Get real-time info on your electrical usage and track spending. Homeowner installs on electrical meter and transmits information wirelessly to in-home receiver/display. Encourages efficient electricity usage, which saves money and benefits the environment.
Average Customer Rating:
4.4 out of 5
Rating Summary
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7 of 8 (88%) customers would recommend this product to a friend.
Customer Reviews for Blue Line Innovations PowerCost Monitor, Model# BLI-24000
Overall Rating:
5
/ 5
Very nice product but...,
August 18, 2008
By fwaidfrom Victor, NY
"Bought the Monitor in July and was pleasantly surprised that it was so easy to set up. I like the display capabilities and the information available from the display. The only nit I have with it is the setting up of rate information. I know that in some regions there may be multiple rates to set up, but for those of us who do not have the need to enter such information it seemed overly tedious for this particular step. Also, I had to go through the entire process of setup again because it wasn't made clear how to keep the rate constant regardless of how many kwh used. I would definitely recommend this product to anyone looking to get a handle on their household electrical load and to see how one can reduce their costs by reducing their usage. If you want to see how an individual device or applance affects your usage and cost however, this is not the device to do that, unless such device uses a lot of power and would affect the total usage amount. Get something like a Kill-a-Watt Electricity usage monitor for that. These two products, working together, will really help you to monitor and help decide how to reduce your electricity usage - and save you money in the bargain."
What is your level of technical expertise?:
Professional
Review 2 for Blue Line Innovations PowerCost Monitor, Model# BLI-24000
Overall Rating:
5
/ 5
Easy Installation and Usage,
August 11, 2008
By HaroldTfrom Bloomington, indiana
"It only took a few minutes before I started receiving data on my power usage. I now have a much clearer understanding of which household devices are my energy hogs, and have been able to adjust my home power usage accordingly. Knowledge is power, and this device increases knowledge of power consumption. It easily pays for itself in a few months."
What is your level of technical expertise?:
Home Handyman
Review 3 for Blue Line Innovations PowerCost Monitor, Model# BLI-24000
Overall Rating:
1
/ 5
Inadequate Enduser info,
July 1, 2008
By Richard502from Olympia, WA
"I have followed this product for a long time and was looking forward to purchasing and using. All the reviews, marketing and company website were very positive and seemed to be the best energy monitoring product available. After it finally arrived and reading all the support documentation I spent the whole evening trying to get the sensor to work. After calling Blueline's technical service imagine my disappointment when told that "unfortunately" my electronic meter was not supported by their monitor. NOWHERE in all the articles and literature I read that there was any issues with meter compatibility. In fact this statement is from the manufactures' website: "The PowerCost Monitor™ can be used by any consumer of electricity, residential or commercial". Please beware of possible meter incompatibility. If it would have worked for me as I have heard I probably would have rated with 5 stars."
What is your level of technical expertise?:
Home Handyman
Review 4 for Blue Line Innovations PowerCost Monitor, Model# BLI-24000
Overall Rating:
5
/ 5
Works as advertised!,
June 3, 2008
By Jonny5from Seattle, WA
"and that is saying a lot. I was a bit sceptical at first, but having just bought a new, larger house I was getting some higher than average energy bills and decided to give it a try. I've tested it four several months now and it seems to be quite accurate with the bills I recieve. Plus it shows you in almost real-time (~10 second delay) how much power you're consuming. You can go turn on the oven or dryer and see how much power it's sucking or costing you. I have got to the point now where I know what the norm is at different parts of the day and it's way off then I can track down or figure out what is drawing the power. Very useful little device!!"
What is your level of technical expertise?:
Home Handyman
2 of 2 people found this review helpful.
Review 5 for Blue Line Innovations PowerCost Monitor, Model# BLI-24000
Overall Rating:
5
/ 5
Blue Line Power monitor,
April 14, 2008
By jamesc215from Perry, Fl
"I got this device amost a month ago and setup was a simple. They provided a setup video clip for about every type of power meter there is.. I have one of the new digital ones and the setup took a whole 10 minutes. Programing the monitor to my power bill costs took another 10.. I've found things in my house to turn off that i would have never guessed pulled as much power as they did.. Right now I can monitor my power consumption down to the penny or watt depending on the view you set on the monitor.. It was well worth it's low cost and in 2 or 3 power bills it will have paid for it's self plus I now know about everything in my house that pulls watts and how many.. I went from pulling an Avg of 16 KW an hour to about 9.7 just turning things off I don't really use.. Plus it even tells you the outside tempature,the time and your total useage which you can reset and gauge you power bill monthly from and a peak meter.. I love it and it's cool blue backlight."
What is your level of technical expertise?:
Home Handyman
4 of 4 people found this review helpful.
Review 6 for Blue Line Innovations PowerCost Monitor, Model# BLI-24000
Overall Rating:
4
/ 5
Handy device, easy to install,
April 14, 2008
By TrailBlazer23from Boston area, MA
"I found this device relatively easy to install, and immediately useful. It is much easier to have a real-time display of overall consumption handy than than trying to measure each of the many devices in the house (especially since individually metering central systems like heat and A/C for electric consumption is not practical). I plugged in the PowerCost monitor and was immediately able to get a sense of how much power my central heating system fans were using by just cycling them on and off while watching the meter. The couple of minor annoyances: * Working out the absolute cost was not worth the trouble for me. My electric bill is broken in to so many parts (some fixed fees, some consumption based) that what the monitor shows for the month and what I actually pay are only approximately the same. * A faster update time would make it easier to take individual device measurements without having to worry about whether some other device (e.g. refrigerator) is cycling at the same time. * Recently I have been getting an occasional 0 display and incorrect temperature readout even though the signal reads strong. Not sure yet whether that is some kind of interference from other electronic devices, or something else."
What is your level of technical expertise?:
Home Handyman
2 of 2 people found this review helpful.
Review 7 for Blue Line Innovations PowerCost Monitor, Model# BLI-24000
Overall Rating:
5
/ 5
Powercost Monitor,
January 14, 2008
By JSNHfrom Southern New Hampshire
"Good product. Easy to install. Near instant feedback on electricty use and cost. it is great to find what electricty cost so you can reduce what you turn on. The wireless comunication works good and have not changed batteries yet (2 months so far). You can not download information from it and it does not capture peaks other than a graph but it track usage and keeps a running total very well."
What is your level of technical expertise?:
Professional
2 of 3 people found this review helpful.
Review 8 for Blue Line Innovations PowerCost Monitor, Model# BLI-24000
Overall Rating:
5
/ 5
What an excellent product!,
September 9, 2007
By LukeKfrom Greenville, SC
"I read an article about a product called a Wattson, which isn't available yet, however this product pretty much does what the Wattson does except for detailed tracking and computer integration. The package is very simple to set up, all you need is a screwdriver. Batteries are included and the instructions are clear and easy to understand. This product makes it easy to track real-time KWh usage in your home. I highly recommend it!"
What is your level of technical expertise?:
Professional
