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foxvalleypcgeek

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Registered: 2018-01-06

Posts: 34

Re: Home Energy Monitor

Turned the dryer and oven on to see haha.

cromer

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Registered: 2017-12-26

Posts: 89

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Re: Home Energy Monitor

Haha thats awesome! My water heater turns on every few hours and draws a solid 40A for a few min so I always know what those giant 3-5 min spikes are.

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Yadnyesh

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Registered: 2018-02-05

Posts: 1

Re: Home Energy Monitor

Hey,
I was wondering if the reading on the serial monitor for current is in milliamperes or in amperes?

Last edited by Yadnyesh (2018-02-05 07:47:49)

cromer

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Re: Home Energy Monitor

I think I just answered you in the YT comment but it's in amperes.

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rsatina

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Registered: 2018-03-05

Posts: 2

Re: Home Energy Monitor

Hi,

I just saw your video and I also want to make the same project for my home.  I'm still planning to buy the hardware and stuff so before I buy I would like to ask if I can only use the ESP8266 NodeMCU only without the teensy board?

I'm planning to use only the ESP8266 nodeMCU to get the voltages, ams, watts and also use the same board to access MQTT, is that possible?

Thanks in advance!

rsatina

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Registered: 2018-03-05

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Re: Home Energy Monitor

I just found out that nodeMCU only have one analog input.  I'm now using a nano and got the current meter running but I still have to calibrate it though.  I don't have a kill a watt at the moment.  Planning to buy a current clamp meter. 

Again, I really appreciate your video and I learned a lot from it.  I'm not really a hardware guy and right now I'm learning a bit of hardware stuffs.  Thanks to you!