Re: [mh] Whole home power monitoring

Hhmmm. That looks pretty cool. Gas, electricity, and water have smart
meters where I live (as far as I know). I thought all the information
was encrypted but perhaps I should make sure...

Do you have a link to the USB dongle that you are using to listen to
what your meters are sending?

Cheers,

Eloy Paris.-

Le dimanche 23 mai 2021 à 16:52 -0600, H Plato a écrit :
> I’m looking to add 2 additional 240V circuits, one for an outdoor IR
> patio heater, and another for a steam generator. Having an idea of
> overall usage will give me an idea of power peaks and the general
> load. 
> 
> I actually coded support for the sonoff power monitoring plug. I
> think I updated master. I also added in RRD support for any item so
> that they can be graphed in IA7.
> 
> The RTLAMR stuff is pretty neat if you have smart meters. I think I
> spent $20 on a USB Software defined radio adapter, and I can see my
> gas, water, and power meter updates in near real time. I think I’m
> going to pipe the output to a perl script that will take a matching
> ID and then send an update out via MQTT, unless anyone else has any
> ideas?
> 
> This is the output:
> 
> 30273954 is my water meter
> 45275915 is my gas meter
> 3442387 is my power meter
> 
> mh@s1:~# rtlamr -server=127.0.0.1:1432
> 16:38:54.987638 decode.go:45: CenterFreq: 912600155
> 16:38:55.046947 decode.go:46: SampleRate: 2359296
> 16:38:55.046964 decode.go:47: DataRate: 32768
> 16:38:55.046974 decode.go:48: ChipLength: 72
> 16:38:55.046985 decode.go:49: PreambleSymbols: 21
> 16:38:55.046995 decode.go:50: PreambleLength: 3024
> 16:38:55.047005 decode.go:51: PacketSymbols: 96
> 16:38:55.047015 decode.go:52: PacketLength: 13824
> 16:38:55.047028 decode.go:59: Protocols: scm
> 16:38:55.047038 decode.go:60: Preambles: 111110010101001100000
> 16:38:55.047049 main.go:124: GainCount: 29
> {Time:2021-05-23T16:38:58.575 SCM:{ID:30273954 Type:13 Tamper:{Phy:00
> Enc:00} Consumption:  224484 CRC:0x4873}}
> {Time:2021-05-23T16:39:12.963 SCM:{ID:30273954 Type:13 Tamper:{Phy:00
> Enc:00} Consumption:  224484 CRC:0x4873}}
> {Time:2021-05-23T16:39:19.966 SCM:{ID:45275915 Type:12 Tamper:{Phy:00
> Enc:00} Consumption:  911664 CRC:0x162A}}
> {Time:2021-05-23T16:39:26.690 SCM:{ID:30273954 Type:13 Tamper:{Phy:00
> Enc:00} Consumption:  224484 CRC:0x4873}}
> {Time:2021-05-23T16:39:40.907 SCM:{ID:30273954 Type:13 Tamper:{Phy:00
> Enc:00} Consumption:  224484 CRC:0x4873}}
> {Time:2021-05-23T16:39:41.297 SCM:{ID: 3442387 Type: 5 Tamper:{Phy:01
> Enc:03} Consumption: 9848673 CRC:0xEDB3}}
> {Time:2021-05-23T16:39:43.745 SCM:{ID:45275962 Type:12 Tamper:{Phy:02
> Enc:00} Consumption:  138690 CRC:0xEE5E}}
> {Time:2021-05-23T16:39:54.578 SCM:{ID:30273954 Type:13 Tamper:{Phy:00
> Enc:00} Consumption:  224484 CRC:0x4873}}
> {Time:2021-05-23T16:40:01.964 SCM:{ID:30273954 Type:13 Tamper:{Phy:00
> Enc:00} Consumption:  224484 CRC:0x4873}}
> {Time:2021-05-23T16:40:03.968 SCM:{ID:45275915 Type:12 Tamper:{Phy:00
> Enc:00} Consumption:  911664 CRC:0x162A}}
> {Time:2021-05-23T16:40:19.968 SCM:{ID:45275915 Type:12 Tamper:{Phy:00
> Enc:00} Consumption:  911664 CRC:0x162A}}
> {Time:2021-05-23T16:40:29.523 SCM:{ID:30273954 Type:13 Tamper:{Phy:00
> Enc:00} Consumption:  224484 CRC:0x4873}}
> {Time:2021-05-23T16:40:41.300 SCM:{ID: 3442387 Type: 5 Tamper:{Phy:01
> Enc:03} Consumption: 9848686 CRC:0xEB81}}
> {Time:2021-05-23T16:40:57.748 SCM:{ID:45275962 Type:12 Tamper:{Phy:02
> Enc:00} Consumption:  138691 CRC:0x0CBC}}
> {Time:2021-05-23T16:41:11.302 SCM:{ID: 3442387 Type: 5 Tamper:{Phy:01
> Enc:03} Consumption: 9848692 CRC:0xDDC8}}
> {Time:2021-05-23T16:41:19.972 SCM:{ID:45275915 Type:12 Tamper:{Phy:00
> Enc:00} Consumption:  911665 CRC:0xF4C8}}
