Any good energy monitoring websites out there?

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  • txcas
    Junior Member
    • Dec 2014
    • 18

    #1

    Any good energy monitoring websites out there?

    I got an egauge monitoring system and the built-in website/graph is OK, but not great. I added current transformers to the system to also monitor the electricity usage from my car and from the AC. Egauge allows you to publish its data to other services. I tried Plotwatt and Generaytor. Plotwatt has no documentation and it stopped working, so I gave up that service. Genaraytor is vey basic and will only display solar generation. What are you guys using? I would like one place where I could see it all; solar, grid usage, car, AC, etc.
    5.89 kW System - 18 SunPower 327W panels, SMA 5000
  • SunEagle
    Super Moderator
    • Oct 2012
    • 15161

    #2
    Originally posted by txcas
    I got an egauge monitoring system and the built-in website/graph is OK, but not great. I added current transformers to the system to also monitor the electricity usage from my car and from the AC. Egauge allows you to publish its data to other services. I tried Plotwatt and Generaytor. Plotwatt has no documentation and it stopped working, so I gave up that service. Genaraytor os vey basic and will only display solar generation. What are you guys using? I would like one place where I could see it all; solar, grid usage, car, AC, etc.
    I have a Blue Line power monitor and WiFi device (both cost <$100 each) that collects my kW usage and sends it to Plotwatt. It is not the best data collection tool but it does provide me with a basic understanding of when I use the AC or Dryer and when the pool pump comes on. It is also pretty close in estimating my monthly electric bill.

    Since it works off of light pulses generated by the POCO meter I am not sure if it will work for a solar pv system unless you have a meter that also provides the same kw pulse.

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    • txcas
      Junior Member
      • Dec 2014
      • 18

      #3
      Thanks, Egauge can post data to Plotwatt but it stopped working on the Plotwatt side. I will try again, hopefully there is something better. Energycurb.com looks promising.
      5.89 kW System - 18 SunPower 327W panels, SMA 5000

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