On a serious note, are there any Ofgem (?) rules which need to be considered when doing things like this, e.g. certified consumption meters?
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The only way you are going to be able to monitor individual rooms is if you avoid the fact that the rooms are part of a larger ring circuit.
You could install an Owl at each socket outlet, but it would have to be on a spur rather than on the ring. So your idea of a double socket with a kwh log is possible, but it would be rather bulky! If you were to build one yourself using an Owl and a spur, then you could, but it would be ridiculously expensive to have one at each outlet. However, the technology is there and could be used if somebody wanted to go ahead and build it!
You could install an Owl at each socket outlet, but it would have to be on a spur rather than on the ring. So your idea of a double socket with a kwh log is possible, but it would be rather bulky! If you were to build one yourself using an Owl and a spur, then you could, but it would be ridiculously expensive to have one at each outlet. However, the technology is there and could be used if somebody wanted to go ahead and build it!
I'm reminded of refrigeration control at this point.
In supermarkets, every few bays of refrigeration (and frozen) on the shop floor is controlled by a digital controller (the part where you see the temperature). Each controller can control such things as lights, nightblinds, defrost times, trim heaters, and of course the refrigeration inlet valve, via relays. They also take inputs from several temperature sensors, as well as humidity sensors. Every unit is linked via a cat5 network (nothing fancy, a plain network, you can even plug a laptop in anywhere on the network to program the units - each "gondola" of refrigeration has a switch on it). The "server" on this network is a "data manager" from which all parameters of all units can be seen and controlled.
Such a unit could be adapted to measure electricity consumption (instead of temperature) via a CT, and control the socket via a timer or even other external sources (say if that room's max consumption had been reached). Of course, this way would require a cat5 network to be implemented. And they are quite bulky. A simpler version could be implemented into the back of a DSO, with a deep backbox, and a couple of LEDs indicating status on the front of the socket.
In supermarkets, every few bays of refrigeration (and frozen) on the shop floor is controlled by a digital controller (the part where you see the temperature). Each controller can control such things as lights, nightblinds, defrost times, trim heaters, and of course the refrigeration inlet valve, via relays. They also take inputs from several temperature sensors, as well as humidity sensors. Every unit is linked via a cat5 network (nothing fancy, a plain network, you can even plug a laptop in anywhere on the network to program the units - each "gondola" of refrigeration has a switch on it). The "server" on this network is a "data manager" from which all parameters of all units can be seen and controlled.
Such a unit could be adapted to measure electricity consumption (instead of temperature) via a CT, and control the socket via a timer or even other external sources (say if that room's max consumption had been reached). Of course, this way would require a cat5 network to be implemented. And they are quite bulky. A simpler version could be implemented into the back of a DSO, with a deep backbox, and a couple of LEDs indicating status on the front of the socket.
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Either rewire or get owl units.
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