<div dir="auto">Sense is great. It does take a long time to learn appliances. Over a year in and mine at home is still learning some loads. But it picked up the big ones within a few months. Immediately you can see real time granular load data and you can easily surmise what the larger loads are. I was able to take action from day 1 to identify major drivers of my electricity use. <div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">It also saved my septic pump. It was running 24/7 due to a faulty float switch. I caught it after about 2 days when it alerted me that the device was using more energy than usual. Because my pump didn't burn up the Sense monitor paid for itself. </div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">The only downside I see aside from the learning delay is that there isn't a robust data export function. The whole web interface is a bit wonky. But the app is pretty intuitive, gorgeous, and insightful. </div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">I'm guessing it sends a lot of data to the web, so it might not be suitable for satellite internet for those far off-grid locations. </div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">Jason Szumlanski</div><div dir="auto">Florida Solar Design Group</div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Sun, Feb 7, 2021, 1:17 PM jay <<a href="mailto:jay.peltz@gmail.com">jay.peltz@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">Hi All,<br>
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I\u2019m wondering what you recommend for whole house energy monitors with solar option. <br>
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There seem to be two basic types.<br>
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Ones that use actual sensors on a number of the larger load circuits such as Emporia Vue. Which can do 16 circuits.<br>
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Or <br>
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ones that use an a program to \u201clearn\u201d what the loads are such as Sense. <br>
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I\u2019ve read a number of reviews about the learning type and many people say that it never seems to learn many of their appliances. <br>
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Of course prices range from little to a lot. <br>
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Any recommendations from the gallery?<br>
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thx<br>
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Jay<br>
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peltz power<br>
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