Easy setup & install Well let me see...no, can't think of any. I like the unit and it works as advertised. The unit was well packed and after opening, found that the instructions for setup were easy to follow and straightforward. Within about twenty minutes I had it all hooked up and running and monitoring my power usage. I took the unit to my sink and began to wash dishes and was amazed at how much it cost to run the water-heater to do that. Now I wear gloves and wash in cold water and save that money. Also, I was amazed at how much it costs to run the furnace. This unit has helped me to be more conscience of my power usage. I do believe you will find it to be so also;.

Large screens clear numbers Time to set up Good job This is a good product. More "pre sets" on the product would help, especially for those who are less technically inclined.

Shows you your power usage in kilowatts/money spent in semi real time (updates every 30 seconds. Makes it easier to figure out what's killing your electric bill. 1. Constantly loses connection with the transmitter. 2. Your stuck using batteries that last about 1 billing cycle (30 days) in the receiver. No external DC power jack to plug an AC adapter into. It needs improvements but when it works its very useful. I bought the power cost monitor to help me figure out why my electric bill was so high.

When I first received the PCM is was a little frustrating getting through the initial setup but not impossible. It seemed to work great for about 6 hours, then started reading .3 kilowatts constantly. I reset the unit and all was well for about 4 hours then it started doing the same thing. Over and over it would stop receiving a signal from the transmitter. I tried moving the receiver to every corner of my house with the same results. Works fine for a few hours then starts showing readings I know are wrong. I tried distances from 10 feet to 80 feet with the same outcome. Why they didn't give it 2.4 Ghz capability to be able to hook through a wireless router is beyond me. The no AC jack is also kind of annoying and I can't think of any good reason other than cost of manufacturing to not include one.

for a $120+ bucks I expect this thing to work flawless. Problem is I'm only getting about $40 bucks worth of performance out of.

To make this thing perfect:

1. 2.4 ghz connectivity with the ability to interface a PC with it.

2. DC power jack.

3. needs to be under $100

Easy to install Runs on batteries Good for the money. -

I used the monitor on the mechanical utility meter at my Church. Worked great and allowed us at the Church to look for ways to save power. I really bought the monitor to use at my house. I was not able to sucessfully attach it to the optical utility meter. I struggled with this for a couple of hours. I had the same experience at a neighbor's house. Please see what you can do to improve this product so it works with optical utility meters. I did not return it because it worked so well with the mechanical meter at my Church. Nothing more to say.

It is very user friendly and operates, setups, and works well. The kh factor dose not match to my meter. my meter is 12 KH factor so it makes the acuracy is off. The infared signal is weak if you take it more that 10 feet away from the meter. Overall it is a good unit that just needs some adjustment. The kh factor dose not match to my meter. my meter is 12 KH factor so it makes the acuracy is off.It is very user friendly and operates, setups, and works well.
I would like to see this device to have some additional readings.
Amp clamps that clamp onto load wires inside the electrical panel. These should communicate to the display by infared.This would enable the customer to see power useage on each appliance at one location insted of having the little individual readouts in different locations. Also the infared signal needs to be heavily boosted in the home..... Have a Great Day.

Fast, easy to set up and accurate. You actually do need to read the manual to get the setup right. We've used this for 8 months; to identify poor appliances, wasteful home practices and to estimate our use prior to a solar system installation. Superb. Over the last 8 months we've used this device to measure our whole house energy consumption as we have switched out an old refrigerator, oven, remodeled our kitchen and put in an induction stove top. We have found it to be a valuable tool to lower our energy costs and to search for the hidden power transformers. Soon we hope to put in several solar panels and we are using a years worth of observations into scaling our solar system needs. We highly recommend this device and the help the PowermeterStore provided. Good luck on your energy conservation efforts.

jeff

Helps pinpoint those energy hogs that consume your $. As you turn off lights and other appliances you can see your usage (&your bill) drop. Helps in energy conciousness and conservation. Will not measure less that 400 watts. Limited signal transmission. Sometimes difficult to mount on glass dome. Have been told by meter readers that it is illegal to mount on domes (though they haven't removed it). Good for energy consciousness and electrical usage awareness. A little pricey. A good Tool for every home. I'd recommend buying one and be the envy of your neighbors!

