I have First Energy in PA. Their website lists a couple smart meter monitoring options, like Emporia Vue or EAGLE 200, but from what I can tell (for the ones still available) they communicate over the internet to another company, so I would then have to pull data from them to make the data it visible on my home server (Home Assistant).
I'd like to cut out the middleman, both for reliability (avoiding the internet/wifi aspect) and data privacy.
Are there other options for my utility company that are just as reliable, but are self-contained within my home? I don't know if there's a way to read directly from the smart meter, or if I would have to resort to breaker box clamps. Are there other options?
Hi All,
Since I built my new pc, sometimed I get random reboots (kernel power error 41). I checked everything and my conclusion is that my PSU could be faulty. I would like to monitor the voltage rails over time (12,5, 3.5 volts) and get a report, so I can check if there are any fluctuations in the voltage. Can RGB leds cause such issue?
Specs
CPU: 12th Gen Intel Core i9-12900K
ASRock Z690M PG Riptide/D5 (CPUSocket)
3726GB Seagate ST4000DM004-2CV104 (SATA )
32 GB DDR5 ram
931GB Samsung SSD 980 1TB (Unknown (SSD)
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We're looking for a 3 phase power quality and usage platform, ideally with wifi or networking capabilities for real time data. My first thought was to go with Fluke, partly because I've previously used the 3540 FC. But the reviews on Fluke's own website absolutely drag the 3540. We're going to use this for short term monitoring, power quality spot checks, and to compare the data from some of our permanent Siemens panel meters. Is there a better option? Imagine cost is no issue.
I'm looking for a whole house energy monitor, and I'd like it to be 100% self hosted so if the internet is completely down, I can still use it
I like the look of the Sense, but being cloud based is a deal breaker for me
If it could integrate well with smart plugs, even better, but its not required
I have several monitored APC PDUs and they have the ability upload the log files to a server. I am curious if there is a program that can take those logs, and keep a running tally for the power draw for the PDUs, and maybe a total monthly cost for them. The current format is doable, but just to save me time I think it would be helpful to track the total power cost automatically.
i got a new one, a corsaire 650 which will replace the 450w one
but i would like to make some kind of stress test on them, with gpu+cpu
what is the best software to monitor the use of my psu ?
I have a 450W Corsair CX450M and I'd like to see if all my stuff overloads the PSU
Hi everybody,
At the cottage we lose power on occasion, but I have no idea how long these outages last but would like to know for fridge/freezer content.
Is there a cheap way to detect time of loss / time of restore? I have SmartThings running here with an open media vault server, can add a Home Assistant VM if needed. Open to creative ideas like looking at logs or stuff like that.
Thanks!
I want to monitor the power consumption of various 120V and 240V appliances. I like the idea of installing current clamps directly in the panel, but a lot of these products have a hub that has like 8 or 16 circuits, and if you run out they are not expandable. I would like to start off by just monitoring 2 or 3 circuits but have the capability to monitor more and my system grows.
What are you guys using and what is known to work well with HA?
The comparisons of energy monitoring hardware tend to range all over the place, from Sense to CircuitSetup, which are weird comparisons because they're totally different products and the discussion gets unfocused. So I wanted to compare three solutions I've looked at with a focus on those who want lots of data (monitor more than two circuits) and local LAN option.
So throw away all the cloud-only units. Also excluding two-channel solutions that just don't scale well when wanting to monitor 6, 12, or even more circuits.
The solutions I've considered are:
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IoTaWatt
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CircuitSetup
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Dave's [decreddave] open source Raspberry Pi Power Monitor
Architecture - Network:
IoTaWatt relies on wifi (2.4GHz). No getting around it. CircuitSetup and Dave's solution can be any type of network (ethernet, 2.4GHz, or 5GHz) because you're providing the controller (raspberry pi). Some self-hosted folks care a lot about wifi vs hardwired solutions.
Architecture - Data / Controller:
IoTaWatt includes not only the CT interface, but has the controller built in that has webserver/backend that saves all the consumption data. You can get going really fast if you're happy with the way data is presented in the embedded server. But, if you're used to having 10GB influxDB installations and saving years of data, then the embedded system may not be what you want to store long term data. Fortunately, IoTaWatt provides a local API to get data into your own InfluxDB.
Both CircuitSetup and Dave's solution provide only the CT interface board, and require you to supply a separate Raspberry Pi to read data from the interface module. You can put the entire software stack (Influx, Grafana) on that same Pi, but again, that's less ideal for backups and long term data storage. I'm really assuming you're hosting Influx and backing it up somewhere on your LAN.
The CircuitSetup wiki uses an ESP32 as the controller, but you can use a Raspberry Pi instead, here's my code for it.
CircuitSetup and Dave's solution also offer the most data. You can control how fast to read the CT's. You might save 1-minute data long term, but maybe it's interesting short term to be able to see sub-second data. With CircuitSetup, I know you can read 12 channels in 250ms.
