Earn new income from past clients | Watt Window Installer Program

Watt Window gives your industrial customers near-live insights into their production energy use and cost, in money and CO₂e terms, plus predictive maintenance, at device, route, product, customer, or shift level.

We package these insights in a user-friendly, action-focused solution that works for all manufacturers, even smaller ones.

If they care about their energy use or machine uptime, we can help.

For more, see our Solution or How it works pages.

Mainly, but not just.

We also cover 0-20 and 4-20 signals.

We are also working toward covering VFDs and medium voltage (e.g., for steel furnaces).

Out of the box, the app shows A, V, $ energy cost, mT CO₂e carbon emissions (carbon based on EPA standards).

Maintenance alerts, the app and text message alerts give you device temperature in Celsius and Fahrenheit and vibration (green/ yellow/ red) matched to relevant ISO standards.

But we also monitor a much broader range of advanced retrievable metrics (e.g., harmonics). That wider range is available via API.

We can also ingest analog signals using standard industrial inputs, typically 0–10 V DC or 4–20 mA. That lets you bring in existing instrumentation for process and utility data such as natural gas flow to burners, heater power or firing rate, and furnace or heat-treat temperature readings, depending on what’s relevant for your site.

We offer a web dashboard that’s available on the monitor we include with every install and also from any user’s computer. (Mobile browser access works but is not yet optimized.)

Maintenance alerts also are sent as text messages to any phone number the user provides.

Data can be downloaded as .csv files.

API access is coming soon.

Yes.

We use tier-one brand sensing hardware from brands you know and that is UL Listed or UL Recognized (as applicable), CE-marked, and IP65/IP69K ingress-protection rated. Our control cabinets are UL 508A Listed industrial control panels.

You DID wander that anyway, didn’t you? 😊 Perfectly legitimate question.

Anyway: No, we work very hard so that’s not a worry for you. (That’s why this is pretty much our longest FAQ answer too. And let’s talk more if you’d like.):

On the one hand, industrial environments are harsh. So no, we can’t absolutely promise that nothing will ever go wrong, even with the best solution. You’d know we’re lying if we did.

But we can promise the following and continue to look for more ways to make this a win-win for all, every time:

• Let’s meet and talk in person if you’d like. At the end of the day, we do business with professionals whom we also trust as people. We, too, do best with long-term, trusted relationships. We’re happy to come and visit you or to join you on customer visits. Just let us know where and when. Nothing beats knowing the people with whom you work.
• We will also train you and your team, whether in person or remote, so you feel comfortable with both the customer experience and the installation requirements.
• When you first mention the solution to companies, you can act as introducer, not endorser, if you’d prefer that. It’s perfectly find to say “we’ve seen solutions like this to be of use elsewhere and can connect you directly.” We can take it from there. Similarly, marketing materials can be co-branded or branded just as “Watt Window.”
• We can connect you with current customers, so you can hear about their experience. We want to be mindful of their time of course. But it’s absolutely an option.
• We can provide solution specifics, and of course you’ll be involved in creating the site survey that gets into the nuts and bolts of it. So you’ll see all the details, including wiring diagrams and data sheets.
• The Watt Window the solution is modular and expandable over time. The customer can easily pick one plant or load group for a small-footprint test install, to experience it before wider rollout.
• We’ve used our decades of experience in industry to pick the very best name-brand components we know. You know the brands, and we’ll be happy to share what they are. That way, the risk of something going wrong is already low.
• We already have tuned the solution for straightforward installation, and we’re actively working to make installation even easier.
• If something were to go wrong, we have an industry-typical warranty. (More below.) That way, a freak lemon part won’t cause you or customers surprises.
• Your responsibility scope ends with professional installation. Solution performance and availability is on us from then on.
• Also, in case of issues, we’ll always work with you and customers to find a solution that works. Along the way, you’re talking with our team, possibly even our founder, as we figure it out together. No call centers, 1-800 numbers, AI bots, or the like. We won’t leave you to figure it out on your own.

Yes.

For smaller sites, the system can monitor any equipment with 15A or more of motor control.

In practice, ROI becomes meaningful once a facility has roughly 2,000+ amps of pure motor control across its equipment.

For larger sites, the system scales to many monitored loads. If a facility has more than 500 individual machines or other loads, contact us so we can confirm inventory and configuration lead times.

In a word, yes.

We’ve worked in a range of industries. Each is unique (as our industry pages show for a selection of them). But so far, we’ve seen any where Watt Window doesn’t work.

