DIY Home Power & Solar Energy Dashboard - Home Assistant w/ ESPHome

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The 2021 Update for the Whole Home Power Monitoring with the CircuitSetup device with ESPHome and the Home Assistant Energy Dashboard.
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If you do not see the Energy Dashboard in 2021.8 or better, add the "energy:" tag in your configuration yaml file. (no quotes)
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HA Energy - www.home-assistant.io/blog/20...
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00:00 Intro
02:18 The Why?
06:42 Hardware Hands On
10:32 Safety Issues & Tips
13:31 Software Setup
20:45 Install
22:39 Energy Dashboard Setup
24:09 Closing
24:54 The BEST Part!

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9 июл 2024

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@TheBurnsStuff 2 года назад

I know this may go against common practice, but this makes it easier for me. I wanted to share how I have my CTs labeled. For me, this is easier to know which CT is connected to which port without having to scroll back and forth. Thanks for all of these videos! This little energy monitor is really freakin neat!!! # Current Transformers: current_20a: '11143' # 20A/25mA SCT-006: 8x current_30a: '8650' # 30A/1V SCT-013-030: None current_50a: '15420' # 50A/1V SCT-013-050: None current_80a: '41660' # 80A/26.6mA SCT-010: 2x current_120a: '41787' # 120A/40mA: SCT-016: 2x current_100a: '27518' # 100A/50ma SCT-013-000: None current_200a: '27518' # 200A/100mA SCT-024: None

@digiblurDIY 2 года назад

Thanks! Not a problem at all for throwing comments in your code or even substitutions of things to make it easier.

@alexsinbb 9 месяцев назад

Great video! Ordered the parts. Excited to get going! Planning on using 1 CT clamp on the generator back feed into the house to measure how many amps I'm pulling during a blackout too.

@digiblurDIY 9 месяцев назад

Nice! I thought about doing that but I do have the Genmon project running on my generac.

@dev45 2 года назад

Nice update has got way easier then when I did it off your original video

@digiblurDIY 2 года назад

Indeed...things are always getting easier as we go.

@issacohasi 2 года назад

I very appreciatte your video and your boy saying to subscribe.

@billkennard4310 2 года назад

After messing with building my own with CT and esphome, with low stability, I made one using emoncms and ESP32 posting the Data to MQTT. Used the "integration" integration to convert the Watts to kWh and move it into the dashboard... DIY tip keep leads short between clamp jack and resistors/esp input, and beware of magnetic flourescent ballasts in close proximity.

@garrox84 2 года назад

Hey Bill, I also build my own monitor with ctClamps+nodemcu+emon-library. I also post realtime watts and amps to an MQTT topic. but what kind of integration do you use to get kw/h for the energy dashboard. i'm having a hard time dropping in nodes with all kinds of formulas in nodeRed. what is the "integration" integration?

@billkennard4310 2 года назад

@@garrox84 excerpts from my sensor.yaml file: #SUM my two phases power mains_power: friendly_name: "Power Usage" unit_of_measurement: "W" value_template: "{{((states('sensor.mains1_watts')|float)+(states('sensor.mains2_watts')|float)) | round(0)}}" #AND - platform: integration source: sensor.mains_power name: energy_spent unit_prefix: k round: 2

@billkennard4310 2 года назад

The integration integration is a built in mathematical function in HA, I guess it is my only practical use for calculus!

@garrox84 2 года назад

@@billkennard4310 i found it! Thnx for the answer

@TheAnthonyBrandi Месяц назад

this is just like solar assistant. nice

@hybrid.domotic 2 года назад

the idea of the boy is original , even you video thank's big thumb !

@notaname59 2 года назад

Cool (and timely) video - I'm looking at wiring up my panel and leveraging data I'm getting from solar to join together what I'm using and what I'm 'banking' with the utility. One question - I noticed that the vue sells 50a ct clamps (but with 2.5mm mono jacks) and was wondering if you or anyone in the comments have tried these - if so, did they work or what did you do to make them work.

@digiblurDIY 2 года назад

No idea why Vue or Emboria decided to screw with people on those 2.5mm jacks. You could try converting them or cut the end off and and do a screw terminal to 3.5mm jack.

@ParkStreetLights Год назад

Thank you, always very well explained !!!!

@digiblurDIY Год назад

Thank you

@OldCurmudgeon3DP 2 года назад

I put a little jumper on the main power to the ESP32 on my water heater. I can pull the jumper to program via USB.

