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Originally Posted by Nick B
Bored Engineer?
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Actually I used the info to maximize my profit on the rental.
For one renter I had a steep electric bill, I checked the temp occasionally and didn't see anything unusual. It turned out he was changing the temp frequently, like 118 times in a month. The guest would hyper cool the home for sleeping and kick in the resistance heat in the morning. I didn't rent to them again. Later I disabled the emergency heat. I don't enjoy being a big brother but some people just don't treat your home like it is their own.
After a near miss hurricane I couldn't reach anyone to find out about any damage. I looked on the monitor and saw they cooked breakfast and brewed some coffee, all was well. Finding that out was priceless.
The essence of the Sense monitor is information. How many times have you heard unplug your phone charger to save the planet. Wrong it will cost 10.24 cents a year. Or tanked water heaters are expensive, no not if eleven dollars a month is change.
It is amazing how many myths are repeated over again. TOTV is as bad as any source in the internet.
But yes, many guess that I am an engineer.