That said, Watt Window offers the most value in industries with significant motors and motor-driven equipment, where electrical load patterns and maintenance data reveal the most useful insights.

If you are concerned that something unique to your industry, company, or site might pose a challenge, just book a call, and let’s just talk through it together.

Permanent install is the natural fit.

If you’re a consultant who wants to do long-term time studies, e.g., for before vs. after analyses, let’s talk. That may work too.

But we won’t offer good ROI for short-term installs.

Both.

We made the solution modular and universally-compatible. So it’s really about what works best for you.

Wired, until the signal reaches Wi-Fi.

We understand that wireless can reduce costs. But we’ve found the signal to be less reliable.

We offer you both mechanical and electric condition monitoring and alerts, including:

• Vibration condition
• Temperature condition
• Power and energy trends

Vibration and temperature alert you to anomalities up to two weeks earlier than power/ energy spikes.

And by monitoring both drive and non-drive sides (plus more if helpful to you), we can speed your maintenance team’s diagnosis by pinpointing the location of any issues.

You still benefit from power and energy trends. Our in-app visualization of recent device performance trends (available soon) speeds up issue diagnosis and confirms issue locations.

We’d love to give you a one-size-fits-all answer. But honestly, it depends on the site.

We estimate 2 – 6 hours/ node. But it might be faster if the machine is easily accessible at ground level. You might get by with 45min/ node. But it’ll just take longer if the installation takes place atop a tower, underground, or in a hard-to-reach spot.

The best way for you to get a sense for specifics is for us have a call together where we can show you the specifics of our hardware. Your professional experience will tell you in an instant what to expect. Just book time with us.

Preferred mounting is mechanical and simple:

Drill and tap a small hole, typically 1/4-28 UNF, about 1/2 inch deep, into the motor casting on either the drive side or non-drive side, depending on the specific sensor’s location. Then fasten a small mount pad or bracket and attach the vibration sensor to that mount.

This approach holds up best in high-temperature or thermal-cycling environments, where epoxy-mounted sensors can degrade over time.

After the sensor is secured, run an M12 sensor cable (often standard industrial cabling) from the machine back to our enclosure.

During installation, you place centralized control panels at a few points around the facility.

In the site survey that you complete in collaboration with us, you’ll help us identify the best locations for these enclosures. Plan for roughly 24 in. x 24 in. of wall space and clearance for an enclosure about 8 in. deep. The enclosure is typically a NEMA Type 12 (indoor industrial dust and dripping liquids) or NEMA Type 4/4X (wash-down or outdoor exposure), depending on the environment. 

Panels communicate with each other over Ethernet, and we ask the customer to provide an Ethernet connection with internet access at the appropriate location.

We include dedicated VPN hardware that establishes an encrypted tunnel from your network to our cloud, so data transmits securely without exposing devices directly to the public internet.

No. 🙂 We handle that.

That answer has two parts, specifically the hardware install job and your referral fee/ commission:

For the hardware install, it’s a straight sale. You buy the equipment from us. Then you mark it up as for any other job and sell it as part of you solution sale to the end customer, alongside time and material charges.

For the referral fee/ commission, we use a standard signed Channel Partner Agreement. We work above-board and professionally, without being lawyer-level contract nerds.

We work together, for possible customers you recommend.

The specifics adapt based on what you prefer:

• Do it yourself: You can do the entire pitching process. We supply marketing materials.
• Do it together: You can identify prospects who might value Watt Window. Then we pitch the company together. We may be able to come out to the customer in person, depending on the specific situation.
• Do it for me: You can make an introduction between the prospective customer and us, and we take it from there.

Absolutely, yes.

The goal is to set you up for success.

If helpful, we will come on-site to and with you, both for conversations with your stakeholders and to visits to prospective customers.

And of course, video calls are always an option too.

• You, the Electrical Contractor (IEC), find an interested customer.
• You complete a site survey per our requirements, to determine solution specifics for that particular site.
• The Site Survey drives Watt Window’s custom cost proposal.
• You secure the business with interested customer, based on our proposal and your own charges.
• 50% down payment to us due with order.
• The configured solution ships in 2 to 8 weeks (depending on sophistication of configuration).
• You receive our solution.
• You install the solution.
• The customer pays you. Net of costs to us, you earn money on your markup of Watt Window gear and by selling the time and materials to install the configured equipment.
• The Watt Window team trains the end customer on solution use and provides ongoing support. The customer directly pays us for their initial annual license.
• Every year, upon renewal of the annual license, you receive 2 months of the year’s contract value (currently often $300 – $1000, but depending on site specifics and cost evolution).

