Further to our article on 20th April 2008, on the subject of E.ON’s launch of their new product – Energy Saver, which helps its customers to see the energy they use and enables them to save both energy and money, with their FREE Home Energy Monitor.
E.ON kindly supplied UK Home Ideas with a home energy monitor for a review, which follows:
The monitor kit contains, an attractive white display unit, plus its adapter plug and a sensor jaw with a transmitter.
Also included is an excellent booklet, which clearly instructs the user on the installation procedure, the input of your personal tariff and understanding the monitor display.
Following the instructions given, we found setting up the system very easy and the resulting display, (in bold figures and graphs), revealed
wide-ranging data about our current usage.
The monitor shows you how much electricity you’re using right now, plus importantly, how much it’s going to cost you every day and every month.
Spending time, experimenting with the monitor and checking it regularly, informed us of the energy used by individual appliances, as we switched them on and off.
Checking the display before leaving the house, showed exactly how much electricity we are using, even when not at home.
Another check before going to bed, revealed how much we spent while asleep and how much we saved by switching an appliance off.
We were surprised at how much energy is wasted in a day, by appliances normally left on standby.
It was easy for us to track our electricity use, with the Energy Saving Monitor; it will not cut your electricity bills on its own, but it does show you just how much energy and money you are wasting and helps you change your habits, plus raising awareness of everyday ways, we can be more energy efficient.
Web: http:// www.eonenergy.com
Tel: (0800) 015 9853.