I've got a sample. But it's being reconfigured. Hopefully a few months. Also has an LCD display. Sits nicely in your DB board.
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It can sit anywhere, but has a built in DIN if you'd prefer.
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Cool. Will it be certified etc, for a CoC?
Any indication of pricing?
Can it talk to home assistant?
It will be certified... Eventually.
No pricing yet. But all Shelly products have MQTT by default and can use Tasmota - its broadly advertised as being Home Assistant friendly.
That looks nice, I can see the benefit of using it to measure power consumption but not sure why I would want to essentially switch off an entire breaker - unless it's like a pool pump or something. There seems to be no logic in how my plugs and switches are distributed over my breakers, so switching one off would just switch off random plugs.I've got a sample. But it's being reconfigured. Hopefully a few months. Also has an LCD display. Sits nicely in your DB board.
One of your bigger (>16A) offenders is your geyser. These breakers are always on the DB board. We have any number of queries about geyser switches.
This could also be used for entire circuits, e.g. outside staff accommodation.
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I want to look at going that route - the problem I have is finding a UPS that'll last load shedding for both my Gen8 server, and NAS.
Mine isn't to last loadshedding it's just to allow for a graceful shutdown. Whatever the switches and routers get after that is a bonus.
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As long as the UPS is connected to the server and initiates a clean shutdown, it doesn't necessarily have to last the whole of the loadshedding window, just long enough to ensure data integrity
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Look at an inverter setup instead of UPS. Will really be better in the long run. I have a 600w ACDC pure sinewave inverter + 1x 102AH deep cycle battery. Fan is only on during loadshedding if load is high, but as soon as I turn off TV, the fan goes off. Then after loadshedding its only on for 3 hours while recharging the battery.
Ah, well that's pretty cool yes. Perfect for a b&b or something as well
Yeah, I went the same route as well - not a fan of using a UPS (or hacking one by adding batteries) to work for loadshedding.
I'm waiting for this to be delivered to me this week:
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The inverter has a built-in 10a charger (much faster than most UPSs), and also works like a UPS with auto power switchover. Just think of it as a long running UPS, without a computer management interface.
https://www.brights.co.za/product/inverter-pure-sine-wave-ups-type/
In fact, this inverter has a 3 phase intelligent charger, so it's much better for the longevity of the battery too.
Easy, get Smartkit to sell you a bunch of Efergy stuff
Although, I'm not impressed by their products - their is a ridiculous limit of 5 devices per hub, and that's ok - but if you buy another hub it gets added to another account on Efergy and you can't view all your usage in one place.