[Novalug] Home power monitoring

[ethan at 757.org]

> it's amazing that nerd heaven only has 100 amp 3 phase.... I always
> dreamed nerd heaven has perpetual energy is always at the perfect voltage
> and never fluctuates or goes out and nobody needs backups because nothing
> ever crashes or gets "fat fingered" by the admins.

Hah! I sold the UPS because the batteries were getting to the point they 
would be failing and I could never afford to replace them. Then I realized 
how bad the power really was :-)

Yea, the 100 amps x 3 phases was pretty weak. I was playing with laser 
stuff for a while, and I used to pull out the 60 and 50 amp 2 pole air 
conditioning breakers to make room for a 3 pole 30 amp breaker to feed a 
large argon laser:

Power hack:
http://users.757.org/~ethan/pics/lasers/laser-office/IMG_2059.JPG

Cooling water:
http://users.757.org/~ethan/pics/lasers/laser-office/IMG_2057.JPG

Probably not turned up very high:
http://users.757.org/~ethan/pics/lasers/laser-office/IMG_2038.JPG

Crank it:
http://users.757.org/~ethan/pics/lasers/large_frame_argon_running_2/IMG_1454.JPG