[98_1LE]

It is a near real time (a second or two of lag) power monitor. The electric company installed it for free for signing up for a 2 year contract, and since I am planning to stay with them anyway.

Here is with the dryer on:
(IMG:http://i44.tinypic.com/20hne36.jpg)

Here is with it off:
(IMG:http://i40.tinypic.com/o53hg1.jpg)

It has a bunch of screens that display different data, including daily/weekly/monthly cost estimates.

And the remaining incandescants in the house have to go!

[trackbird]

No sump pump, no dehumidifier, no motion lights, no other lights on, 6 year old house (and breaker panel), gas heat and my line voltages run high. I get 243.7 volts at any of my 220v outlets in my garage. My house voltage runs 121.4 and 122.3 volts on each side of the breaker box. I did see it sag briefly the other day (not my fault, I was inside and nothing was running) to about 116-118v.

If it does it again, I'll dig deeper. Oddly, I popped the breaker in the garage the other day with my chop saw. It was on a cord (retractable cord) with a 13 amp breaker on it (which I've blown on occasion) and it blew the 15 amp in the panel instead. I typically have a TV, surround sound receiver, dvd player, cable box, etc running on that circuit while I use the chop saw (and I rarely have any problems at all), so it's a little odd that it popped with just the chop saw running (the surround receiver is officially dead and I'm waiting on the replacement to show up, so it was all turned off). Maybe it's all just an abnormality.