@phillipzx3754 2 года назад

Thanks for the tip ( at about 12:30 in on the video ) on crossing the lines on a 240 volt AC circuit. I was doing a "times 2" in the YAML. To change the currency go to the "General" under "Configuration." You'll see the Currency type. Edit and restart. Then the Energy dashboard will show the U.S. dollar.

@digiblurDIY 2 года назад

I do that in a couple of mine so you grab the real amps of both. Yes, that's just a test little dev container of HA, I wipe it from time to time and I just left it default.

@Rottweilerz 2 года назад

@@digiblurDIY I'm confused about the crossing lines for 240V appliances/circuits - isn't the Current measurement accurate with a single line through the CT, but the Voltage needs to be doubled in the calculation for Power?

@Rottweilerz 2 года назад

Could you explain where you're adding multiplication to your ESP32 YAML's Power calcs? Are you just uncommenting the 'Multiply by 2' under Power for a given CT?

@digiblurDIY 2 года назад

No, think about it. If you ran two 120v bedroom circuits through the same CT clamp you would measure the current in both of them. If you run both legs of an electric dryer in opposite directions through the CT clamp you can measure the current of both. it's still 120v per leg, they are just out of phase.

@digiblurDIY 2 года назад

Yes, if you want to multiply a value to change it from negative value, multiple by 2, etc the filters are great for that. esphome.io/components/sensor/index.html?#sensor-filters

@chuxxsss 2 года назад

I alway wondered why I used Node-red, now I know. More detail would be good.

@DynamicJon 2 года назад

You know what would be cool is if you could go over the config where you adjust the various channels by various clamps, like the whole house you mentioned you might use the 200amp clamps but then you also have the 20amp clamps.

@digiblurDIY 2 года назад

I think I did that in my previous version video and went through ground up calibration and such too since the cheats weren't there. Feel free to ask here or discord for details or help with your setup.

@craigw4644 Год назад

Great video thank you, With the information provided, really simplified the project. Still trying to figure out how to monitor battery capacity, charge and discharge. Might hit you'all up on discord. 😎

@DynamicJon 2 года назад

Other cool thing might be to cover the 'use an entity with current price' in the energy config. Alot of people have TOU rates (4-9pm high energy cost, else low) - I dont see much documentation around that at the moment

@digiblurDIY 2 года назад

I assume that is left open to be flexible based on however you want to get the price into your system whether it be some automated way or manual method with helpers/automations. If I had that in would just drive it via a timed automation of some sort via HA or NR.

@billkennard4310 2 года назад

I put examples of my automations for this on the digiblur discord server under "projects and shares"

@pjwlk 2 года назад

Just a heads up for your Canadian viewers. It is illegal for you to install low voltage items inside your circuit breaker panel. Your home insurance may also be voided by doing so. Please consult a qualified hydro inspector or electrician to find out how to interface your system correctly.

@digiblurDIY 2 года назад

Highly recommend the electrician option myself as most places in my area do not have disconnects at the meter pan due to the close proximity of the main panel.

@Teleport73 2 года назад

Thanks for this update. Loved your original video. Just at 07:30, where you mention the power factor and wattage are now done properly. Is this due to a revision of the board itself, or is the change just with ESPHome?

@digiblurDIY 2 года назад

Thanks! Both actually. The voltage reference was fed to all channels on the ICs.

@JimfromIndy 2 года назад

I dealt with the issue of ct's installed backwards by altering the templates to get the ABSOLUTE VALUE of the value. Works perfectly

@digiblurDIY 2 года назад

My OCD gets to me. But yes easily fixed via a template.

@rodvodopives 2 года назад

Great videos ! Do you know if we can get the W values + and - to monitor power consumption and solar power injected to the grid?

@digiblurDIY 2 года назад

W values?

@subthousandoaks 6 месяцев назад

Ty!

@trentellis8334 2 года назад

Great video, thanks. To add an external aerial do we need a different version of the ESP32 NodeMCU, to have a aerial connector? Also can you recommend a aerial.

@digiblurDIY 2 года назад

I linked one in the video description on Aliexpress. Any ufl antenna with the length you need really. Also try it without as oddly enough mine had enough signal without it which still does not make sense to me.

@RubenKelevra 2 года назад

Thanks!

@digiblurDIY 2 года назад

Welcome!

