Hi all, I'm new to the OpenEnergyMonitor project but it looks indeed very interesting! I'm interested in particular to current measurement sensors; something like emonTx V3 but smaller... do you know if there is something I can buy off-the-shelf?
The sensor I'm looking for is conceptually like emonTx V3 but I would like to have it much much smaller (say 4 x 4 cm) so that I can install it directly inside the wall plug... for that reason, a couple of "clips" (or other kind of sensors, like Hall sensors) would be enough.
but nothing so compact that it can be installed inside the wall plug... indeed, since I like small DIY projects, I'm also considering the idea of building my own small circuit. I'm considering to use a sensor like: http://www.coilcraft.com/pdfs/sen60.pdf coupled with a small RFµ-328 and one or two coin cell batteries.
However, before embarking on such a project, I would like to make sure that there's nothing cheap off-the-shelf available :-)
So: do you know anything like what I described (very compact absorbed energy monitor for installation inside wall plugs) ?
an ultra compact emonTx for installation inside wall plugs
Submitted by frm on Tue, 30/09/2014 - 20:07Hi all, I'm new to the OpenEnergyMonitor project but it looks indeed very interesting! I'm interested in particular to current measurement sensors; something like emonTx V3 but smaller... do you know if there is something I can buy off-the-shelf?
The sensor I'm looking for is conceptually like emonTx V3 but I would like to have it much much smaller (say 4 x 4 cm) so that I can install it directly inside the wall plug... for that reason, a couple of "clips" (or other kind of sensors, like Hall sensors) would be enough.
I found some commercial stuff like:
- http://www.zipato.com/default.aspx?id=24&pid=11&page=1&grupe=
- https://shop.smartthings.com/#!/taxons/things/lights-and-switches
- http://revolv.com/devices/
but nothing so compact that it can be installed inside the wall plug... indeed, since I like small DIY projects, I'm also considering the idea of building my own small circuit. I'm considering to use a sensor like: http://www.coilcraft.com/pdfs/sen60.pdf coupled with a small RFµ-328 and one or two coin cell batteries.
However, before embarking on such a project, I would like to make sure that there's nothing cheap off-the-shelf available :-)
So: do you know anything like what I described (very compact absorbed energy monitor for installation inside wall plugs) ?
Thank you very much!
Francesco