Remote electricity meters are interesting things. They essentially change the way you think about the juice flowing into your home by connecting to the potentially aged box in your basement and ...

Sometimes the best designs out there are not ‘products’ that can be purchased — but big ideas made accessible to all through the power of Do-It-Yourself design. The award-winning EnerJar takes the ...

PiggyMeter is a wonderful example of a device that you never knew you needed – simple, elegant, easy to build, and accompanied by amazing documentation. It’s a snap-on interface for electric meters, ...

If you're interested in keeping an eye on your power usage but not so interested in paying big bucks for a whole-house power monitor, this DIY solution will help you monitor without breaking the bank.

As USB-C PD becomes more and more common, it’s useful to have a tool that lets you understand exactly what it’s doing—no longer is it limited to just 5 V. This DIY USB-C PD tool, sent in by [ludwin], ...

If you are interested in creating a DIY Arduino wind speed meter or anemometer to monitor the wind strength in your location, you might be interested in this quick tutorial I have put together to ...

Today’s batch of burning questions, my smart-aleck answers and the real deal: Question: Duke just replaced the electric meters in our neighborhood. The new meters look very complicated. The display is ...

What Is a Digital Energy Meter? An electric meter or energy meter is an essential device that goes with consumption of commercially distributed energy. It enables systematic pricing of energy consumed ...