@Just_An_Idea_For_Consideration Год назад

Could this be used with Hall Effect Sensors - to monitor and log DC circuits such as Solar Panels and 48V Batteries Please advise

@EastyUK 9 месяцев назад

Great video thanks. For the solar monitoring are you using post inverter, therefore measuring AC? I'd like to measure the PV DC and not sure the Current monitoring works for both AC/DC feeds.

@digiblurDIY 9 месяцев назад

No solar yet due to ROI issues. I just had this mocked up on my front room mini split as solar. I think I mentioned that. I was measuring AC split phase.

@EastyUK 9 месяцев назад

@@digiblurDIY Thanks, Occurred to me after posting I can just switch the current sensor over and see if it reads the values accurately.

@bryanst.martin7134 2 года назад

I have a couple of those WiFi antenna cables 20' long.

@rtaussem9138 Год назад

Very cool video. I want to buy a 6-channel board, but I only find a power supply for the US in the shop of CircutSetup. Does anyone know which power supply to use for Europe with 230V and a different plug form factor?

@digiblurDIY Год назад

No AC to AC power supply options there?

@MIKE-il6mu Год назад

Hi thanks for your time and effort put into your videos. I am considering getting this system. I have a micro inverter grid tie solar system and would like to monitor import and export values. Can this be done with 2 ct or would I need 4 cts so as to read bidirectional current flow? Any help or link to info would be appreciated.

@digiblurDIY Год назад

Thanks for watching my madness! I am not really sure about that as I don't have any solar experience due to costs. CircuitSetup would have more experience on that with the different setups.

@MIKE-il6mu Год назад

@@digiblurDIY ok thanks. I checked the circuitsetup site but didnt see any contact info. Is there a phone number for inquires. You could look at the sun gridtie inverters. Not very expensive. You can start with inverter and panels and add batteries later. Have a merry christmas and prosperous newyear.

@digiblurDIY Год назад

Check his discord server discord.gg/rw4sJfWv I would love to do some sort of simple grid tie system that would maybe produce 1000-1500 watts to help offset base usage. Tough to get anyone to mess with a small simple system as they want to install the massive ones but my net metering sucks at 2 cents kwh sell back.

@user-hy3wd2xr8p 2 года назад

Thanks a lot for great videos! Just a little question - could this be used to measure Direct Current?

@digiblurDIY 2 года назад

I don't believe this chip is designed for DC amp measurement. There are some other DIY projects out there for doing that.

@user-hy3wd2xr8p 2 года назад

@@digiblurDIY From README: What you'll need: Current Transformers (any combination of the following, or any current transformer that does not exceed 1V or 720mA output) So theoreticaly we can use DC-DC hall transformer with 4-20mA output but need to find out how to calibrate it in source code for this board.

@digiblurDIY 2 года назад

Definitely hit up the guys at CircuitSetup as I just don't have any solar here. Missed my window of opportunity a few years ago for it.

@phanimaridu 2 года назад

I am setting up very similar thing at my home. But not able to figure out how the ac transformer is connected to panel. I am thinking of using extension cord, female-end connected to transformer plug and other cut-off and connected to circuit-breaker. But not sure if there's an other way.

@digiblurDIY 2 года назад

I had a plug near by the panel and was able to run it in the bottom, some have mounted the box outside of it the panel, some have used directly wired transformers inside the panel itself. Depends on the room in the panel.

@typxxilps Год назад

is that device measuring apparent or real power cause the emporia suffers from the apparent loads that are partly wrong like all the induction driven motors causing the measurement errors ? Maybe I have not heard it in the video but I had some trouble with the emporia which had been showing 100 W for a inductive heater - on idle so nothing really going on. In reality it has drawn 2 W for the display / light and I guess some basics like the timer.

@digiblurDIY Год назад

esphome.io/components/sensor/atm90e32.html Probably more power features than you need but it covers most of everyone's needs.

@RayneeshHaribhajan Год назад

@MoridinTX 2 года назад

As always, awesome and informative! Do you have a link to the .stl files for the cases?

@digiblurDIY 2 года назад

Thanks! Yes, CircuitSetup has them all on their Github page for download. Link in description.

@Deoverse 11 месяцев назад

ohh liked, i dont want to be flooded.

@FrankGraffagnino 2 года назад

can you link to the esp32 board you bought with the external antenna connector? great video BTW

@digiblurDIY 2 года назад

geni.us/gARw9mU Check the Aliexpress one there

@gadget1968 2 года назад

What was the affiliated link for the external antenna version for some reason I am not seeing it, I see the one for the none external antenna. great video as always

@digiblurDIY 2 года назад

I couldn't find one on Amazon, it was the button on Aliexpress.

