The Tinytag Energy Logger from Gemini Data Loggers is a safe and non-invasive tool for monitoring power usage of entire premises or individual high-consumption equipment. This portable, self-configuring device can be used for spot-checks or for longer term recording of single or three phase power supplies. Recorded data may be downloaded to identify times of peak load, to analyse energy profiles, and to identify power hungry or inefficient equipment.
The Energy Logger combines ease of use with accurate, high level performance. Logging can be initiated by the touch of a button, so users do not need a laptop to operate the device on site, and it does not require the exposure of any live wires or terminals. Non-invasive flexible coils are used to monitor the current in each phase of a three phase supply while the voltage information may be obtained via a standard 13A wall socket. The Energy Logger costs £795 +VAT.
For example, Energia, the largest independent energy supply company on the island of Ireland, is using the Tinytag Energy Logger as part of its service of providing customers with information about key areas of their energy usage.
Energia supplies over 65,000 business customers with gas and electricity. As an integral part of its additional services, the company frequently undertakes site visits to help customers identify specific areas of consumption. Information gained from this monitoring is then submitted in audit reports or presented to customers to help them make informed decisions about altering their energy behaviour.
Due to the varied nature of Energia’s customer base, the Energy Loggers are installed in a wide variety of facilities from heavy industrial sites to small retail units or supermarkets. Typically the loggers are left in place for a minimum of one week and the data used to compare it to the quarter hourly metering data from the incoming meter if possible.
Energia chose the Energy Logger for a number of reasons. The unit is portable and very easy to set up, and the Tinytag Explorer desktop software is user-friendly. In addition, the CTs (current transformers) or flexible coils are easy to attach to conductors when compared to other systems. The inclusion of batteries in the system also improves its usability.
Cormac Mannion, Energy Services Manager, Energia comments: “We have found the Tinytag to be an excellent unit to use in a wide variety of facilities. It is extremely portable and easy to use and captures the relevant data that we need in order to help our customers make informed decisions concerning their energy usage.”
Manufactured in the UK, data loggers in the Tinytag range monitor temperature, humidity, power usage, CO2 and other environmental parameters. Tinytags range from compact units for indoor use to rugged, waterproof devices for industrial and outdoor applications. Tinytags help ensure that conditions can be measured, recorded, analysed and validated. Recorded data is downloaded to a PC via a USB cable and viewed with easy to use Tinytag Explorer software.
Gemini Data Loggers has been designing and manufacturing Tinytags in the UK since 1992 and trades globally with a network of over 40 distributors.
Gemini Data Loggers (UK) Ltd
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