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Re: Wattvision (YC W09) Now Shipping

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Post by yock »

yanowitz wrote: post #50
yock wrote: post #32

I suspect that this sort of device could be removed by the power company should they discover it.The homeowner/tenant does not, in most cases, own the meter and some power companies could consider this a modification of the meter and have it removed. Heck, they might even bill you for the removal. I'm speculating, of course, but it seems like a real risk to me.

I think this is incorrect speculation. Black&Decker, for example, sells a similar looking device. I've had one on my meter for months and no one's said anything.

Straight from B&D's site:

The reference to specific manufacturers is for informational purposes only and does not represent that the Power Monitor has been approved or endorsed by the manufacturer or your local power company.

http://www.blackanddecker.com/energy/PowerMonitorCompatibili...

Re: Wattvision (YC W09) Now Shipping

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Post by yock »

yanowitz wrote: post #50
yock wrote: post #32

I suspect that this sort of device could be removed by the power company should they discover it.The homeowner/tenant does not, in most cases, own the meter and some power companies could consider this a modification of the meter and have it removed. Heck, they might even bill you for the removal. I'm speculating, of course, but it seems like a real risk to me.

I think this is incorrect speculation. Black&Decker, for example, sells a similar looking device. I've had one on my meter for months and no one's said anything.

I will give you this one though. My local power company indicates that the meter is property of the customer. Perhaps this is more common that I initially thought:

http://www.dpandl.com/customer-service/dpl-policies/meter-re...

Re: Wattvision (YC W09) Now Shipping

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Post by sean_lynch »

savrajsingh wrote: post #12
lazyant wrote: post #8

I was logged into my gmail account and after visiting this site, without signing up for anything I get a welcome email, WTF?

That's not the expected behavior. We use Google Accounts for Sign In, but it should present you with a window that says "sign in to wattvision" and ask you for your password again, even if you are already logged in to Gmail. We'll confirm / try to repro on our end. Any other info you have is appreciated. UPDATE: We definitely want to fix this, we do not want to surprise or inadvertently sign up users. That's not our…

Email sent. Google here, confirming this is an issue with the Users API on App Engine. On-call team is working on the fix now.

Edit: As of 12:30PM PST, we are now rolling out the fix. This should be relatively instantaneous.

Re: Wattvision (YC W09) Now Shipping

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Post by SabrinaDent »

Login issues aside (I realise they are significant but they're very well covered here)...

This is a great product. I'm delighted for you that you've launched it as a shipable unit after what I'm sure was epic work. But you just cannot sell to consumers on a website that look like that. Your homepage consists of a graph, for crying out loud.

Re: Wattvision (YC W09) Now Shipping

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Post by wmf »

JeffJenkins wrote: post #58

I'm interested in this kind of product, but I live in an apartment and don't have access to my electric meter (or if I do, I definitely can't install things on it). Is there something like this I could use on individual outlets?

If you have a breaker panel you can measure at that point: http://www.theenergydetective.com/store/ted-5000
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