the world right?

Smarthome - Home Automation, X10, Remote Control, Lighting, Wireless Security

 

This sounds like a pretty cool gadget. The kill a watt is nice, but you have to interpret the readings. This thing does all that, and does up to 8 devices for only 80 dollars. Pretty cool

 

Ah karma for that - I was trying to remember the name of that one when I was posting this.

Aye - and cool link Broaner. I keep thinking of the irony of running more electronics with electricity to monitor other electronics? But I guess if it helps change your habits and reduces overall consumption it is a good thing.