How to Install Emporia Gen 2 Vue Energy Monitor With Solar
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- čas přidán 7. 09. 2024
- In this video, I show you what's in the box and how to install the Emporia Gen 2 Home Energy Monitor with solar generation! This device is great because it will monitor exactly how much energy each part of your house uses. It is a practical tool that you can use to reduce your electricity bills! This installation is super easy - you only need a flat head screwdriver, a hammer, and a pen to jot down how you connect your devices.
In my opinion this is a better option for the smart home energy monitor than the Sense or Shelley EM. This will lower your electric bill!
Link to device: amzn.to/3brIl2E
Link to plug: amzn.to/3u3sOfI
Link to instructions: www.emporiaene...
Protect your home’s health in real time with the Emporia Vue Energy Monitor!
Emporia has developed the next generation of the Vue Energy Monitor. Committed to bringing the best value as affordable possible, the Vue provides everything you need to monitor your entire home's energy usage in real time. See how much electricity your home is using anywhere, anytime.
24/7 Real Power and Generation Monitoring
Real-time Data - anytime, anywhere
Individual Circuit Tracking (with 50A sensor bundles)
Net Metering for Solar Generation
3-Phase Option (with 3-phase bundle)
Actionable Push Notifications
The Vue monitors the total energy use and solar net metering of your home through a simple iOS or Android app. Additionally, you can add 50A sensor bundles to monitor up to 16 individual circuits per Vue.
Use the Emporia App to reduce overall energy consumption by identifying and managing wasted energy and providing control over how energy is used throughout the day.
Track energy use in real time! The Vue Energy Monitor doesn't guess what appliances you have. It's connected directly to the circuits you care about, like your furnace, A/C, refrigerator, or solar generation. It monitors them 24/7.
The Gen 2 Vue Energy Monitor keeps tabs on your energy use 24 hours a day. The Emporia App has valuable alerts that protect your family and your home. Set alerts for times when you approach monthly peak energy use, when you leave lights or an oven on, when things like sump pumps don't turn off or on, and when your A/C uses more energy than it should.
The Gen 2 Vue keeps track of the energy used in your home to help you identify appliances and circuits that waste energy and increase monthly bills. The Emporia App suggests valuable savings opportunities and also allows you to set alerts to keep you notified when appliances and lights have been left on.
The Emporia Gen 2 Vue monitors renewable energy net metering out of the box, giving you clear measurements of how much energy is being returned to the grid (and saving you money). With the 50A sensors, you can also monitor your energy generation in real time and historically by the minute, hour, day, week, month, and year.
I really like the concept of power / consumption monitoring. I would have installed maybe a 9"x 9" weather-proof box with a 4.5" to 5" depth. The box could attach adjacent to the panel to tidy up the conductors. Tidying up the wires, to me, would give you space in the main panel for future use.
A personal preference... thanks for the educational video :)
That’s a pretty good idea! Thanks for sharing
Interesting to see that the monitor is reversed for the solar. Was hoping to see how this was configured in the monitor but I don't see a followup video on that.
Thanks for the comment! I’ll have to revisit this
Only recommendation I'd make....and I am sure the directions tell you to tap into existing circuits...is to drop in two new breakers next to each other. And use those. It reads voltage on each leg to calculate the power factor if applied. It may disturb accuracy if a load is generated on either of those breakers messing with power factor for the rest of your monitors.
If you are not using power factor for any of your circuits....ignore the above.
Power factor honestly is rarely used,m but could be. I have a mini split that SHOWS a draw of 150 watts even when turned off, it is because the older Emporia units do not calculate power factor. The mini split only draws about 20 watts when off, not 150.
Love that panel by the way. It's a joke what my 200 amp box looks like with everything crammed in it. I actually cannot put the cover on my box because of the two sets of CTs
Thanks for the comments, Wade! No power factor here, but that is an interesting idea...
@@elibaier there are so few appliances that require it. If you are just trying to track and improve your consumption....powerfactor isn't needed. Living in other countries where the grid isn't as stable as the US, it is necessary.
Looking at the Emporia installation instructions online, it covers both empty (new) breakers, and pigtailing into existing breakers.
I thought solar would be same direction to get a "negative" reading
Its a little bit confusing, but once it's all connected on the app it makes a lot of sense
Thank you for the video. I have the same Enphase solar system. One quick question, why didn't you tap the black and red wirings of Emporia box to 2 15A circuits, did you tap it to 20A and 15A? My main breaker with the Solar systems only has 2 20A and 15A circuits, I was concerned with that. Also, did you have to turn off the circuit inside the Combiner box (the Enphase box above your AC Disconnect switch there)? Or turn off the AC switch & Solar circuits in the panel was enough? Thanks again
I just chatted with Emporia and they actually said that the solar should still be pointed towards the breaker for the most accurate reading
Yes that is correct! The arrows should point in the direction of the power. I think what I meant is that it is in a different direction than the breakers. Thanks for the clarification!
In the solar instructions it shows how to install them on page 5 & 6.
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@@elibaier hmmm interesting I need to make sure I clarify with them! Thanks
Does this mean that your current setup will monitor how much power your PV produces?
@@elibaier Great video!! Very helpful, thank you. One question - did you install only one CT for the solar? Or two? Emporia's installation guide says to install two 50A CTs - one on each Solar lead.
Curious. Is the antenna outside the panel due to possibly signal interference?
No, I don’t think so. I think it is to give better signal. Less objects in the way. Maybe it has something to do with the material that the panel boxes are made of
It's because you're in a metal box which blocks it
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Great video. Question, is there a way to hook up two separate solar systems on two different breakers? Thanks in advance.
Great question. Yes, you can configure more than 1 solar generation source!
Beautiful
Thank you!
Are you using the Enphase CT's? if so which is more accurate. Good video
I am using the Enphase CTs. They actually follow each other very closely....and my energy bill! Great question!
i have an old house with several appliance on one breaker. will it know what appliance is running on that single breaker, even down to the lights?
Unfortunately this one wouldn't be able to pick up on multiple appliances on one breaker. This one would however: amzn.to/3AYwxPn
Its called the Sense
Wheres the update on your home usage? We wana know the verdict
I’m coming up on a year so I’ll get one out!
@elibaier any update? I'm getting ready to install one?
What exactly do you want to know? I still have it installed and view it each month to compare my solar from this monitor vs what the utility company says. It is generally within 2%
I see you are at about a month, how do you like it, and is it accurate on your solar generation?
Thanks for the comment! I have changed up a few of the breakers that I am monitoring so I can be sure to capture as much energy use as possible.
It is within 1.7% of how my utility bill and solar tracker, so I would call that pretty accurate!
bjr avez vous essayer les produits de chez smappee ?
Oui! C'est schwet
to much bs and a lack of electrical terms
Thanks for the feedback!