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Didn't get too hot until later today so Pepper got to go get groceries and lunch with me today.

Did some testing on the home A/C today. They claimed I could save electricity by turning the thermostat down before 2pm, then shut off the A/C and let it ride until 7pm. NOT IN MY HOUSE.

Was 73°F at 1pm so turned it down to 68°F. At 2pm it had dropped to 70°F. Turned off the A/C.

By 2:20 it was back up to 73°F and at 2:45 was sweaty and 75° so turned it back on. In 15 minute is was back to my comfortable 73°F.

Was kinda weird that to only dropped 3 degrees in an hour from 73, but dropped so much quicker from 75 to 73.
That might be the ducts leaking like the energy audit says, but the temp climbing so fast sounds like insulation to me!

Found a gizmo called Smappee. It has an induction coil you put on the line going into your breaker box. It not only tracks electrical usage but can learn the electrical signature of different devices, like appliances, stereo, etc. Will also talk to home automation stuff. They also have one that will monitor gas and water as well.

Friend gave and example of it sending a text message to tell him the washer is done so could put the load in the dryer, and another message when the dryer is done to unload it before stuff gets wrinkled. Says you can use just about anything as a trigger to have other things happen. Like I could turn on my hot water tank temp up in the morning, then after I have used the amount of water for a shower it turns the hot water heater back down to VAC mode.

Am really getting ate up with this stuff. The important part is I haven't bought anything yet!

The Big Lebowski is on now!