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SDMCF · 10-08-14, 12:31 AM

@Ormston: Many thanks for that. I hadn't seen it before. I will study it. I had been thinking of something like that or alternatively something like this. The ready-made library for the approach you suggest is a big bonus though so I will probably go that way.

@bmxeroh: Good point. I was aware of this and I have a suitable power supply for both the Arduino and seperately for the relay board, plus a step down from 5V to 3,3V to suit the LCD. In operation the controller doesn't use USB power at all, and is only connected to a PC for development.

@Servicetech: No, our energy provide doesn't provide anything like that, unfortunately. It sounds like your provider is more switched on (pardon the pun) and your meter is more sophisticated. Our meter doesn't know the rate so I have to get that data from the internet. How do you tell your device how much you want to run the AC? Is that a manual process or programmable? How often does your rate change?

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SDMCF Apprentice EcoRenovator Join Date: Jul 2014 Location: Finland Posts: 125 Thanks: 5 Thanked 35 Times in 34 Posts	@Ormston: Many thanks for that. I hadn't seen it before. I will study it. I had been thinking of something like that or alternatively something like this. The ready-made library for the approach you suggest is a big bonus though so I will probably go that way. @bmxeroh: Good point. I was aware of this and I have a suitable power supply for both the Arduino and seperately for the relay board, plus a step down from 5V to 3,3V to suit the LCD. In operation the controller doesn't use USB power at all, and is only connected to a PC for development. @Servicetech: No, our energy provide doesn't provide anything like that, unfortunately. It sounds like your provider is more switched on (pardon the pun) and your meter is more sophisticated. Our meter doesn't know the rate so I have to get that data from the internet. How do you tell your device how much you want to run the AC? Is that a manual process or programmable? How often does your rate change?