@reoproedros 7 месяцев назад

i always remember that marvelous george carlin guy when i hear "hot water heater"

@digiblurDIY 7 месяцев назад

My BIL plumber gets me every time.

@brotherdust 2 года назад

I've been using the FAE (forward active energy) sensor to determine Wh because it's a more accurate measurement than any statistical model can provide. Unfortunately, Energy Dashboard expects that the sensors provide a number representing _cumulative_ consumption. The FAE sensor is _differential_ (it resets to zero after every measurement). Have you tried this sensor at all? Any thoughts on how to fix it?

@digiblurDIY 2 года назад

I haven't messed with that side of the sensors myself.

@toolsarecool 2 года назад

Nice Splunk shirt! :-)

@digiblurDIY 2 года назад

It's a great line!

@toolsarecool 2 года назад

@@digiblurDIY The Brazilian Portuguese version translates to “… just like my mother-in-law”. True story. 😂

@ksti56 4 месяца назад

Thanks for the tutorial! It looks like the main boards have been out of stock since August. Do you have any information on why they’re out of stock and if/when they’ll be back in stock?

@digiblurDIY 4 месяца назад

I don't recall but is there a way to contact them on the website?

@digiblurDIY 3 месяца назад

They are in stock now.

@ksti56 3 месяца назад

Great, thanks for letting me know!

@digiblurDIY 3 месяца назад

Just happened to be checking the site and saw it and then I remembered the comment.

@theoneandonlyzako 2 года назад

Loving the video thank you for this! Hoever, after purchasing everything and finally getting to the esp32 installation, I get a fatal error to connect after it has been flashed. what gives!? why is this not an issue for you or anyone else on YT!? Im not doing anything different...

@digiblurDIY 2 года назад

What's the serial log show? Is this with just the ESP32 naked connected to USB?

@theoneandonlyzako 2 года назад

@@digiblurDIY Im not sure if my reply went thru the first time... the fatal error occurs with the ESP32 plugged in directly to the Pi HA server via usb. it errors while the initial installation of the ESP32

@theoneandonlyzako 2 года назад

@@digiblurDIY I Love it... never give up trying, I changed nothing int he code, kept retrying for the last 1.5 hours and it eventually installed suceffully! lol

@olemissjim 2 года назад

How does it read voltage? That’s one thing I don’t like about Emporia and like about Sense. Sense has voltage readings and alerts

@digiblurDIY 2 года назад

It reads through the power supply which is AC power based. This is also used as the reference for power factor to calculate watts. There's a whole lot to not like about about Emporia and Sense than just voltage issues.

@secretsquirrel87 2 года назад

@@digiblurDIY what's not to like about Emporia? I've been looking at energy monitoring options and the Emporia Vue seems like a good bang for your buck.

@digiblurDIY 2 года назад

Completely unfiltered honest even after their post I put up in the video?

@Banjoba 2 года назад

I really like this ct clamp but in keeping in line with minimal DIY I'd prefer not spend that much on the breakout board. Anyone got a link to the electrical circuit only using an Esp32?

@dklein9164 2 года назад

Here is information on building a simple circuit for the ct clamp: community.home-assistant.io/t/esphome-ct-clamp-30a-1v/284423 and here is the ESPHome config: community.home-assistant.io/t/energy-tracking-ct-clamp-current-sensor/329165/3

@BenCos2018 Год назад

@@dklein9164 thank you

@Totophe92130 2 года назад

Thank you, always very well explained. I only have one question: the CT_clamp gives you energy in W by using power = intensity * voltage and you convert it to kWh by simply make a multiplication by 0.001 where is that formula coming from ?

@digiblurDIY 2 года назад

Esphome handles that based on the time and wattage. You just feed the info.

