Was looking for feedback on solutions to monitor my electrical consumption.
My current system is 21 Sunpower X327 panels (these are x21 panels that did not flash 335) to a SMA 7000 tl-us with Locus Lgate monitoring solar production.
I am pondering adding the ability to add some form of load monitoring to my system and looking for input from those with experience using the different smart meter zigbee gateways. My installer advised he could add CTs to the Locus Lgate for $300ish. Which would probably be the best solution, but there are a few concerns with room in the panel to have space to add the CTs.
So I have SCE with a Smart Meter and am thinking of going the route of a zigbee gateway, but there really seems to be limited information to make my choice. And what I have found seems less than positive. And I am aware that this will report net metering, which is available via SCE website 24-48 hours later.
So I am looking at the following Gateways:
Digi
Rainforest
Schnieder
From what I am gathering these units have an internal web server that gives you real time raw data via the local network or you can interface them with a third party service such as Bidgley, Wattvision, or Energyvue.
So if anyone has experience with any of these combos I would appreciate your feedback.
Best Regards
Doug
My current system is 21 Sunpower X327 panels (these are x21 panels that did not flash 335) to a SMA 7000 tl-us with Locus Lgate monitoring solar production.
I am pondering adding the ability to add some form of load monitoring to my system and looking for input from those with experience using the different smart meter zigbee gateways. My installer advised he could add CTs to the Locus Lgate for $300ish. Which would probably be the best solution, but there are a few concerns with room in the panel to have space to add the CTs.
So I have SCE with a Smart Meter and am thinking of going the route of a zigbee gateway, but there really seems to be limited information to make my choice. And what I have found seems less than positive. And I am aware that this will report net metering, which is available via SCE website 24-48 hours later.
So I am looking at the following Gateways:
Digi
Rainforest
Schnieder
From what I am gathering these units have an internal web server that gives you real time raw data via the local network or you can interface them with a third party service such as Bidgley, Wattvision, or Energyvue.
So if anyone has experience with any of these combos I would appreciate your feedback.
Best Regards
Doug
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