I really want to throw away this whole-house energy monitor because its user interface is awful and the batteries don't last very long. But can I do it?
By Julian
Youtuber, shed dweller, solar charge controller aficionado
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Youtuber, shed dweller, solar charge controller aficionado
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They are coded, I think I bought 3 of them and now I wanted to bring them in use, so I have only one TX and two RXs but none of them match the code , my code is 9143-A01128 and 29, but my TX is coded 26, bugger! I will have to bin them all .
A couple of times pressing the second button along (arrow left) a green backlight came on accidentally but how does one turn it on and off intentionally? A search through the electronic version of the manual gives no hits for backlight and only one for LCD.
To avoid running through AAA batteries for both Sender and Receiver get a 5v to 3v or 5v to 3.3v Step-Down Converter from eBay. It easily fits inside the battery compartment soldered to the two battery wires. Search for AMS1117, for example, and plug into a mains to 5v USB adapter.
Check the voltage is set correctly. 230vac as default for UK.
Good video, saves me dismantling mine. Just paid £2.99 for it from a charity shop and managed to set it up. Time will tell.
Keep it, throwing it away is a waste and it is a radio!
If it's not to late I think you could very easily fix the power problem with and maybe put the display into a different project box again with a better power supply and you probably could figure out a way to get that info off the device (I couldn't but you could since you are the smartest guy on the net)
chuck it mate. Thanks for all your videos, I never miss one Your solar charge controller I bought off you still going strong. Happy 2016, James T
Can you use these current sensors with arduino? I would love to see a simple project like that 🙂 That's my suggestion. Thank you very much for your videos. Happy new year.
Am I right in thinking that a simple unit like this gives erroneous readings if you've got solar panels? Because it can't tell the difference between current being pulled off the grid, and current being exported to the grid?
keep itand hook it to solar powered outlet no loss and no worries and can still play with it
How about you simply hook the spi eeprom chip? to an arduino and read its contents?
You wanted to capture the data into Excel, right? Perfect time to play with an Arduino! An Arduino and a 433MHz receiver module (alice1101983 has them cheap) and then you should be able to capture the packets from the transmitter and log them (maybe also need an ESP8266 WiFi module to transmit the logs if you don't wan the Arduino hooked up to a PC the whole time).
I vote for building an arduino receiver with the receiver module. You could then send the data to your pc or nas?