I know immediatly when the hot water tank and all others big electrical consumers are on. This equipment is not sensitive anough to notice a 100 watts bulb on. It gives us the information on which are our big electrical consumers in the house. It is simple to install and easy to undrestand.

The product was easy to install and sync. I purchased two. One was installed on a conventional meter without difficulty. The other was installed on a digital meter and the readings were not as accurate as on the conventional house meter. The transmission frequency conflicted with an outdoor wireless weather transmitter. The meter would not sync until the weather device was disabled. Excellent product. With the installation of the power meter, the overall power usage during the summer months with air conditioning was reduced by 50%. The savings more than paid for the power meters. I would recommend the power meter for all home owners since it reflects the instantaneous power usage, overall power usage and the cost. Hopefully, these types of monitors will become mandatory for all home owners.

nice idea product is very difficult to get oriented correctly, and when there is sunlight on the device, it doesnt read at all. i wish I hadnt gotten the device. It just doesnt work I purchased two of these devices. Both worked the same way. I installed them on the mechanical meters and found that any sort of sunlight on the meter would defeat the reading means and render the device inoperable. Plus the range of the radio link between the sender and receiver was very limited when it did read consumption.

???? Have not been able to get it to work consistanley Great idea if it worked Have not been able to get it to work consistanley.
Great idea if it worked

Works as promised. Vedry useful in finding out what items in my house use how much electricty. Sometime when it stops working it is hard to get started again but with a littler perseverance it works again. Gives me exactly the information I wanted although a little touchy at times I have said it all above.

Product looks great It has a tough time with batteries and operating through stucco When the unit operates for a couple of days, the information is terrific. It just needs to run longer. I was very excited to find the product and carefully installed it per the instructions upon receipt. I find that it's overall measurement of power to be fairly granular since it is counting revolutions on the official power company meter. Even with that limitation the meter does seem to accurately measure the power being used in the house. I verified its measurement using the simple timing method as well as using a couple of different plug-in devices.

My experience with batteries is that they seem to last about two days maximum in the outside unit. If the later models have solved the battery drain problem, I would seriously consider trying the product again.

It is great to see my electric consumption! When I see it high, I immediately try to figure out what is on. It is amazing to see your savings when you shut off all those lights your not using. It's also astounding to see how much electricity it takes to run your dryer! You lose all your settings when you replace the batteries. Also when replacing betteries you lose your signal to the remote on your meter and it sometimes has a difficult time reconnecting. A great tool that saves you money by revealing your electrical usage. I've had several people see it and want one for their home. You have had several referals! Enough Said!

I was looking for this monitor and found it on your website where I purchasaed it immediatly. I have not used it yet because now that I have the monitor I am able to try it out at my convenience. I know that I will be able to find out how much power is required to run each electrial & electronic device in my home to see where I am losing power. I do not see that there are or could be any bad points I really purchased this monitor to see where I could save the use of electrical power see above

easy to install.setup and use None Quality Product Usefull Tool no

Easy to set up Easy to read None that I have found This Power Cost Monitor is great, however if packaged with an ammeter or other power gauge it would be fabulous! Setup took minutes and the monitor was operational immediately.
The only thing on my wish list would be an easy to use, inexpensive and relatively accurate ammeter to check the meter against the actual power consumed.
Would make a nice package that would appeal to homeowners wondering if their meter is accurate.

Easy to install and program. Easy screen to understand. All info is read directly from the screen. None that I could find Love the live monitoring of electrical use of the house. It's nice to predict my electric bill before it comes. The meter installed in minutes. The instructions were clear and easy to follow. Programming the meter was a snap following the instructions supplied. Watching the cost per hour of electric has been very useful in determining waste and how to save on my electric bill. It is surprising how much electricity is used when you least expect it. I believe the meter has saved me money by causing me to find ways to get a lower cost per hour on the screen.

The meter accurately monitors your power usage either in $ or kilowatts. You can see what appliance or device used the most power and just how much it uses. The exterior unit is a little touchy to get mounted just right. But once it is lined up properly it works in all kinds of weather and at all temperatures. Would highly recommend to anyone interested in conserving electricity. I am completely satisfied with my Power Cost Monitor. It accurately monitors our power usage. I prefer the $ readings as it more accurately reflects what we are using. I have had the meter for over a year and have not yet had any problems and have not even had to change the batteries. The only minor complaint I might have is it is very touchy to get the exterior sensor accurately mounted on the power meter. I use it everyday and have been successful at lowering our usage by 15% just by paying attention to what we are using and when.

