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The first thing we noticed is that the German Brennenstuhl electricity meters are a lot lighter than the Prodigit meters. This, we found is because the German model runs on two tiny LR44 batteries... more

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  • 10 of 10 Ciao users found the following review helpful
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    Level 2 cport80

    Member since 06/07/2003

    Reviews written: 22

    5 Stars The Brennenstuhl PM 230 energy monitor 14/03/2008
    User recommends the product

    Advantages Advantages Easy to monitor a single appliance or multiple via an extension lead

    Disadvantages Disadvantages Doesn't monitor usage from electric cookers or other wired fixtures

    The Brennenstuhl PM 230 is one of the latest generation of go-green products. While I don't consider myself to be an eco-warrior, reducing the amount I have to fork out to the power company seems like a good idea especially after recent hikes of around 15%. So I decided enough is enough and found one of these online for under £20 including delivery. It's a little complicated at first especially some of the terminology on the functions and with different cost settings. I had it set up with pricing information in about 10 minutes though. So what does it do? Well it has 7 different modes of use ... more
  • 4 of 4 Ciao users found the following review helpful
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    Level 1 ktnch

    Member since 28/08/2008

    Reviews written: 1

    5 Stars Brennenstuhl PM230 Electricity Meter 28/08/2008
    User recommends the product

    Advantages Advantages runs on battries so doesnt need 14w to run the unit like some others

    Disadvantages Disadvantages none to hand

    The first thing we noticed is that the German Brennenstuhl electricity meters are a lot lighter than the Prodigit meters. This, we found is because the German model runs on two tiny LR44 batteries rather than through an intermal transformer like the Prodigit, which draws up to 14W of current whilst plugged in (nearly as much as a low energy spiral light bulb!). The Brennenstuhl meter features all of the functions offered by the Prodigit, plus it also: Allows the user to programme in their electricity tariff so the meter automatically calculates how much the appliance is costing you to run.The ... more
  • 20 of 20 Ciao users found the following review helpful
    1 Star Quick review of Brennenstuhl PM 230 Power and Energy Monitor by Level 1 Xavier_Robin 15/11/2008
    This product has a poor sensitivity. It is unable to measure low energy consumptions of waking devices such as my TV or my Hi-Fi system. It was also unable to detect any battery-charge consumption of my mp3-player and merely displayed "0.00". I couldn't find the limit of detection, but I could see nothing lower than 10W. As I bought it mainly to detect waking device hogs (devices without a true "off" switch, power adapters, as it is known to represent a large part of total power consumption) in order to detect where to add power switches, I can consider it as ... more