Scalability
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Dave's solution offers 6 channels max per interface board. Additional circuits seem to require additional interface boards and another Pi.
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IoTaWatt provides 14 channels per controller. If you want 28 channels, that's two separate controllers.
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CircuitSetup can have multiple 6-channel modules connected to a single Pi, up to six modules for a total of 42 channels! Nice scalability. I've only tested two 6-channel modules, so I know for sure that works.
Fit and Finish
IoTaWatt wins here. It's a nice plastic enclosure with the controller already inside. Both CircuitSetup and Dave's solution will be more DIY looking. But hey, it's in the basement.
Price
Least important consideration when you factor in all the time and effort put into a project like this. All 3 options are pretty even in price. The best way to save money is to buy your own current transformers from ebay. Or maybe you opt to support the companies and buy transformers from them.
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IoTaWatt: 14 channel for $140
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CircuitSetup: 6-channel board for $70 + Raspberry Pi
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Dave's: 6-channel board for $70 + Raspberry Pi, or solder your own board from parts for $25
With IoTaWatt, you kinda take the plunge on a controller with all 14 channels. With CircuitSetup and Dave's solution, you can start off small with just 6 channels, and then buy more later.
Also, current transformers get expensive. Cheapest seems to be $6 each, so a 12-channel solution is $72 just in CT's.
Time
IoTaWatt saves the most time and effort because of the included server. But that's only good if you think you'd be happy with it long term. Otherwise you're gonna be setting up integration into your own Influx/Grafana anyways.
Dave's solution (photo from Dave's post)
Dave's RPi Board - from Dave's post about it.
CircuitSetup - my own installation.
CircuitSetup - my own installation IoTaWatt
Total Energy from selected date
Daily Energy w/ weekend highlighting
A whole post about energy monitoring and not a single mention of the new energy management feature in HA…
CircuitSetup runs ESPHome which natively integrates with Home Assistant and the new energy management feature. Here is an example ESPHome config by Digiblur.
Iotawatt has a custom component available. We did get it fixed to make sure it works with energy management now and the author is going to submit it to core.
I went down the same path and ended up buying a GEM system - https://www.brultech.com/greeneye/
For $509 I got the monitor itself (32 channels), 32x 40A CTs (not split core, need to insert the wire through the ring), AC-AC transformer for voltage reference, and AC-DC transformer to power the unit. I spent another ~$40 on 3x Split 60A CTs for high power circuits.
The GEM does an HTTP POST to node-red with all of the data as fields. The channels each sample both energy (watt*seconds) and instantaneous current at a 5 second interval, plus voltage for the whole unit. There's also a HomeAssistant addon which pulls data from the GEM instead of making it do a POST.
I put the unit outside of the panel. The CT wires all run through a grommet in one of the knockouts and into the back of the unit which is mounted on the wall next to the panel. I installed an outlet off an existing circuit next to the panel to power the AC-AC reference, but got my own PoE splitter to power the unit so it doesn't go down every time I have a power outage. This lets me detect the power outage since I can still read the AC reference voltage and see it go to zero.
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Specifically a overlay to look at while in-game more or less.
I'm looking at the Emporia device to monitor my home energy usage:
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B08CJGPHL9
...but I have 26 circuits (counting 3 240 breakers as 2 each) and I need to expand my maxed out panel and will likely end up with 30 circuits minimum. How can I monitor this much while having a proper breakdown where each circuit adds up to the correct total?
I'd appreciate the insight of others who may have faced this before.
Thank you.
I'm interested in getting a whole home energy monitor. Ideally one that can clamp on to the incoming power and doesn't need to be wired in. Looks like the two I have narrowed down to are IoTaWatt or this ESP32 board. Any thoughts on those options or other recommendations?
Want something that runs in a docker container on my NAS and will let me monitor/calculate costs of power consumption for my UPS
NOTE: I'm really sorry, I had posted this before but deleted it by accident, so reposting
I found a few programs like powertop which help out with this. I just wanted to know what everyone else is using (if they are, at all) to measure power usage over a time period.
Hey everyone,
I'm currently looking for software recommendations that can help me monitor my PC's power consumption and record its performance daily. Specifically, I'm interested in finding a tool that can track when my system's power consumption spikes and provide insights into what activities or processes might be causing those spikes.
Ideally, I'd like the software to offer features such as:
Daily monitoring of power usage. Ability to record power consumption data over time. Analysis of power usage patterns, highlighting peak times.
I'm hoping to optimize my PC's energy efficiency and identify any potential issues that might be contributing to excessive power consumption. Any recommendations or insights into available software solutions would be greatly appreciated!
I think my power supply is going out, but I want to make sure. I was hoping i could find a program that monitors in real time and keeps records of changes in voltage over time. Can anybody recommend a program like that?
Thanks
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Features
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Is there an app that can monitor the power consumption of my pc?