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What is TED?

TED is a simple, yet extremely accurate, home energy monitor that allows you to see electricity usage in real-time. You no longer have to wait for the 'electricity bill surprise'! TED will accurately tell you what your bill is going to be long before the electric bill arrives. Meanwhile, you will learn more about conserving energy, saving money, and helping save the environment.

With its patented solution to home energy management, TED quantifies electricity and displays the results on its easy-to-read LCD screen. Unlike some complicated electricity conservation systems, TED is a simple, intuitive and affordable way to monitor and manage your entire home's energy consumption. Think of it as your home's speedometer.

With its two-second reaction time, TED provides immediate feedback on energy usage. For you, that means no surprises. You can see what you're spending on electricity each second, as well as what you've spent so far today or so far this month.

For a more comprehensive look at your electricity usage, and to really 'see' where you may be wasting electricity (AND MONEY) check out "TED Footprints"... dynamic software that allows you to log your electricity usage on your PC for graphing, charting, load-profiling and much more!

And with the help of TED, you're not only able to better manage your own dollars, you are also helping your neighbors, your community, and the environment through energy conservation.

Energy Facts

The Problem
Our communities and neighborhoods are under pressure. In order to keep up with our increasing demand for electricity (and to minimize or eliminate rolling black-outs/brown-outs), utility companies across the country are having to increase infrastructure and build new power plants. In addition to the huge capital investment and permitting concerns, this increase in usage has placed significant pressure and demands on the environment.

The Solution
There is no quick fix for the energy consumption problem. But, each one of us can impact and improve the situation by finding ways to conserve energy in our own lives and community.

How can TED help?
While many consumers are interested in protecting the environment, most lack the tools necessary to take effective measure to save energy. That's where TED comes in!

Because it continuously (and accurately!) measures the electricity consumption of your entire home, TED can help you conserve energy and help your neighbors. With the installation of TED, you can immediately begin monitoring and controlling your energy consumption - which will also save money!

Other ways to conserve

There are many ways to conserve electricity, but here is a list of cool, hot tips that are simple and effective.

1. Turn the lights off whenever you leave a room. Yes, even the fluorescent ones.
2. Put in compact fluorescent bulbs. They have improved tremendously in recent years!
3. Rather than leaving the outside lights on at night, replace them with a motion-sensing light.
4. Let your dishes air-dry. Don't run your dishwasher drying cycle.
5. Keep the refrigerator and freezer doors closed.
6. Plug the components of your entertainment center into a power strip; turn the power strip off when you are not using your home electronics.
7. Turn off your computer at night...do not put it in the 'sleep mode'...turn it OFF.
8. Put in a programmable thermostat and set your temperature for a comfortable setting.
9. Keep windows and doors closed, and only open them when you have to.
10. Take a brief shower instead of a soaking bath.
11. During the summer months, close your blinds and/or curtains during the day and open them at night. In the winter, do the opposite.
12. Only wash full loads of laundry - and dirty dishes! Half-loads cost just as much as a full-load.
13. Turn the air conditioner up several degrees at night...better still, turn it off.
14. Set the thermostat to the maximum comfortable temperature during the day.
15. Instead of turning on your air conditioner, use a fan.
16. Lower the temperature of your hot water heater to 120°F -125°F.
17. If you are shopping for new appliances, be sure to check out Energy Star products - they have been designed to meet EPA efficiency guidelines.

Any combination of these will make you a real electricity saver (and put dollars in your pocket)!

Features

If you want SIMPLE ... TED can be SIMPLE. If you want to conduct a detailed ENERGY AUDIT ... TED can do that just as easily.

A truly useful tool you will love! The premier residential energy saving product, TED allows you to see your entire electricity usage at a glance. With a push of TED's button, you can display your energy usage in dollars and cents or in kilowatts if you prefer. And, with its attractive design, TED can sit on a counter or be wall-mounted. For a full list of TED features, click here

Some quick facts about TED:

1. TED is very accurate! Accurate to within +/- 2%
2. There are no batteries to change - TED is truly maintenance-free.
3. TED will not lose its data when unplugged or during power outage.
4. TED provides a real-time reading of your overall energy use.
5. TED is very simple and intuitive to setup. Average setup time is less than 10 minutes.
6. TED accommodates almost all tariff structures, including any combination of Time-of-Use (off-peak, mid-peak, peak, critical-peak), up to 5 tiers, Summer/Winter, fixed charge, energy surcharges, and taxes.
7. TED's flexibility allows it to closely replicate your electricity bill
8. TED has built-in alarms to alert you to high energy use or to keep energy costs below a monthly budget.
9. TED will allow you to better budget your electricity dollars
10. TED is affordable - starting as low as $140 in our online store
11. A qualified homeowner or electrician can easily install TED in about 10-15 minutes
12. TED allows you to setup different daily and seasonal time of use rates so you can REALLY monitor your running cost.

