[LINK] Monitoring power consumption of individual appliances

[Ben Elliston]

On Fri, Jun 08, 2012 at 08:17:28PM +1000, David Boxall wrote:

> The system allows for continuous monitoring of major household
> appliances such as washing machines, clothes dryers, microwaves,
> electrical water heaters and refrigerators via a smart plug with an
> embedded GSM unit.

This isn't really new:
http://www.currentcost.com/products.html

The less basic units can monitor individual appliances.  I have one
and there is a mailing list for people who hack them (google it, I
won't invite the spammers).

Cheers, Ben
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