From TED’s website:
TED is a simple, yet extremely accurate, home energy monitor that allows you to see electricity usage in real-time. You no longer have to wait for the ‘electricity bill surprise’! TED will accurately tell you what your bill is going to be long before the electric bill arrives. Meanwhile, you will learn more about conserving energy, saving money, and helping save the environment.
Measurement Dimensions
- Current energy consumption in kilowatts (kW) and in dollars per hour ($/hr)
- Energy consumed so far today and since the last billing cycle in kilowatt-hours (kWh) and dollars ($)
- Projected energy use for current billing cycle in kWh and $
- Peak electrical demand in kW and peak use in $/hr so far in billing cycle
- Current voltage (V), and min/max voltage so far in billing cycle
- Current Energy Rate (Tariff) in dollars and cents per kilowatt hour $/kWh
Feedback Frequency
TED has a two-second reaction time, so it can provide immediate feedback on energy usage. You can see what you’re spending on electricity each second, as well as what you’ve spent for the day or for the month.
Installation
From TED:
Installation is very simple and quick. A qualified homeowner or electrician can install TED in about 10-15 minutes. TED operates on the existing wires in your home, so there is no need to run any additional wires. TED is comprised of 2 basic components – a transmitter (MTU seen above with CTs) and a display unit (which is plugged into any outlet in the home). There are no wires to run. Data is transmitted over existing wiring in your home every 1 second, so no matter where you plug TED’s display in, it receives the data – in very real time!
Although at the end of this webpage, the site seems to indicate that an electrician should do the install (perhaps this is simply for legal purposes or maybe this is referring to specific circuit configurations in homes), “The reason an electrician should perform the MTU (transmitter) installation is that the cover of the electric panel is removed. Serious injury/death could occur if you are not very familiar with electrical components.”
It is funny to notice that death could not occur if you are familiar with the electrical components.