[RE-wrenches] home energy monitors

[Jason Szumlanski]

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.

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.

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.

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.

Jason Szumlanski
Florida Solar Design Group

On Sun, Feb 7, 2021, 1:17 PM jay <jay.peltz at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi All,
>
> I’m wondering what you recommend for whole house energy monitors with
> solar option.
>
> There seem to be two basic types.
>
> Ones that use actual sensors on a number of the larger load circuits such
> as Emporia Vue.  Which can do 16 circuits.
>
> Or
>
> ones that use an a program to “learn” what the loads are such as Sense.
>
> I’ve read a number of reviews about the learning type and many people say
> that it never seems to learn many of their appliances.
>
>
> Of course prices range from little to a lot.
>
> Any recommendations from the gallery?
>
> thx
>
> Jay
>
> peltz power
>
>
>
>
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