The Current Cost TREC
An easy to use energy monitor – how much are you spending on your energy use right now?
Be energy aware at home to make a positive difference to your power bill and your carbon footprint, with real-time energy use and cost information at your finger tips.See how much energy you use and what it costs you, as you use it. The TREC receives this information wirelessly from a transmitter placed in your meter box and is updated every 6 seconds to keep you informed and help you save. Mains powered using a lot less than one watt of energy, the display helps you change habits to eliminate waste.
The TREC can be connected to up to ten transmitters or Individual Appliance Monitors (IAMs) at once. This enables you to monitor ten different circuits or appliances from the one TREC.
You can also have more than one TREC receiving information from your transmitters and IAMs. For example, you can have one TREC in the kitchen, and another in the study so you can see your power consumption at a glance. The transmitters and IAMs have a range of 25m in an indoor environment (100m line-of-sight), enabling you to position your TREC where it is most convenient for you.
If you are already using the ENVI monitoring solution, you can use the Trec to work with your existing Current Cost network and deliver information across your home using its C2 technology, so that you can see your energy use wherever you are at home.
The TREC - How much can you save?
Be SmartNow and Save Now
| Product Size: | 80 x 92 x 25mm | |||
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| Viewable Screen: | 64 x 55mm | |||
| Retail Package Size: | 262 x 98 x 42mm | |||
| Internal Power Requirement: | Mains block adapter (approx. 700mW) | |||
| Physical Format: | Table-top | |||
| Energy Monitored: | Single-phase electricity | |||
| Receiver: | 433MHz SRD band | |||
| Communication Platform: | C2 architecture | |||
| Sensor Coding Recognition: | 10 channel | |||
| Recognition Method: | User Initiated - seeks 4,096 possibilities | |||
| Number of Permitted Transmitters: | Ten | |||
| Display: | Liquid Crystal segmented display | |||
| Backlight: | No | |||
| LCD mode: | Positive reflective -12:00 view | |||
| Main services: | Energy, Current Cost | |||
| Subordinate Services: | None | |||
| WT Reception Licence Required: | No | |||
| Tariff pre-set at prevailing rate (issued by the purchaser). Adjustable to 99.9c | ||||
| NOTE: The display format is not suitable for accuracy checking of tariff meter. | ||||
Installation Question
It is important you observe some simple precautions before using the product.
The Current Cost monitor does not require you to carry out any electrical wiring. However, it is to be used in and around the electricity supply to your property. Installation is simple yet for liability reasons it is required to be carried out by a qualified electrician.Do not attempt to repair or service any part of the SmartNow equipment. Contact our customer service department for assistance.
See your home's energy consumption as it happens
- Do not immerse the product in water, or any other liquids
- Do not expose the product to heat, flame, steamy conditions or extreme cold
- Do not open the equipment or touch any of its electronic circuitry
- Do not hit, strike or drop the equipment - if the display gets broken, take special care not to touch the liquid crystals
- Do not use this product for any purpose other than for which it was intended.
Buttons are:
1. Up and down changes appliance view2. OK changes between one, seven and 30 days
3. Press and hold OK to set the clock
4. Press and hold down to sensor-tune the whole house, or the currently-displayed appliance number
5. Press and hold up to set normal price (13.9 default, also sets low price the same)
6. Press and hold up and down to set low price (and start times, if prices are different)
7. Press and hold OK and down to download history to PC. Please note: all processor activity is halted during this download, even the clock, with a lot of history, the download may take some time! Self-resets when done
8. Press and hold Up during switch-on to display whole LCD for two seconds then software version number. Cycle power to restart.
9. Press and hold up and down during switch-on to do the above, then wipe all History and Tuning IDs and burn in fresh defaults, previous DSB is saved. Data is not physically erased, only the pointers are quickly set to zero, like deleting a hard disk file.
EnviR vs ENVI vs TREC
Check out the differences between the EnviR vs ENVI and the TREC

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