TED-5000 by The Energy Detective

Installed my TED-5000 from The Energy Detective.


The little handheld wireless display is sort of flimsy, but is handy to figure out the load from a light or other appliance -- flip the switch, wait a few seconds, compare the reported KW/h consumption. TED was the first consumer-installable measurement tool that integrates with Google powermeter, a driving reason behind choosing it over the competitors.

The only real problem I have with the system is that it is incompatible with old-style X10 signals;  when you connect TED, it causes some X10 devices to go crazy, specifically, they turn on by themselves.   Pretty bad problem for something that is supposed to help *reduce* how much power you use.