Energy Diversion

Submitted by Paul Reed on Tue, 02/07/2013 - 19:47

This is my feeble first attempt at creating an 'energy' dashboard, which is used to monitor energy diversion from my Solar Panels to an immersion heater, to avoid unused energy flowing back to the grid (which I don't get paid for - renta-roof!).

I've used MartinR's excellent sketch in a standard emonTX build, and the data is processed in a Raspberry Pi, which acts as my web server.

You can see how Martin's sketch manages the load to the immersion heater by pulsing it on & off, ensuring that Energy Import-Export averages as near zero as possible (as shown in the Energy Import-Export graph), topping up and using the 'energy bucket'.

Paul

(The image below is also a link to the image - for a larger view!)

Re: Energy Diversion

Submitted by modenet on Tue, 27/08/2013 - 16:49.

Hi, thank you for sharing your works; how did you create the first graph with values positive and negative?

thanks in advance

Re: Energy Diversion

Submitted by Paul Reed on Tue, 27/08/2013 - 18:46.

It's simply a 'Realtime' graph displaying a feed which measures energy import and export.

MartinR's sketch switches the load on and off, filling and emptying the energy bucket, within the tolerances of the supply meter.
At the time I took the screenshot, the module was switching the load faster, than emoncms was updating the feeds, hence they appear as a triangular waveform instead of a square wave, but the graph gives a good indication of what is happening under the hood.

Paul

Re: Energy Diversion

Submitted by Robert Wall on Tue, 27/08/2013 - 21:41.

I think the answer that modenet is looking for is imported energy is positive, exported energy is negative and the graph is scaled automatically.

Re: Energy Diversion

Submitted by Paul Reed on Tue, 27/08/2013 - 21:55.

...doesn't it say that in the screenshot?

Paul

Re: Energy Diversion

Submitted by Robert Wall on Tue, 27/08/2013 - 21:59.

Paul, I though the question was intended to ask "How do you get the graph to show both positive and negative numbers?" - Answer: It happens automatically.

Re: Energy Diversion

Submitted by AllenConquest on Fri, 27/12/2013 - 23:07.

Paul,

Your dashboard looks great. How did you get the icons on the display?

Re: Energy Diversion

Submitted by Paul Reed on Sat, 28/12/2013 - 19:33.

To include your own images/icons in a dashboard, create new text box via the text widget and enter a html link to where the image is stored, for example;

Similarly, to change the format of any text entered, try;

Home Consumption Amount of energy being consumed in the home.

Paul

Re: Energy Diversion

Submitted by hbmaganao on Tue, 01/04/2014 - 22:00.

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Re: Energy Diversion

Submitted by Paul Reed on Tue, 01/04/2014 - 22:16.

Thanks for the offer Hugo, but I must decline.

Paul

Re: Energy Diversion

Submitted by hapless on Mon, 08/06/2015 - 14:09.

Hi Paul,

apologies for digging up such an old thread, but your dash above is exactly the kind of detail and visible use I was hoping my EmonPi would give.

Can I ask how many physical places you are monitoring your energy usage?

Based on the short time I've had my Pi, I suspect that I either have my Solar CT in the wrong place (it's reading is spot on, so I don't think so) or I need to measure the diverted energy with another CT?

As the EmonPi only has 2 CT's which are both in use, I'm guessing that I'll need more sensors?

To that end, I've been investigating options, and not sure which way to go?

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