In a word, no.

In a few more words:

• Site survey: You need to know what information to collect for the site survey. We provide the relevant information and templates. But it’s all standard topics that you know. Nothing that requires special training.

• Hardware installation: We only use high-quality, industrial, UL 508A listed and, where needed, IP65/ IP69 certified sensing hardware and components from brands you know. Installation is completely standard and straightforward.

Yes, and they can be co-branded with you.

We provide:

• A short animated video for a quick overview (This is the same as the video on our homepage.)
• Flyers with overview and technical information
• Customer references (where important to your clients, to be respectful of our customers’ time)

Just let us know of anything else that would be helpful.

Not automatically. But we want you to be successful, not to cause you competition. So as much as we can, we’ll avoid overlap with other certified partners.

More concretely: Our vision is for any factory in the U.S. to have access to a certified Watt Window partner. We estimate that this means an average of 2 partners per state. (Of course, small ones might have fewer and big ones more.)

What makes it tricky is that installer scope isn’t “pure” by area, industry served, jobs performed, etc. Every firm does things a bit differently. So it’s not realistic for us to set explicit, non-overlapping territories, like we might with a sales force.

We warranty the hardware for 1 year from install. End customers bear the cost of later repairs or replacements.

You are liable for a professional solution installation, just as for every other job.

Replacement hardware must be ordered through us. Please contact us directly to do so.

(Side bar: The need to order through us is not about money. It’s necessary for the solution to work: Each component receives a unique ID that we must track in our system. Many parts also require configuration. So we can only send you parts once they are cataloged and configured.)

We warranty the hardware for 1 year from install. End customers bear the cost of later repairs or replacements.

We strongly suggest that the customer grant the repair contract to you, the original installer. You did the original work. You know the solution best. You are the ones best set up to do quality work on repairs and replacements. But please understand that we can’t actively force end customers to work with you.

As you’d imagine, it’s not one size fits all.

But we’ll have a handy “swag math” formula for you that’s easy to remember and do in your head. You don’t want to deal with messy spreadsheets just to quote a job.

More specifically: We configure the Watt Window solution for each site’s unique needs. We will determine specific costs for the site based on the site survey.

Overall, cost is a function of hardware cost and data cost:

Hardware cost is largely a linear multiple of configured hardware needed.

We simplified subscription costs into bands, so there are flat rates for small vs. large sites.

Hardware order: Once your site survey is complete and we have designed the site, you place a formal order.

• 50% of order value due to us at time of order, via check or ACH.
• Remaining 50% due on hardware shipment to you, NET 30

Installation: You bill your customer per your standard operating procedures. Usually, that means:

• You charge a markup on the hardware.
• You charge for time and materials involved in installation.
• You may or may not also charge for an enhanced installation warranty.

Subscription: The customer pays us directly for their software subscription. We pay you a commission:

• Commission payments to you start with first renewal of the subscription (typically 12 months post-activation).
• You receive 2 months of the annual contract renewal value. Specific amounts will vary based on factors like customer site size, features chosen by customer, and general cost developments. For a loose, non-binding guide, $300 – $1,000 might currently be typical for your annual share.
• You receive payment within 15 days of the customer’s renewal payment to us.
  (If the customer pays us NET 30, you’d then receive your payment within 30 + 15 = 45 days following the official renewal date.)
• Payments continue as long as the customer maintains an active subscription. They end if the customer ends the subscription.
  Payments do not restart if the customer starts a new subscription at some future date. (And no, we won’t be annoying about it. If the customer merely forgets to pay and pays late, of course you continue to receive your commission on what is really a continuing subscription. Your payments only end when the subscription truly ends.)
• If the Watt Window solution spots machinery that is at risk of failing, you may receive additional money for machine maintenance, repair, or replacement. This would be entirely between you and the customer.

Sure, assuming you are a licensed electrical contractor in the customer’s area of business.

Of course, you’d only earn the commission on the customer’s subscription renewal. Hardware installation and payments would go to the solution’s installer.

No. We want to be of help, not stress you out.

We are thankful for the trust you put in us by recommending us to your clients at all. That’s plenty.

It depends on specifics (e.g., when they do).

Let’s discuss that on a case-by-case basis.

Overall though: We will work with you as good partners, just as you would with your own customers.