@jdeg2000 2 года назад

The 0.001 is just saying "go out this many decimals" in the calculation for kWh

@Totophe92130 2 года назад

@@digiblurDIY I already have a sensor based on CT_clamp that gives Intensity (A) and Power (W). Using a Reimann integration on power I also have a sensor measuring total energy spent (kWh) but none of this sensor can be used, they do not appear for the energy dashboard. Here is my sensor that should be compatible state_class: measurement last_reset: '2021-08-15T15:27:45.466692+00:00' source: sensor.puissance_electrique unit_of_measurement: kWh friendly_name: energie_consommee icon: mdi:chart-histogram

@billkennard4310 2 года назад

@@Totophe92130 mine looks like this: state_class: total_increasing source: sensor.mains_power unit_of_measurement: kWh friendly_name: energy_spent icon: mdi:chart-histogram I have my monthly usage stat set to reset monthly in sync with my billing period

@kanipaa 2 года назад

I'm measuring 3-phase for house and 3-phase hot water. But i don't know how to get working with ha energy. There is not option in : Configure grid consumption. Do i have to buy Add-on Board so i can meter exactly or what?

@digiblurDIY 2 года назад

github.com/CircuitSetup/Expandable-6-Channel-ESP32-Energy-Meter#measuring-3-phase-electricity

@nctarheel1980 Год назад

can someone please make a new updated video that shows everything start to finish ESP32 WROOM32U and the 6-CH board? i am using the 6chan_energy_meter_v1.2.yaml file on gethub. i cant get anything to connect to home assistant, however i can connect to unit direct over web IP. other issues, Amps are showing for all 6 CT's but only one Watt calculation. i am new to all this but feel i am learning quick.

@digiblurDIY Год назад

Nothing really changed on the process to put esphome on your chip. You can do that part first before ever touching the 6 channel board. You can jump in here discord.digiblur.com too

@marcusone1 2 года назад

Would be great to update with showing how to setup the different clamps (change current_cal calibration per channel, which channels are where on the device, etc), or is that in your older video? :)

@digiblurDIY 2 года назад

I did cover that in the older one when we had to the calibrations ourselves. I would like to do a ground up one with plenty of room on the mains side or even with a cut off before the panel so I can show more on the clamp install hardware side. Hard to do that on a production house with an older panel that's a mess. I have some ideas....

@marcusone1 2 года назад

@@digiblurDIY Good part about doing one on a "production house with older panel that's a mess" is it will look like most of ours :D

@digiblurDIY 2 года назад

I was going to use an smaller building I knew of butttt... Hurricane Ida has blessed me with a long power outage and rewired most of my panel and will video some of the clamps going back on.

@TheUnofficialMaker Год назад

everytime I compile HA crashes, is there a way to use esphome outside of HA? getting to hate it!

@digiblurDIY Год назад

Yes. I use the docker container on another box. No HA involved.

@CajunCoding 2 года назад

Does anyone have any thoughts on this this open source kind of solution will ever have support for flexible current sensors (Rogowski coils)? I would love to implement this local only Home Assistant based solution -- which would also be great for monitoring my usage when running off my whole home generator -- but at this time I'm still stuck with Emporia Vue because they are the only company I've found that offers flexible clamps (Rogowski clamps) that actually fit around my mains in my very tiny main breaker panel; regular CT style clamps just physically cannot be installed...

@digiblurDIY 2 года назад

Are the specs not the same output as CTs?

@CajunCoding 2 года назад

@@digiblurDIY I’m not sure… they are different in that they have their own power source and connect to what they call an “integrator” circuit board…so I assume they work differently but don’t really know. Maybe the power source and “integrator” chipset they connect to normalize it somehow?

@billschatzow9919 2 года назад

I was told on the HA energy you need to add 3 attributes. Energy, measurement and last_reset. Not sure how. I think the energy integration does something else as it does not see any of my tasmota devices.

@digiblurDIY 2 года назад

Are you using the Tasmota HA integration?

@billschatzow9919 2 года назад

@@digiblurDIY I am as well as MQTT. I hàd to customize the entity and add the three attributes. Working now. Original directions were wrong on discord. Fixed now. You can follow the tread in discord, energy.

@JeffSwanson57 2 года назад

I noticed in your video, that your clamps have really nice cables. Did you solder these on yourself? I find the ones from CircuitSetup are a bit short.

@digiblurDIY 2 года назад

I didn't solder any cables on. I used the ones that were there already on them.

@JeffSwanson57 2 года назад

@@digiblurDIY Ah, I guess that wasn't your setup. I'm talking about the cables at the 8:02 mark and again at the 9:47 mark.

@digiblurDIY 2 года назад

That is mine at 9:47 but the other is from the github on the CircuitSetup project. Crazy cables there. I suspect they are just extension cables.

@weeally46 Год назад

Anyone know how to get a hold of one of these in the uk?

