Looking for some neat ideas/quality of life improvements aka lifehacks I guess

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    8 months ago

    Provided you live in a country that cares about transparency.

    My meter has a single LED and a propietary optical connection that claims to alarm the supplier if used.

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      8 months ago

      You can always wire up an ESP32 with an optical sensor that tracks the blinking of the LED. The meter should state how much energy is represented by a blink.
      Example project

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        Yep, I’ve got one of those going already! I’m currently working on improving the power consumption so I can run it off a LiFePO4 without recharging every week.

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      That sucks. Back here, the company that maintains the electrical grid actively stimulates the people to use such sensors. All in the name of saving energy. There’s even a page with vendors on their website.