Power Monitoring

[sonypoolplr]

I am looking at the Aeon Labs Aeotec ZW096 Smart Switch 6 GEN5 to monitor energy usage on devices. Has anyone used this? If so, how is it? Does it work with Homeseer? Does Homeseer see the energy usage? Are there other devices that monitor usage on individual outlets better? If so, what do people use?

Thanks.

[sparkman]

I am looking at the Aeon Labs Aeotec ZW096 Smart Switch 6 GEN5 to monitor energy usage on devices. Has anyone used this? If so, how is it? Does it work with Homeseer? Does Homeseer see the energy usage? Are there other devices that monitor usage on individual outlets better? If so, what do people use?

Thanks.

I have a couple and they work very well with HS3. I also have some EnerWave ZW15RM outlets that monitor power and a Aeotec DSC06106-ZWUS. The only drawback with the Aeotec ZW096 is that it covers part of the top outlet if you plug it into the bottom outlet. The other way around is fine. Here's a screen-shot of the devices in HS:



Cheers
Al

[TomTom]

Hey Al,
sorry to side track...Did you use Jon utility to group these devices together? And are the blue, green color devices hue lights?

[sparkman]

Hey Al,
sorry to side track...Did you use Jon utility to group these devices together? And are the blue, green color devices hue lights?

Hi Tom, they are all related to that plugin module and HS grouped them automatically. The color controls are to control the led light ring that this module has.

Cheers
Al

[TomTom]

Ok thanks Al. I mistakenly assumed it was another Aeon device.


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[kideon]

Controlling a kettle?

[sparkman]

Controlling a kettle?

No, just monitoring it as an experiment. It lets me know when it's done through Pushover, and we can also kill power to it when we are away (although it does have an auto shutoff). I have a bad habit of turning the kettle on to make a hot drink and then I start doing something else and then an hour later I turn it back on as I still haven't made my drink, and so on. It's also in a visible spot in the kitchen and I plan to use the led ring for notifications.

Cheers
Al

[randy]

I have a couple and they work very well with HS3. I also have some EnerWave ZW15RM outlets that monitor power and a Aeotec DSC06106-ZWUS. The only drawback with the Aeotec ZW096 is that it covers part of the top outlet if you plug it into the bottom outlet. The other way around is fine. Here's a screen-shot of the devices in HS:

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Cheers
Al

I just got one of these switches to play with. I noticed in the settings that there is an option to "Enable reporting only if wattage value changes.". Do you know or have you figured out how this works? Does it: Report whenever the value changes -or- report at the assigned schedule only if the value changes?

[sparkman]

I just got one of these switches to play with. I noticed in the settings that there is an option to "Enable reporting only if wattage value changes.". Do you know or have you figured out how this works? Does it: Report whenever the value changes -or- report at the assigned schedule only if the value changes?

Hi Randy, my understanding is that it's the latter, but haven't really checked yet.

Cheers
Al

[randy]

Hi Randy, my understanding is that it's the latter, but haven't really checked yet.

Cheers
Al

I'm trying to figure it out. I do know that when it is enabled it instantly reports the peak watts. I'm testing this on a coffee pot and with that box checked it reports 700-900 watts every time the warmer cycles on, but the warmer's true wattage is about 160.

I'm going to have to experiment further, because what this device reports is completely different than what my GEM reports on that circuit.

[sparkman]

I'm trying to figure it out. I do know that when it is enabled it instantly reports the peak watts. I'm testing this on a coffee pot and with that box checked it reports 700-900 watts every time the warmer cycles on, but the warmer's true wattage is about 160.

I'm going to have to experiment further, because what this device reports is completely different than what my GEM reports on that circuit.

How far off is it? The GEM only measures current, so has to use an assumption for voltage and power factor to determine power usage. However, for a nearly resistive load, it should be relatively close. For other types of loads I would expect a larger difference.

Cheers
Al

[billt]

If you're talking about the Brultech GEM, then it measures voltage as well as current and gives true RMS readings. It doesn't make assumptions about voltage and power factor and should be pretty accurate.

[sparkman]

If you're talking about the Brultech GEM, then it measures voltage as well as current and gives true RMS readings. It doesn't make assumptions about voltage and power factor and should be pretty accurate.

Thanks for clarifying, I did not know it had a voltage sensor.

Cheers
Al

[sparkman]

I'm trying to figure it out. I do know that when it is enabled it instantly reports the peak watts. I'm testing this on a coffee pot and with that box checked it reports 700-900 watts every time the warmer cycles on, but the warmer's true wattage is about 160.

I'm going to have to experiment further, because what this device reports is completely different than what my GEM reports on that circuit.

Hi Randy, my most recent experiment indicates that it reports immediately on change. I created events to change the led ring to red when the kettle was turned on and green when the kettle was turned off. The reporting interval is set to two minutes, but the led ring changes as soon as the kettle is turned on and off. Here's the settings I have:



Cheers
Al

[sonypoolplr]

I noticed the multiple groups on the power strip and motion sensor I have. What is the advantage to sending the different data to the different groups?

Thanks