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 <[email protected]> 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 > > > > > _______________________________________________ > List sponsored by Redwood Alliance > > List Address: [email protected] > > Change listserver email address & settings: > http://lists.re-wrenches.org/options.cgi/re-wrenches-re-wrenches.org > > There are two list archives for searching. When one doesn't work, try the > other: > https://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ > http://lists.re-wrenches.org/pipermail/re-wrenches-re-wrenches.org > > List rules & etiquette: > http://www.re-wrenches.org/etiquette.htm > > Check out or update participant bios: > http://www.members.re-wrenches.org > >
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