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Nucleus home manager

  • Acts as the central nervous system for monitoring in-home electrical usage
  • Shows energy use in kWh and in estimated dollars spent, to reveal trends over days, weeks and months-up to 3 years.
  • Accumulates daily/monthly/yearly historical trends up to a span of three years
  • Designed to adapt to expanding smart grid technology through online software enhancements
  • Connects the in-home smart energy network directly to a PC through an ethernet connection or through an internet broadband router (cable-modem, DSL-modem, wireless, etc.)
  • Operates in conjunction with local electricity providers' smart energy programs, where available
  • Data is available via computer software. GE is also developing a smart phone app for viewing data.
    Estimated availability third quarter 2011
Input Voltage 100-240VAC/50-60Hz
Input Amps/Watts (max) 3.5W
Plug Right Angle
LED Indicator Lights Power On
WiFi Connected
Energy Network 1 (ZigBee® from meter)
Energy Network 2 (ZigBee to devices)
Memory/Data Device On-Board Storage 30 days @ 1 min; 3 yrs @ 1 hr Demand Events
WiFi 802.11b/g compatible 1 WiFi radio for in-home LAN 802.11
ZigBee Compatible Radio Receiver 2 SEP 1.0
1 ZigBee radio for utility ESI 802.15.4
SEP 1.0
1 ZigBee radio for HAN 802.15.4
SEP 1.0
Ethernet Connection RJ45 connector
1 Ethernet port for in-home LAN 802.11
Nucleus Configuration CD-rom-PC Configuration (Mac and/or PC)
Before installing, consult installation instructions packed with product for current dimensional data.
Utility meter: AMI
Broadband connection with router required for software updates and for simultaneous access to internet and Nucleus (wireless router recommended 802.11b/g).
Computer (MAC or PC)
ETL certified
FCC certified
Internet Explorer 8
Chrome 4
Safari 4
Firefox 3.6.8
Adobe AIR version 2.3 or newer
In order to access the Nucleus home manager via wireless network, the computer must have a 802.11b/g compatible wireless adapter
  WINDOWS MACINTOSH
PROCESSOR Processor Minimum:
Intel® Pentium® III 1 GHz or faster
Recommended:
Pentium® 4
Intel Core™ Duo 1.83 GHz or faster
OPERATING SYSTEM Windows Vista Home, Business
Windows Vista SP1
Windows XP tablet PC
Edition and SP3
Windows XP and SP3
Windows 7
Mac OS 10.4, 10.5, or Mac OS 10.6 (Snow Leopard)
RAM Minimum:
512 MB RAM
Recommended:
1GB RAM
Minimum:
512 MB RAM
Recommended:
1GB RAM

Have more questions? Please contact 1-800-220-6899.

* As reported to your utility in kilowatt hours (kWh). Estimates of cost will vary from your actual bill because it does not include the taxes, surcharges and recovery fees added by your utility when it calculates your monthly bill.