author
Popular Posts
samotage's blog
Posted by:
samotage
July 15, 2011
Let's face it, most of our energy usage today isn't that smart, at a time in history where we have more energy than ever before, we still don't have enough! The old school way of...
Posted by:
samotage
June 01, 2011
I've just been doing some charting upgrades and adding some new gadgets, notably some nice doughnut charts! I was also just inspecting the solar energy output for the last 12 months versus the lights. It...
Posted by:
samotage
May 24, 2011
This guide steps through a very simple procedure to connect a SEGbox built for a WiFi connection to your wireless internet service. To proceed, you will need to know a couple of things about this...
Posted by:
samotage
April 28, 2011
Lately we have been doing a bit of work measuring energy in large buildings and complex sites. Often these are places where there are building management systems that preform many of the low level functions...
Posted by:
samotage
March 15, 2011
Perhaps there is something we haven't been told yet? Never before have we seen a nuclear accident unfold like the ongoing crisis at Fukushima this week. In real time we have seen tweets of explosions,...
Posted by:
samotage
March 07, 2011
During the recent Sustainable Living Festival in Melbourne, the Smart Energy team got a chance to check out the Future Spark pedal power demonstration. This is a remarkable piece of engineering, and I had the...
Posted by:
samotage
March 06, 2011
We all love a hot shower, and a god many of our water heaters are of the bad old single element energy hog, and if you have one of these units, there is a very...
Posted by:
samotage
January 12, 2011
One of the smallest energy sensors available, our 5mm current sensor is a nice little thing. Able to fit inside the tightest of spaces, and accurate to around 2 percent. Our kit needs a little love and...
Posted by:
samotage
December 23, 2010
Last weekend, our family went to the beach. Not because it was a nice day, it was raining, windy and otherwise miserable, however we needed to get out of the house as the cabin...
Posted by:
samotage
December 21, 2010
Forget the cost of carbon, the cost of energy is going up, wether we like it or not. In Melbourne, it's been 50% since 2006 and the utilities predict another 50% by 2015 2010 has...