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Most Americans don't care about their electric bill for more than a few minutes every month (when they open it to pay it). Even egregious whoopsies like leavin
by mchannon 14y ago
Most Americans don't care about their electric bill for more than a few minutes every month (when they open it to pay it). Even egregious whoopsies like leaving the fridge open or the windows open don't usually add up to a large financial penalty.
A whole-house current draw might be a useful number to make available, but without incentivizing or gamifying it beyond trying to turn a $100/mo. bill into a $75/mo. bill, getting traction is going to be especially challenging.
The "kill-a-watt" meter is kinda neat for figuring usage out- is that the same functionality you were considering?
- jcoleh 14y agoWe're hoping to connect devices like the Kill-a-watt to people's smart phones. Gamification is totally in the mix! We are trying to figure out if just knowing if something is on or off (not the energy usage) could be valuable if we could do this for the whole house.