Power monitoring 16 circuits at the breaker panel
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Published 2022-11-09
All Comments (21)
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For anyone interested I went through and flashed it with esphome to get it into home assistant and it works great! The update time is much better. It does require popping it open and flashing the firmware directly but after that it works great over the air with esphome.
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oh please make a video about hacking the emporia. this would be too good to let it be like this, especially after reading those terms of service
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12:13 - I'm on the same page; I have a few parts sitting in a box to do this (just lack of time), after looking into all the other prebuilt solutions, none of them were really open with their data, and I'd rather keep it all inside my home. My plan now is to integrate energy monitoring into Home Assistant, which keeps it all local and feels like a solution that will continue working for many years.
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Hi Matthias, I'm not generally much of a commenter, but this is highly intriguing. There's also someone who seems to have been able to reverse engineer and replace the emporia FW. Just search for "flaviutamas reverse engineering emporia". Maybe I'll also give it a try some time. Cheers
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Absolutely agreed on setting up your own server. That EULA, that too many click without reading, is ridiculous.
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06:04 - Flying Spaghetti Monster!
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Love seeing this! I literally just installed an emporia energy monitor last thursday. Ive been obsessed with analyzing the data! I ended up flashing the board with ESPHome to keep all my data local so I skipped the app. I also noticed the same issue with my 240v circuits. Doubling a single leg doesnt always work out so I ended up monitoring both legs separately.
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You are my hero. The comment about the oven was just great 😂
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That data agreement is wild.
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The moment I saw how you measured a dual-pole circuit with one 50A monitor!!! Thank you.
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Do not trust them. Good call. Love your videos! Thank you for this.
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Definitely make a follow up if you reconfigure it to output to your own server. That would be fascinating to see.
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Best part is the TOS review at the end!!
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Shame you missed out on the IotaWatt device It is exactly what you mention in the end of the video. It is very similar to the Emporia, but allows for totally local logging and updates. It can push to cloud if you want to, but you can also push to influx and visualize in Grafana.
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1. Brilliant idea on routing the 2nd leg backward thru a single CT. 2. Fashion is to stuff a fridge into a cabinet with minimal air; you might help fridge longevity & reduce watt consumption adding a small fan & quality air circulation path. Excellent subject matter & video coverage, thanks
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You could also look into Home Assistant if you haven't already. A great place to bring stuff like that together into one interface.
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I've been using one of these for about a year. They provide great insight. Very helpful for optimizing efficiency and planning a future solar PV system.
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I've been planning to do this since I bought a hot tub last year, bought a few bits and pieces to play with but haven't gotten around to it yet. I'd recommend trying to flash the existing system if you can, in any case, as it is just an ESP32 and has its own power supply, that's likely worth keeping. Top quality content, I love to see this kinda thing!
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Firefighters will love this installation...😃
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If you ever market one, I'll buy. Great video. Very interesting.