@digiblurDIY Год назад

circuitsetup.us/

@bootloopgaming8642 2 года назад

Do u use the same clamps for 220 on AC/Stove,oven, hvac....etc?

@digiblurDIY 2 года назад

Yup, as long as the rating is high enough for the load and of course it fits around the the conductor.

@Chris-yx5wg Год назад

@digiblurDIY I am confused maybe you can clarify? Do we need to calibrate the clamps to read the correct voltage gain/amps? I bought the boards when I discovered your first videos but it was a little over my head at the time (still is) and I havent had time to look back into it. I assume I have the older version board. I am really wanting to get this setup.

@digiblurDIY Год назад

The github project by CircuitSetup has the calibrations done now as time has passed. You can tweak as needed. Which version do you have?

@Chris-yx5wg Год назад

@@digiblurDIY looks like v1.4 rev 1 and I also have the add-on board also.

@digiblurDIY Год назад

Ahh. you do have one of the more recent revisions. Nice! Calibrations are in these files for you already in the comments. github.com/CircuitSetup/Expandable-6-Channel-ESP32-Energy-Meter/tree/master/Software/ESPHome

@Chris-yx5wg Год назад

@@digiblurDIY Thanks I am going to give this a shot... just need to find a drunk cousin or uncle to install them! :P

@medienmond 2 года назад

Shelly and itead have modular energy components nowadays, too. Would be interesting to compare...

@digiblurDIY 2 года назад

Only one that I could add would be the 3 channel Shelly one but it is only 3 channel.

@miguelbaca8086 11 месяцев назад

Are CT clamps directional? Like if you put th eclip on the mail line backwars would it read a negative current?

@digiblurDIY 11 месяцев назад

Negative wattages is what it reads.

@miguelbaca8086 11 месяцев назад

@@digiblurDIY lets goooooo thank you sm

@JaimePetralanda 16 дней назад

My clamp is 100a/1v how would I configure that can’t find anything for my clamp thanks

@digiblurDIY 15 дней назад

You would need to cut the burden resistor on the port. The little trace on the back. Try this gain - gain_ct: 27518

@petralandafamily3665 2 года назад

When I put it on a 240 breaker do I need two clamps or can I (esphome) multiple one clamp by two if so how would I do that thanks

@digiblurDIY 2 года назад

Depends on the use case. If you have enough slack you can loop the other through at the opposite direction but multiplying by 2 also works if the load is somewhat balanced.

@cheloautomation4994 Год назад

Do you have Sense or tested Sense? I am looking to start monitoring power at home and I am looking for the most accurate and simple way to do it. Any recommendations?

@digiblurDIY Год назад

I looked at Sense and the cloud requirement and issues with it made me skip it. Check out my Emporia video too. Both great products but for higher accuracy the CircuitSetup is the way.

@danielkahn8908 2 года назад

Any good ideas on how to power the power monitoring board inside the electrical panel. Panel is outside, exposed to the weather.

@digiblurDIY 2 года назад

In that case I have seen some people put a plastic outlet box in the bottom of their breaker panel connected to a breaker.

@jdeg2000 2 года назад

You can also take the transformer out of the case and wire it directly to a breaker - kind of like your doorbell transformer.

@Patrick_McFadin 2 года назад

I'm in the same boat. Ironically, I have no outlets anywhere near my breaker panel. I like the idea of adding a breaker and running an outside outlet. I'm generally pretty good with electrical stuff but I may get an electrician to do this for me. Not only is this something that has a lot of electrical code restrictions, this is in the warning zone of "burn my house down" that I'm not going to play with.

@josepht1575 4 месяца назад

Do you know if the emporia ct work with this board? How is the accuracy compared to the circuitsetup ones? I see the emporia are a lot cheaper to buy

@digiblurDIY 3 месяца назад

CT clamps shouldn't impact accuracy. You would need to check if the Emporia ones have burden resistors or not and then convert from 2.5mm to 3.5mm plugs.

@josepht1575 3 месяца назад

@@digiblurDIY ah so they aren't plug and play and require modifications. That's what I was trying to figure out. Thank you

@digiblurDIY 3 месяца назад

Not really. Emporia uses a smaller plug than others.

@leblancexplores 10 месяцев назад

Do all of these clamp style readers support dc?

@digiblurDIY 10 месяцев назад

Don't know. I've never tried. I've only used it for AC

@lakefeesch Месяц назад

With everything inside your panel, how did you get power to the transformer?

