User manual BASETECH COST CONTROL 124400

[. . . ] Ioad of 2000 Watt (16A) must not be exceeded The recommended operating temperature is O*C to -t50°C. Higher temperatures may especially during measurements of huge loads Iead to overheating and thus pemanent damage of product. DO not opexate the product within confined rooms or other adverse environmental conditions where i&mmable gases, vapow or dusts may be present!For safety, never ahow the product to operate in meist conditions or to get wet. [. . . ] The value of a Single kWh (kilo Watt hour) unit tan usuaIly be found on a previous eiectricity bi& Pleasc take this figure firom your last electricity bi wherever possible - if you use one fiom sometime ago then the tost may have chaqed since then. If the cxxt of a kWh cannot be found on a previous electricity bill then contact your local electricity company for the price of this unit. Once this figure is known then it needs to be inputted inlo lhe unit. 3 . 6. If there arc any values inputed into it already that the User has not put in there themselves then they should be cleared. To Change the value in the "COST kWh" Screen, press the "SET" button once in any one of the other five scrcen displays i. e. `QAY, WEEK, MONTH. , YEAR or TOTAL COST" and the tost per kilowatt hour is displayed. To Change any preset values or to Set in new values, press the "+" button and the figure on the right band side will start flashing. If you accidentally go past the number you wished to Change then keep on ptessing the &+* button as the numbexs go from 0 to 9 and from 9 to 0 so that you tan set the required digit. If any of the figures do not require changing then simply press the "SKI" key to move to the next one. The previous screen (before Tti setting) will now be displayed showing the "TOTAL COST' as Zero. Plug the Cost Control into the mains supply and then plug the apphance you wish to monitor the tost of into the Cost Control and then. 11. The appliance should be operated as normal - for hints on this setz the «Extra Notes" section. After the desired time `has Iapsed and a readiig is rquired simply: a) Turn the appliance off. If, however, further monitoring is required then do not remove the appliance from the Cost Control and the Cost Control fiom the mains socket but simply take the reading whilst they arc all still pluggcd into one another. 13. The readings cm be shown as either: a) Total tost of the actual dectricity used whilst the appliance was operating and plugged into the Cost Control. is 7. 00 per day and after 20 days of operating the appliance, the TOTAL COST is, b) `Total tost per day, c) Total tost per week, d) TotaI tost per month, e) Total tost per year, (The example pictures shown assume a daily value of 7. 00 and 7 days per week, 30 days a month and 365 days a year) To altemate between these displays simply press the "DISPLAY" key. As the price of the kWh unit does not Change then the total tost display (actual used, dsy, week, month and year) on. ly requires resetting. To do this simply press the "+" and "DI!SPLAY" keys together and hold them down for approximately 3 seconds - 8s was done in Step 2. To repeat the tost readings for a new appliance simply follow Steps 9 to 14. The Cost Control uses a Single LR44 Button Ce11 Battery, I SV. The more the power in the battery decreases, the lower the contrast of the LCD becomes. To do this: 1, Unscrew the screws on the back of the unit that hold the battery cover in place and rernove battery cover. Remove battery and replace with a new one of the same size and voltage whilst observing correet polarity. [. . . ] This should Show 2. 00 and so you know how much, on average, the lamp is costixq you everyday. Example 2: Same appliances are turned on and off for varying amounts of time constantly, exampfes of which an refrigerators, freezers etc, AS the power they ustz varies because of the time the motor is on and off then it is recommended to keep the appliance plugged into the Cost Control for several days before taking the reading. If a reading is taken after it has turned on and off onIy once then this will not be an accurate reading of its tost OW time. It will only be an accurate readii of the tost of power that it has used in total. Example 3: Some appliances are used Xrequently, examples could be power tools such as drihs, kitchen appliances such as food mixers and so on. [. . . ]