Home Power Monitoring
The cluster focuses on discussions about monitoring household electricity consumption, including tools like Kill-A-Watt meters, Sense monitors, smart plugs, and Home Assistant, with users sharing base load measurements, appliance culprits like fridges, and cost estimates.
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Did you consider the Sense power monitor?https://sense.com
how costly is in the US that diference (of power consumption) in a year?
wouldnt the meter also consume excess energy?
PSA: instead of buying a kill-a-watt device rather get a smartplug with monitoring. Similar result except has other uses
Ok, asking because I'm getting around 150W measured base load with way less computing devices but two fridges. I need to start monitoring single appliances to see who's guilty.
It will probably consume $150 worth of electricity in less than a month, even sitting idle :-\
Does it tell you how much extra electricity you're using?
But you cant turn off your fridge at the wall so what's the point in measuring it?
You can use home assistant instead though. It has built-in power monitoring feature.
I also run around 6kWh/day. Natural gas for heating, hot water, stove (but electric microwave and oven). I run a mini-itx Intel i5 server 24/7, a PS4 constantly I standby, a bunch of ESP8266 smart plugs and sensors, a projector in place of a TV (I think it uses 500W when it's on). No dryer, no particular effort to reduce electricity usage beyond what I was taught as a child. Three people (one of which working from home) and a bunch of pets in a 110m2 house.