@digiblurDIY Месяц назад

I have a plug right next to my panel and ran it in. Some use the power supply in the panel itself.

@lakefeesch Месяц назад

@@digiblurDIY, Thanks for the reply!

@ragdepc 2 года назад

Is it an alternative option of the board cheaper?? Because that cost about $70 each! I understand maybe a cheaper alternative is some more work involved, I am ok with that!! Thanks

@digiblurDIY 2 года назад

Yes. DIY it with some clamps and ADC to the ESP32

@javierglm95 2 года назад

@@digiblurDIY can you do a tutorial for that DIY meter for us pls?

@digiblurDIY 2 года назад

Look at my ESPHome dryer video.

@davidbeck1183 2 года назад

How did you get your "Return to Grid"? Seems the displays are wrong without it?

@digiblurDIY 2 года назад

I did it with a clamp on my mini split AC that is used for secondary cooling at times. Just to simulate solar since I do not have solar at my location.

@davidbeck1183 2 года назад

@@digiblurDIY The problem seem to be that the Grid Energy measurement value decrements as energy is returned to the grid. That's good except the dashboard's calculations appeare to need that return value for the Energy Distribution graphic to be correct. No clamp measurement can give that. You know the solar output but you don't know how it is distributed between the house and back to the grid. At least it isn't yet obvious to me.

@andrewk2275 2 года назад

Would this work with UK voltage, ie single phase?

@digiblurDIY 2 года назад

Yes it sure would.

@BoostedNW 2 года назад

Did something change in the home assistant energy setup? I did not have this setup before but I had the esp energy meter already setup but its not seeing any of my sensors in the homeassistant Energy setup, under grid consumption I do not see any of the esp energy meter sensors, but they are clearly visible in home assistant dev tools and under devices... Anyone have this issue?

@digiblurDIY 2 года назад

I haven't seen issues with mine disappearing. Do you still have the required entities?

@BoostedNW 2 года назад

@@digiblurDIY yes its not disappearing..it never shows up in the list. The device and entity show fine and show stats in HA fine

@digiblurDIY 2 года назад

do you have the daily energy platforms and such set in ESPHome? github.com/CircuitSetup/Expandable-6-Channel-ESP32-Energy-Meter/blob/master/Software/ESPHome/6chan_energy_meter_house_solar_ha_kwh.yaml

@billschatzow9919 2 года назад

My HA doesn't see any of the device in energy. It does see them in developers tools. I have used MQTT for years. Do I need to reconfigured MQTT? If so, what pain!

@digiblurDIY 2 года назад

What devices? Some might need to be added with utility meter integrations to be seen. No reason to configure MQTT as it is just a path for data.

@billschatzow9919 2 года назад

@@digiblurDIY just changing the custom settings worked. Once I understood what was needed it was easy.

@petralandafamily3665 2 года назад

Which esp32 with external antenna do you recommend? Can you paste the link of one please thanks

@digiblurDIY 2 года назад

Basically one like this...check the pinouts to make sure the correct pins are there though from wherever you get one. amzn.to/3vE503s

@Foxy10470 2 года назад

Sir Its possible to generate analisys report to download the activities of all power consumtion for monitoring purpose?

@digiblurDIY 2 года назад

I don't see one on the dashboard of HA itself when using in that manner. But of course it is in the database of HA that you could acquire vis SQL. You can also export out the data to various methods using HA as the middleman.

@Foxy10470 2 года назад

@@digiblurDIY that you sir.

@fuckthisksksjjksdfjd 2 года назад

how do you properly monitor power factor with out monitoring voltage?

@digiblurDIY 2 года назад

It monitors voltage to calculate the power factor. That was the previous board from 2 years ago. This one monitors voltage as shown in the video to get power factor, watts, kwh, etc.

@fuckthisksksjjksdfjd 2 года назад

@@digiblurDIY I guess I missed that part of the video. So much rambling. I only see the CT clamps hooked up.

@b4kk4li 2 года назад

is there anywhere i can get this board locally in UK ? or EU ?

@digiblurDIY 2 года назад

I don't think so. He does ship internationally from what I've heard.

@chuhaohuang129 7 месяцев назад

Can u tell me the name of the development board which owns lots of 3.5 earphone ports? Or just tell me how to buy it. thx

@digiblurDIY 7 месяцев назад

CircuitSetup

@chuhaohuang129 7 месяцев назад

thx bro@@digiblurDIY

@willemkossen 2 года назад

Very interesting. How would i adapt this to work in my country (Netherlands). And can i source the materials here?

