[RE-wrenches] home energy monitors

[Jason Szumlanski]

I should also mention.... Dead simple installation.

On Sun, Feb 7, 2021, 4:27 PM Jason Szumlanski <
jason at floridasolardesigngroup.com> wrote:

> 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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