Backup generator firm hires Gemini Data Loggers to calculate which pieces of kit use the most energy.
Uninterruptible power supply unit producer Celab is using a Tinytag Energy Logger from Gemini Data Loggers to understand the power usage of equipment at its manufacturing facilities.
The firm currently uses between 55,000-70,000KWH/month of power and needs the energy logger to monitor equipment and identify where potential energy usage savings can be made.
The results we have obtained have allowed us to identify where savings can be made
Celab quality manager Richard Clifford
Celab chose the Tinytag logger primarily as a straightforward means of measuring three-phase power consumption.
Celab quality manager Richard Clifford said: “Three-phase measuring has involved gaining access to the individual phases within the equipment housings.
“Compiling measurements has been quite time consuming as we have needed periods of equipment downtime in order to gain access. However, the results we have obtained have allowed us to identify where savings can be made, particularly when equipment is in idle mode”.
The Tinytag Energy Logger can be used for spot-checks or for longer term recording to identify times of peak load, how much energy is being used, and to identify inefficient equipment.
Its coils are designed to monitor the current in each phase of a three phase supply while the voltage information may be obtained via a standard 13A wall socket.
Recorded data is downloaded to a PC via a USB cable and viewed via the Tinytag Explorer software.