@digiblurDIY 2 года назад

Everything except for the main IC board but I do believe they ship internationally too. You could use some other smaller solutions for 2-3 circuits like a DIY build, ShellyEM, etc.

@OxyDrokz 2 года назад

If you have a smart meter, look up dsmr from the P1 port.

@digiblurDIY 2 года назад

Ours is some encrypted 900mhz signal. All sealed and they have a fit if you even put anything attached to the box. Friend had an IP camera looking at his meter to record his values. They sent him a letter to remove it. So it put a wooden pole in front of it not touching the meter. Ha!

@arnovdmeer 2 года назад

It is documemted at www.home-assistant.io/docs/energy/electricity-grid/

@luizmoratof 2 года назад

Hi!! Excelent Solution! How can i aquire this Shield (Energy Meter Board) in Brazil? Thanks

@digiblurDIY 2 года назад

Check their website. I am not sure of their shipping options.

@JeffSwanson57 2 года назад

When I click "Add Consumption", it says "No matching statistic found". You mention above to add the energy tag in the yaml. Can you show what you mean?

@digiblurDIY 2 года назад

github.com/CircuitSetup/Expandable-6-Channel-ESP32-Energy-Meter#getting-data-in-the-home-assistant-energy-dashboard

@JeffSwanson57 2 года назад

@@digiblurDIY Perfect. Got it working. Thanks.

@JeffSwanson57 2 года назад

Damn, thought it was working. But no go. Sigh! I'll keep working on it. Would really like to see an example of a working .yaml for this board (i.e. one that works with the new Home Assistant Energy). I'm missing something but just can't see what it could be.

@digiblurDIY 2 года назад

I use these as a starting point - github.com/CircuitSetup/Expandable-6-Channel-ESP32-Energy-Meter/tree/master/Software/ESPHome

@JeffSwanson57 2 года назад

@@digiblurDIY OK, that code works. Something in that code is missing in the other examples. Or there is something in the other examples that prevents Home Assistant from detecting the board. Anyway, thanks, I've got a starting point to work from. Great videos btw. Keep it up!

@hugobarbosa7753 Год назад

I come from the recent past. A week lost trying to make ESP32 work. Nah bro, there ARE coffee drip machines with timers. They come on or off when you need them to! Wall jacks that report energy consumption and remote turn on/off. etc. etc.

@digiblurDIY Год назад

Mine has a timer to turn on but stays warm way too long.

@sundance2005 Год назад

Can this see what is going on with my Tesla Powerwall?

@digiblurDIY Год назад

I don't have any experience with this product but it will monitor the AC amperage/watts of whatever flows through the wire no matter the source.

@jaredhelder 2 года назад

Lol, yeah I do use 2x.

@digiblurDIY 2 года назад

I don't blame ya. They need to add 3 or 4 for myself.

@bimmers323ci 2 года назад

Where can I get this kit to buy

@digiblurDIY 2 года назад

Links in description

@OldCurmudgeon3DP 2 года назад

2x? Nah, I'd never go above 1.5x for ya, bro. 😜

@MrCraigCurtin 2 года назад

I would recommend the IOTAWATT over the Circuit setup solution - it is much cheaper overall - a more mature solution and supports a wider range of CT Clamps

@digiblurDIY 2 года назад

I actually looked at that one myself a while back but bypassed it on the hardware choices used in it for various reasons such resolution, etc. I'm looking forward to see what they do on the esp32 model though when it comes out.

@velbond007 Год назад

This board not available

@digiblurDIY Год назад

He goes in and out of stock. Check the Emporia one ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-z0Jv4nO9OWg.html

@velbond007 Год назад

@@digiblurDIY thanks

@mrechbreger Год назад

Isn't that useless to monitor the amps of an AC line without monitoring the phase of the voltage, I wonder did you draw any conclusions about monitoring the current only for a year?

@digiblurDIY Год назад

Been using this product for more than a year and still like it. No regrets. I only have single split phase in the US and only need to monitor the voltage reference of the one phase available to us.

@mrechbreger Год назад

@@digiblurDIY ok so you are monitoring the voltage, I didn't see that in the video... so everything is basically just as I'd do it as well in Taiwan (we have 110V here). Thanks for your reply!

@digiblurDIY Год назад

Correct. It uses the AC to AC adapter for reference voltage