> {Time:2021-05-23T16:41:32.640 SCM:{ID:30273954 Type:13 Tamper:{Phy:00
> Enc:00} Consumption:  224484 CRC:0x4873}}
> {Time:2021-05-23T16:41:33.973 SCM:{ID:45275915 Type:12 Tamper:{Phy:00
> Enc:00} Consumption:  911665 CRC:0xF4C8}}
> {Time:2021-05-23T16:41:43.251 SCM:{ID:45275962 Type:12 Tamper:{Phy:02
> Enc:00} Consumption:  138691 CRC:0x0CBC}}
> {Time:2021-05-23T16:41:46.642 SCM:{ID:30273954 Type:13 Tamper:{Phy:00
> Enc:00} Consumption:  224484 CRC:0x4873}}
> {Time:2021-05-23T16:42:00.754 SCM:{ID:30273954 Type:13 Tamper:{Phy:00
> Enc:00} Consumption:  224484 CRC:0x4873}}
> {Time:2021-05-23T16:42:04.475 SCM:{ID:45275915 Type:12 Tamper:{Phy:00
> Enc:00} Consumption:  911666 CRC:0xBC8D}}
> {Time:2021-05-23T16:42:11.805 SCM:{ID: 3442387 Type: 5 Tamper:{Phy:01
> Enc:03} Consumption: 9848704 CRC:0x84C5}}
> {Time:2021-05-23T16:42:27.753 SCM:{ID:45275962 Type:12 Tamper:{Phy:02
> Enc:00} Consumption:  138692 CRC:0x7ED4}}
> {Time:2021-05-23T16:42:42.920 SCM:{ID:30273954 Type:13 Tamper:{Phy:00
> Enc:00} Consumption:  224484 CRC:0x4873}}
> {Time:2021-05-23T16:42:56.531 SCM:{ID:30273954 Type:13 Tamper:{Phy:00
> Enc:00} Consumption:  224484 CRC:0x4873}}
> {Time:2021-05-23T16:43:04.979 SCM:{ID:45275915 Type:12 Tamper:{Phy:00
> Enc:00} Consumption:  911666 CRC:0xBC8D}}
> {Time:2021-05-23T16:43:10.308 SCM:{ID: 3442387 Type: 5 Tamper:{Phy:01
> Enc:03} Consumption: 9848716 CRC:0xCAB2}}
> {Time:2021-05-23T16:43:17.704 SCM:{ID:30273954 Type:13 Tamper:{Phy:00
> Enc:00} Consumption:  224484 CRC:0x4873}}
> {Time:2021-05-23T16:43:45.592 SCM:{ID:30273954 Type:13 Tamper:{Phy:00
> Enc:00} Consumption:  224484 CRC:0x4873}}
> {Time:2021-05-23T16:43:59.979 SCM:{ID:30273954 Type:13 Tamper:{Phy:00
> Enc:00} Consumption:  224484 CRC:0x4873}}
> 
> 
> > On May 23, 2021, at 4:04 PM, Jeff Siddall via misterhouse-users
> > <[email protected]> wrote:
> > 
> > On 5/23/21 10:41 AM, H Plato wrote:
> > > Has anyone found any good DIY power monitoring solutions? My
> > > panel is full and I’d to get an idea of the average and peak
> > > load. I have a 100a service, and the wiring from the utility
> > > isn’t sized for 200a, so an upgrade would be pretty expensive.
> > > I’m hoping that the usage is low enough that I can just replace
> > > the panel without upgrading the service, so having usage tracking
> > > would be really helpful.
> > 
> > Are you planning on adding new electrical devices/appliances, or
> > just more outlets/lights?
> > 
> > Ultimately, the size of your service determines how many "things"
> > can be running at the same time.  If you aren't adding (or many)
> > more "things" then you likely don't need a bigger service
> > regardless of how many breakers/fuses you add.
> > 
> > If you want to be a little more scientific without spending any
> > money you can fire up a spreadsheet.  Getting average power usage
> > is pretty easy: get the total kWh from your power bill and divide
> > it by the number of hours in the billing period.  Getting peak
> > current, which can tell you how close you are to exceeding your
> > service capacity, is much trickier.  However, you might be able to
> > get a rough estimate simply by looking up the power rating of all
> > your electrical equipment and adding it all up.  That would
> > simulate a worst-case scenario, like after a power outage, when
> > everything tends to come on at once.  Start with the power hungry
> > things, like electric heaters, AC units, electric range, electric
> > clothes dryer, fridges, freezers, microwave, dishwasher etc.
> > 
> > Even better, at least for plug-in appliances, is to get a plug-in
> > power meter such as a Kill-A-Watt and find out what your power
> > hungry devices draw, then add those up.
> > 
> > Good luck!
> > 
> > 
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