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The OWL Wireless Energy Monitor is an electricity usage monitor which shows you how much electricity you use at home, how much it costs you, and the level of harmful C02 emissions you are contributing to the environment through your electricity usage – a valuable tool providing you and your family with the information you need to reduce electricity consumption saving you up to 25% on your electricity bill while doing your bit for the environment.
Key features of the OWL include:
- Easy to install and programme in 5 minutes
- No need to change your existing meter - sensors clip directly onto your existing electricity meter's cabling
- Portable, easily moved from room to room
- Simple to use by all members of the family – push-button menus and easy to read, large LCD display
- Programmable to current and/or individual electricity tariffs
- Instant information about how much electricity you are your family are using, how much it is costing and how much is potentially wasted
- The monitor shows the level of greenhouse gases that are being generated by your current electricity usage
- 12 months warranty (excludes batteries)
- The monitor displays temperature and humidity levels to show the comfort level inside your home or office
- Audible alarm can be set to notify of excessive electricity usage
- Monitor can display £, $ and Euro
- Monitor can be used as a safety check to see if any electrical appliance has been unnecessarily left on before leaving your home or workplace
- The OWL Wireless Energy Monitor can be taken with you when you move house or sold as a feature of your existing home
The OWL Wireless Energy Monitor comes with a monitor and display unit (compact, about the size of a small alarm clock), wireless transmitter, 6 batteries, a clip on meter sensor (suitable for cables up to 10mm diameter), and installation and usage instruction manual.
People who purchased the OWL Wireless Energy Monitor also bought the Eco kettle.
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Ethicalsuperstore.com product code: 47325
Shipping Weight: 650g
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Ethical Superstore staff reviewAs soon as I opened the box I was impressed – the instructions were both simple and comprehensive – instilling confidence, and enabled me to get the OWL up and running in 10 minutes. They don’t just deliver in terms of installation; they’re equally good on operation and ensured that navigating the display modes was easy too. Another plus point was the fact that all necessary batteries were included.
I then lost the entire evening going around switching every electrical thing off and on to see it’s impact. Some time ago we began a strict policy of replacing old school incandescent bulbs with energy saving bulbs but a solitary one did remain in the porch – to see the difference in consumption when this was switched on was really marked.
Is it worth the money? For me that’s a definite yes! I was able to understand that with all appliances switched off (that’s those which could be – I was leaving the fridge and freezer on) my consumption was around 3p per hour. Before going to bed however I was regularly noticing a reading of about 8p per hour. A quick check in the rooms of my teens and subsequent removal of phones and mp3 players from charge, coupled with the unplugging of pc’s and games consoles seemed to remedy the situation. I’m guessing this could save me around 40p per day and paying back the OWL in 125 days. Perhaps the greatest impact is in terms of education – seeing how the display rockets when the kettle is switched on has made me far more precise about the amount of water I boil each time, and after a month or so the need to raid the kid’s rooms to un-plug stuff were diminishing – good habits were beginning to form!
The OWL doesn’t have a memory function – so if you are keen to see just how much your energy consumption is behaving over time this won’t deliver (unlike others such as the Efergy or the Wattson) but if you want to have something simple and clear you can’t go wrong with this.
Please note I’m a member of staff – I’ve tried to be impartial in the review – but you should know this never the less.
Submitted by simonbedford on 13th Aug 2008
I bought an Owl and had it working out of the box in minutes. I did not realise when I bought it that it did not store data, I want to tell the children how much we used on a previous day and this will not do that. The Owl only gives you real time information, it does this very well but it is not quite what I wanted. To manage first you must measure. The girl at Ethical Superstore was very helpful and explained how to send it back. I have now ordered an Efergy unit.
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ben26 asked this question on 6th Aug 2008
Q: Can the OWL deal with a 3 phase supply or must it be single phase?
A: The owl can deal with a 3 phase supply BUT this will require the purchase of 2 additional sensor clips (Owl is shipped complete with one sensor clip - for single phase use)
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donal asked this question on 4th Aug 2008
Q: Are temperature & humidity measurements located in sender or receiver unit?
A: These are associated with the receiver (display) unit. John.
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steven asked this question on 4th Aug 2008
Q: Will it support economy7 as you then have two lots of cables to house?
A: I'm afraid it won't! The only energy monitor which is capable of monitoring the Economy 7 tariff is the Wattson. John
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59 asked this question on 7th Sep 2008
Q: Can the audible alarm be set to a power level e.g. 3.5kW?
A: The alarm is specifically designed to be set to a cost-per-hour limit, which is calculated via the price-per-unit values that you enter into your OWL. Therefore if you wish to set your alarm to alert you at a particular power level, simply calculate how much this level would cost per hour, and set that as your alarm price limit.
which means it should certainly help to monitor your power consumption.
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1 asked this question on 27th Aug 2008
Q: Is the Owl sufficiently sensitive to register the very small currents drawn by the standby lights found on many domestic appliances?
A: The Owl will measure all power drawn through the electricity meter.
