Which brings up the whole idea, how does a gas meter work? I have no gas,
but am intrigued as many people with smart meters are told to change a
battery in the gas bit. One assumes then that it the gas is coming in at a
different place to the electricity, and there is no mains connection it
talks to the other mete using battery power, sounds a bit crude.
Brian

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Roger Mills wrote:
You can buy energy monitors which either use a clamp sensor round one of
the meter tails or count flashes on new-type meters. But they only
appear to give instantaneous readings and daily totals.

Does anyone know of anything more granular - preferable with the ability
to capture the data and insert it into a spreadsheet? Sounds maybe like
a Raspberry Pi application?

https://openenergymonitor.org/
does it on a Pi, and will sell you the parts need to hook up to your meter
for not-very-much.


Looks interesting, but (so far as I can see) only works for electricity
metering, not gas.

Given that I don't have a power socket next to the meter, and I've already
got several Pis running, would it be feasible to get the sensor head, and
use the wireless to talk to an existing Pi ? (the site suggests it might
be)

Adrian
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