Additional energy innovation products are in development that will allow TED to receive and respond to price signals from utilities (Critical Peak Pricing), either by power line carrier transmission, wireless, or pager signal. This will provide the consumer with the information necessary to accept real time pricing changes and the tools necessary to make smart decisions for load shedding based on your customers' needs and preferences.

Detailed Features:

TED Footprint

TED Footprints is data-logging software designed to provide very detailed information about your use of electricity. TED Footprints is available as an option for TED and requires an unlock key to activate the data port. If you already own TED and want to upgrade, click here for upgrade instructions. If you wish to order TED with Footprints, click here to go to the Store.

How does TED Footprints work? Simply connect TED to your PC via USB or Serial connection (depending on the model of TED that you have), and TED Footprints will begin tracking and logging your usage every second.

To see a couple of the Footprints screenshots, click here: Footprints Screen Shots

Some additional key dynamics:
- Dashboard view of real-time usage, displaying all data stored within TED on your PC
- View data in kW, Dollar, or in CO2 format at the push of a button
- Logs Time of Use in kWh, Dollars and Voltage
- Graphs/charts all logged data in kWh, Dollars, or Voltage
- Graphs/charts are printable
- Calendar for viewing is flexible: view day, week, month, year.
- Data is logged in background
- Data is logged in .CSV format for further user analysis or graphing/charting in Excel or other software.
- Load-Profile major appliances, such as Water Heater, HVAC system, or other heavy loads. Records time-of-use, run-time and cost-to-run specified loads.

TED Footprints FAQ

1. Will TED Footprints work on a MAC as well as a PC? No. Not at the present time.
2. What operating systems will TED Footprints work on? TED Footprints will work on Vista, XP, Server 2003, and Win2000. TED Footprints utilizes Microsoft's .NET Framework.
3. What does TED Footprints do? Footprints logs real-time electricity usage and displays graphs, charts, and MANY other WOW features. To see a couple of the Footprints screenshots, click here: Footprints Screen Shots
4. I have a TED1000. Will Footprints work on this? Yes...Please see the section TED Upgrade.
5. Will Footprints work on my TED 1002? Yes. See TED Upgrade.
6. How frequently does the data get recorded in my computer? Every one (1) second.
7. Can I access the data that has been logged to create my own graphs? Yes. Footprints logs the data in .CSV format and can be instantly exported for user-defined charting and graphing.
8. How much data will Footprints log? You are limited only by the amount of storage on your PC. You can set up your own parameters.
9. How accurate is Footprints? TED Footprints is accurate to within 2%.
10. What does Footprints log? Footprints logs KW, kWh, Dollars, and voltage.
11. Will Footprints display Greenhouse Gas Emissions? Yes.
12. If I buy Footprints now, can it be upgraded if you make changes to it? Yes. You will be able to access upgrades from our website.
13. Can I print the graphs? Yes.

How do I Install TED?

Installation is very simple and quick. A qualified homeowner or electrician can install TED in about 10-15 minutes. TED operates on the existing wires in your home, so there is no need to run any additional wires.

This graphic is not to be considered installation instructions, but simply an overview of the effort. Complete installation instructions with all safety concerns are included in your purchase.

TED is comprised of 2 basic components - a transmitter (MTU seen above with CTs) and a display unit (which is plugged into any outlet in the home). There are no wires to run. Data is transmitted over existing wiring in your home every 1 second, so no matter where you plug TED's display in, it receives the data - in very real time!

The reason an electrician should perform the MTU (transmitter) installation is that the cover of the electric panel is removed. Serious injury/death could occur if you are not very familiar with electrical components and operation of the circuit breaker panel. It is a very simple installation for an electrician. It shouldn't take an electrician more than 10 minutes to install.

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