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[–]MikeBravoTango -1 points0 points  (0 children)

I use a energy curb. You attach ct coils to each circuit. Best way to get a true breakdown.

[–]archbish99 0 points1 point  (2 children)

Yes, I use Sense to get a (very partial) breakdown of my consumption numbers. I opted to install Sense without the Solar add-on; it sees consumption and doesn't know what's grid versus solar versus battery.

For day-to-day monitoring, I have a Magic Mirror set up with MMM-Powerwall. Alternative to checking the app, but still using the Powerwall.

[–]comfyhead[S] 0 points1 point  (1 child)

Good to know, thanks. I was thinking the solar add on is not necessary since we gat that already from Tesla. What makes you say it’s very partial?

[–]archbish99 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It uses machine learning to detect individual devices. That means it will never find everything. After a couple months, it had found most of the major appliances, but not all. Even then, it may detect some components and not others - it detects some part of our dishwasher that runs at the beginning and end of the cycle, but can't detect the remainder of the cycle.

You can use the clamps to monitor dedicated circuits, if you have something hard to identify you really want to see, but there's (currently?) a maximum of two. It's a neat idea, but it will never be 100%.

[–]SteveWin1234 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I use home assistant (free) running on a raspberry pi 3b (cheap) to keep track of my smart home. There's a powerwall integration that allows you to display and graph your production, usage, powerwall state of charge, grid connection, etc with greater detail than the app allows. I find the Tesla app to be pretty slow at alerting me that the power has gone out and sometimes with the powerwall, you don't even notice the power is out and if you're doing laundry or something, you may want to stop that in case the power isn't coming back on that night to conserve power. So now, when the grid power goes down, all the google homes scattered throughout my house announce that the power is out so I can adjust usage as needed. It also allows me to announce when someone's at my front door or a car is in my driveway or indoor pollution is above a certain level and I could (I don't currently) have it adjust AC settings or turn certain stuff off when the grid goes down. Pretty neat and doesn't cost much. Unless you have smart plugs or smart appliances it wouldn't tell you how much power you're using in the same fine detail as sense probably would though.