I love the egauge, but I have used Curb effectively.
I now need a multi unit metering solution, for six apartments. Has anyone
found an all electronic system?

On Sun, Feb 7, 2021 at 5:59 PM Jason Szumlanski <
[email protected]> wrote:

> I should also mention.... Dead simple installation.
>
> On Sun, Feb 7, 2021, 4:27 PM Jason Szumlanski <
> [email protected]> 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 <[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
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
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