re: Home power monitor

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yea if the "learning" consistes of going and pluging in and slipping all switches so it learns its pattern, im ok with. But im afraid it wont know one set of lights from the other.

Plus im setting up a whole aquarium on a coontroler, so idk how it will tell the difference between all that.

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its all about digital power fingerprints.

these devices are supposed to 'learn' what device is what (you might have to help it originally with names) based on the distinct power 'noise' each one makes.

whether thats complete bullshite is a different story..but in theory it sounds plausible.

once it knows which fingerprint is what, you suddenly have an incredible amount of insight into what is actually going on in your house and it can tell you when when your HVAC is kicking on or your washing machine is running, etc. even with fridge & other things already running.

eta with LED lights, honestly who gives a damn. they use about 2 cents of electricity a month so plan to manage them with your WINK or whatever hub and let the appliances & stuff talk to the whole-home monitor.