Easiest way to setup (wifi-based?) power / energy usage monitoring from a led pulse?
Posted: Wednesday 02 May 2018 14:11
Hi there,
for years I've been using CT-sensor (a clamp over each phase coming from the main switch) based consumption meter, CurrentCost EnviR, but since installing a PV-system it does not give a reliable reading anymore (if export is higher than consumption, it gives the export). CurrentCost support confirmed there is not much I can do about it, that is the way it works.
I have Domoticz with z-wave and 433Mhz (RFLink) capability, but the problem is that the electricity meter is outside, quite far away from the house and inside a metal box (ok, maybe I could wire it from inside to a plastic junction box which would improve the range a bit) and so far only wifi seems to reach into the meter housing. So I was primarily thinking about replacing the EnviR with some led pulse counting wifi-based solution. Any suggestions on what would be the easiest option to setup? Would something like this be an option for example:
https://community.openenergymonitor.org ... ing/4405/4
https://learn.openenergymonitor.org/ele ... se-counter
Do you know if this kind of products are available as ready made somewhere? I have some soldering experience, but prefer not to do anything too accurate. Connecting with jumpers is of course ok if there's a header available for that.
Is there anyone who would be in a similar situation and has found a good way to setup a wifi-based led pulse counter for electricity monitoring? Or are there perhaps some other alternatives I might have overlooked?
for years I've been using CT-sensor (a clamp over each phase coming from the main switch) based consumption meter, CurrentCost EnviR, but since installing a PV-system it does not give a reliable reading anymore (if export is higher than consumption, it gives the export). CurrentCost support confirmed there is not much I can do about it, that is the way it works.
I have Domoticz with z-wave and 433Mhz (RFLink) capability, but the problem is that the electricity meter is outside, quite far away from the house and inside a metal box (ok, maybe I could wire it from inside to a plastic junction box which would improve the range a bit) and so far only wifi seems to reach into the meter housing. So I was primarily thinking about replacing the EnviR with some led pulse counting wifi-based solution. Any suggestions on what would be the easiest option to setup? Would something like this be an option for example:
https://community.openenergymonitor.org ... ing/4405/4
https://learn.openenergymonitor.org/ele ... se-counter
Do you know if this kind of products are available as ready made somewhere? I have some soldering experience, but prefer not to do anything too accurate. Connecting with jumpers is of course ok if there's a header available for that.
Is there anyone who would be in a similar situation and has found a good way to setup a wifi-based led pulse counter for electricity monitoring? Or are there perhaps some other alternatives I might have overlooked?
