I have an Enphase Envoy device measuring the electrical consumption/production of my house. Since it doesn’t integrate with Smartthings I bought an Aeotec Energy Meter Gen5.
Both have one clamp and the clamp is on the same wire… The clamps are side by side but as far as I know there shouldn’t be any problem having more than a clamp on the same wire, still they are a couple of centimeters appart.
The wiring and everything went well, I paired it on Smartthings and started playing with it… The first read was about 400w, I thought it was ok since I didn’t have many things connected at home, then I turned on a heater to see the updates.
At first I wasn’t seeing the values updating after some minutes and found this:
I installed the Aeotec Edge driver, changed the values as they mentioned in the post, still they don’t update as much but since I was logged in on the computer dashboard I started hitting the reset counter button there, and with the values updated to something like -50w and with the heater on was like 90w…
I think that changing the clamp direction inverts the value for instance -1kwh to 1kwh, right? But still, it didn’t make much sense to have some appliances connected such as an heater and the reads being so small… It should have been at least 1kwh (heater consumption).
Nevermind… I found out that once I tucked the lid of the electrical cabinet the clamp opened, probably it didn’t click when I connected it… Played with it and the heater and it increased by 1kwh as expected… Now back to figure it out the updates like the guys on the other post…
As far as my main question, this post can be closed. Thanks
I am struggeling getting any readings from this device. Everthings seems to be installed correctly. I can see the device within ST and I do not get any offline notifications. I renewed my z-wave network within smartthings and did boot the responsible hub several times now.
I tried both Aeotec HomeEnergy Gen drivers out there and also tried a lot of parameters within the device settings. I also copied the above mentioned in the screenshot. Nothing is coming through.
This device is hooked to the cable of a stove. I really hope, that this is not the issue. Because then I am stupid as a stone.
I did get readings from this device a while back from my electric circuit box; but then bought a better solution for the household readings.
Won’t work - there’s insulation and shielding in the way. You’re also trying to measure all three phases at once, which causes them to cancel each other out.
Because then I am stupid as a stone.
I had the same idea for a moment (thread), until I realized I’d have to open up the cable to attach the clamps to each individual phase. Don’t do that.
But I AM a bit stupid, cause I wrongly translated “stove”. Its not my stove which I try to measure with this device, it is my OVEN. and they are both not connected!
so the oven has a “normal” one phase powercable going into a standard 230v wallsocket. But I can not use any compatible “socket measuring device” though, because they all (?) deactivate with a safety switch at about 2000Wh. my oven seems to use slightly more. Tried that with Aeotec SmartSwitch 5 and also Aqara SmartPlug (to be able to use them within the ST Energy Dashboard of course).
Ja. Thought about this one. And I saw it on sale for 39 euro yesterday.
But you also have to cut wires for this, right? Or find an electrician (good luck). And this is going to get too expensive for just “checking the numbers”…
Yes! It’s one of the only plugs that are directly supported in SmartThings Energy. I have eight of them and they’re working great - even more fancy features with this driver.
I should have checked before buying, but my (newer) oven works with 16A. Therefore the newer Matter certified Eve Energy (with max 2500W) do not work in my case.
Can anyone confirm, that the new Tapo110M Plug works with the Samsung Energy App?
