Web based power unit usage monitoring and control system for residential house.

Abstract

In Uganda, most of the power used in a residential house is consumed through sockets. Monitoring of power in these houses is currently done by use of YAKA meters which only views the total amount of power consumed. Other systems like the power monitoring plugs have been developed but most of them do only the monitoring and leave the rest to the user to find how they balance their power consumption. In some instances, dormant or unused devices are left powered on or in standby mode and consume power in this dormant state or standby mode The main objective of this project is to design and develop a web based power unit usage monitoring and control system for a residential house. The developed system is able to monitor real time power output from a socket whenever an appliance is plugged in and one can also control the socket by either switching it on or switching it off anytime anywhere on internet connection.