Easy to set. Easy to read. Accurate. None. Absolutely excellent! In these times of rising utility costs, this unit is invaluable in monitoring power consumption. Anything above around 100 watts can be noticably detected and investigated. It makes you much more aware of where your power consumption is centered and makes you more aware of the costs.

Accurate, easy enough for my wife to understand. wireless link disconnects sometimes, wish it had an AC converter (instead of batteries) Great product, would buy it again We are are family of 5 (kids 9, 7, and 3) that lives in VT where it can be quite cold and dark in the winter.

Our electric bills started climbing to about $200-$250 a month. We heat the playroom in the basement with electric heat but use it seldomly, I had a new plasma TV and related equipment, we leave a pole-light on out front every night (efficiency bulb) - - we had no idea which - if any - of these items was the culpret.

The Powercost monitor was suprisingly easy to setup. Once setup whenever we pass it and it's high (say $.60 or higher), we look around the house and to determine the cause. Thru some time and some testing, we've determined that a few inefficent appliances are the main cause of our high bills. Our Dishwasher in particular is VERY costly, although it was energy-star rated, it was done so (we discovered) with all the options and features turned off. When you turn on the hot rinse, hot dry, etc - the cost skyrockets. These features need to be on to get a load of dishes clean, we run about 2 loads a day thru it...sorry, I digress...

The powercost monitor made our efficency efforts realtime, I don't really know how else to put it...we can try things and trial/error on a minute-to-minute basis if we care to, we don't need to wait for our once a month bill to see if our attempts bore fruit.

I also realized that at night, while everyone's in bed and everythings off, we were drawing $.08 per hr or $60 month! so many items in the house just suck power whenever they are plugged in while they're powered on or not.

This is a good product I would buy again, just making you aware of your useage is worth the price alone.

None I was never able to get it installed correctly and I ended up giving the complete package to Charity.... Was a losss of money for me.... Unacceptable for my purposes....

Easy to install. Easy to setup. Very happy with product Could use dew point with temp. Very happy with product. I have droped my power usage 10% and could continue to do more. Very happy.

Nice size disply - easy to read Battery install in meter unit could be labeled better Excellent This is a great device for showing families / customers in real time how there habits affect there bill.

The PCM has been effective in making us aware of our electric energy usage, changing our usage habits and identifying the most energy intensive devices. Seal on outside units battery compartment leaks and has resulted in failure of unit twice. Unit never reads less than .2KW even if absolutely no power is being used. Good product for monitoring overall electric usage. This is a good product for monitoring overall electric usage. The almost real-time reading permits identification of how much energy appliances and devices are using as they are turned on and off. We have reduced our usage (and cost) almost 15% this year. This product is good for dealing with the 'gross offenders' where there is a big benefit in reducing usage. A different product is needed to monitor low-usage (< 100W) devices.

It has been very helpful and we have used it. You might not like this but I have loaned it to a number of my friends. We are sharing the cost and the savings amongst a number of my friends. One benefit is that we talk about how we are saving money by cutting our energy costs. It is a little complicated to set up but once you do it one or two times it gets easier I think it has been a worthwhile investment This has been a worthwhile investment in saving money from my electricity bill. I put a lamp in my office instead of burning the 5 overhead lights that I had been using. I have passed the power monitor on to a number of friends and they have been finding ways to cut their energy bill too.

It works for a while (maybe 2-3 months), Any type of voltage spike, or fluctuation, causes the meter to show "overspin" in the meter and then after MANY RESETS AND REPLACING BATTERIES NUMOROUS TIMES, the power meter mis-reads my power levels continuously. I think either there is something malfunctioning with my unit, or, its design is flawed and unacceptable. Junk I need a new unit that works and that is of better quality.

Easy to setup and install. Great information so you can save money knowing when you are wasting electricity. None this product is great- should be a mandated part of every home. Imagine how much electricity the country could save if everyone had one?