I was thinking it would be kind of cool to have a microcontroller detect if the power company is running at peak rates. like this little product does, The problem I'm having is finding information on the standard that might be used.. some relevant sites seem to refer to it as using radio signals? ma…

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system March 31, 2012, 12:03am 4

Question #1 in the FAQ section explains how it's done.

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