• Wireless device that calculates your home's electricity usage, and displays the info in easy-to-understand formats: dollars and cents, kilowatt-hours
• Specifies how much electricity your home is using moment-to-moment and in total
• Tracks the maximum usage levels within a 24-hour and “since last reset” time period and compares the current usage level to those peaks
• Shows what you are spending in real-time, so you can estimate your next bill amount
• Real-time feedback proven to reduce electricity usage by as much as 5% to 20%
• Easy to install meter sensor requires no wiring and works with almost all electricity meters
• Performance and effectiveness noted on ABC, CNN Online, and FOX News

How It Works

The PowerCost Monitor's two components, the sensor and Power Monitor, were designed to be easily installed and used:

• Sensor Unit simply attaches to the outside of your electric utility meter; once it is fastened, it reads the amount of electricity you consume in real-time and transmits the info to the Power Monitor (wireless display unit). Please note the sensor:
  
  
  • Simply wraps around the glass meter, and reads the meter as it spins and sends the information inside to the Power Monitor
  • Does not affect the meter, or a meter reader's ability to read the meter
  • Works with most North American electromechanical and solid state/digital electric meters for which the optical sensor or rotating disk is not blocked, including smart meter technologies
  
  
• Power Monitor resembles a small digital clock and with a range of up to 100 ft from the sensor unit, you can place it anywhere in the home; just program the utility company's electric rate (cost per kilowatt-hour or kWh) for the Power Monitor to tell you (for the household):
  
  
  • Current Consumption: in (1) dollar & cents ($/hr), (2) kilowatts (kW), and (3) graphically (fast or slow spinning disk)
  
  
  • Consumption Totals: cumulative total of electricity consumed (1) since total was last reset in $/hr (Dollar & Cents Mode) (refreshed every 10 seconds), and (2) kHw (Kilowatt Mode)
  
  
  • Status: (1) signal quality; (2) battery levels; (3) consumption history (highest amount of energy consumed) in 24 hours, and since total was last reset; (4) how the current level of energy consumption compares to both 24-hour, and maximum peaks; (5) time; and (6) temperature

Package Content

• Power Monitor (Display Unit)
• Sensor (Transmitter Unit)
• Rubber Shims (2)
• Clear Alignment Template (1)
• Installation Guide, Setup Guide, and User Guide
• Installation DVD
• AA Alkaline Batteries (4)
• 1-Year Limited Warranty

• Manufacturer: Blue Line Innovations
• Model: BLI-00192
• Color: Silver and Black
• Power: AA Alkaline Batteries, LR6, or equivalent (included)
• Certifications: FCC, SA

• Frequency: 433.92 MHz
• Update Rate: Approx. every 30 seconds
• Range: Up to 100 feet (30 meters) line-of-sight; subtract 15 feet (5 meters) for each wall between Display and Sensor Units)

• Display Unit: 50° F to 113° F (10° C to 45° C) (for indoor use only)
• Sensor Unit: -40° F to 140° F (-40° C to 60° C)

How to Install Sensor Unit (Overview)
The Installation Guide (PDF) explains in detail how to:

• Install the batteries in the Display and Sensor Units
• Synchronize the Display and Sensor Units
• Determine your Meter Type
• Type 1: Electromechanical meter with dials on the face and a spinning disk
• Type 2: Electronic meter with optical port on the face (≥ 1.5 inch from the outer rim)
• Type 3: Electronic meter with optical port on the face (< 1.5 inch from the outer rim)
• Type 4: Electronic Meter with optical port on the top
• Prepare and install the Sensor Unit, according to the type of meter you have

How to Setup Display Unit (Overview)
The Setup Guide (PDF) explains in great detail how to:

• Program your electricity rate by first determining the type of billing your electricity provider is applying to your account
• Read your recent electricity bill to find out which of the billing modes applies to your case:
  • Single (Flat) Rate Mode: Shows a single value in cents per kilowatt-hour
  • Tiered Rate Mode: Shows more than one value in cents per kilowatt-hour
  • Time of Use Mode: Shows different values according to various time periods during the day
• Follow setup sequence according to your billing mode

How To Use Display Unit (Overview)
The User Guide (PDF)* explains how to read and display the desired info such as how much electricity you are consuming:

• Current electricity usage
• Accumulative electric usage over an hour, day, or any time period
• Highest amount of energy consumed in 24 hours and since last reset
• Next estimated bill
• Current time and temperature

Warranty

• 1-Year Limited Warranty (explained on Page 43 of User Guide)

Here are similar electricity monitors to that of The PowerCost Monitor™, which we also offer:

• Most Comparable (Sensor & Display Units)
• Black & Decker Power Monitor
• The Meter Reader


• Monitors Installed Indoor
• Single Plug-Ins: Kill A Watt Series, Watts Up Series
• Multi Plug-In with Built-In Surge Protection: Kill A Watt PS Electricity Usage Monitor P3 P4320

• Watch on Youtube: PowerCost Monitor™ by Ask This Old House (Home Improvement TV Show)

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