Analysing my Earth Hour energy graphs

So last night I tracked my consumption during Earth Hour with The Energy Detective hooked up to this webite. Here’s the graph for the hour (click for larger image). It updates approximately every 1-2 seconds. Now I have all electric baseboard heating as well as cooking and other appliances. We don’t have any Natural Gas …

Earth Hour side-by-side comparison!

It’s Earth Hour today at 8:30PM PDT! And just in time, Murkyview.com has been “TED enabled!” If you want to know how honest *I am* during Earth Hour tonight, you can monitor my Energy consumption right here. Check out the graph links for different times along the bottom too! Tomorrow I will post a side-by-side …

TED Energy Monitor hooked up to website!

So for Christmas my lovely wife got me the only present I really wanted. “The Energy Detective” What is it? It’s a “whole house” energy monitor. Basically, one part of it hooks into a breaker in your electrical panel and clamps onto the power lines that come into your house. (Not nearly as scary as …