Sense Energy Monitor – Track Electricity Usage in Real Time and Save Money – Meets Rigorous ETL/Intertek Safety Standards
$299.00
Price: $299.00
(as of Oct 20, 2024 01:37:39 UTC – Details)
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Understanding how much energy your home is using, when and where, empowers you to find savings. The average user saves 8% on their electric bill.
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Sense Flex
Our most comprehensive energy monitoring system. Monitor main energy plus: dedicated circuit OR generator OR 400A split-service.
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Our base model for non-solar homes.
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Monitor energy use and solar production. For homes with solar power systems.
Sense’s mission is to reduce global carbon emissions by making homes smart and efficient. We make it easier for people to take care of their homes and to actively participate in a cleaner, more resilient future.
SENSE SAVES: Sense saves you energy and money by providing insights into your home’s energy use and activity. NOW SUPPORTING TIME-OF-USE RATE PLANS.
SEE WHAT’S UP. KNOW WHAT’S ON: Track how much electricity you’re using, what time your kids got home, or when someone leaves the basement light on. Sense identifies patterns in your energy use to help your family be more efficient, informed, and secure.
MONITOR YOUR HOME’S ENERGY USE FROM ANYWHERE: Real-time data through our iOS, Android, and web apps.
AVOID DISASTER: Set custom notifications for critical devices, like your sump pump, well pump, or flat iron.
MEETS RIGOROUS SAFETY STANDARDS: Sense’s components and system have been designed and ETL/Intertek certified for installation and operation inside the electrical panel. Sense is not currently available or compatible outside the United States and Canada.
Customers say
Customers like the ease of installation and energy usage of the product. They mention it’s simple to install with fewer wires, and it accurately reports your power utilization. However, some customers have reported issues with device identification and wifi connectivity. Opinions differ on functionality, value for money, information quality, and accuracy.
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Amazon Customer –
Can be use in Thailand 1-phase, 220 Volt ! Great product !
I’m Thailand customer who want to try this cool gadget.Of course, the warranty will automatically voided.And i’m fully awared my risk and acknowledged.I hope my review could provided valuable information for other international customer.And you may use it at your own risk.My electrical system. (In Thailand, which is common in EU-standard.)Is 1 Phase (Non-split like US), 220 Volt, 50 HertzWhich means… i have 2 wire goes to my house.One is LINE, another one is NEUTRAL.And voltage across Line-Neutral is 220 Volt.I’m am Mechanical Engineer and have some basic knowledge about electrical system.So, i’m doing this on my own (With my Dad’s help) without certified electrician.We use extremely caution, and use probe to double check which wire is Live (Always have electricity) and which line is Neutral.Installation step :(Find the picture) I detach the main-panel and on the left side.You will see main circuit-breaker with two big black-wire (That coming from power-line) connected to it.Black wire on the LEFT pass thought breaker and connected to upper uninsulated Bus-bar. (This is Neutral zero Volt)Black wire on the RIGHT pass through breaker and distribute electricity through all of Circuit-breaker on the right. (This is Line 220 Volt)For electrical wiring, i have two breaker empty (the 6th and the 7th)So, the Black-wire (Power supply & voltage sensing to SENSE) goes to 6th breaker.And White-wire obviously goes to upper busbar (Neutral)For the Current sensing (The clamp), just attached only one to the Line.Setup :When i switch on the power.The app show that something wrong with the installation :)I just continue and go to the main screen.And yes, its showing Power consumption for only one phase.Testing :I do initial testing, like turn on the light.Use the Induction hobs, oven.The app show the power consumption very accurate.Problem :Yes, i use this in Thailand.So, after 3 hour of data-sampling. The main menu indicate warning say about”Sense detected an installation problem and unable to fix automatically. Support team will take a look.”Because i use only one phase with abnormal 220 Volt.And SENSE probably cannot analyse my current and voltage data to map electronic devices in my house.I’ll try to contact SENSE team… if they could make my account as an exception.And analyst my data…Another problem is, when SENSE was running for a while.The real time data of Power (Watt) indicate the app seem to be shift. and its getting larger by the time passed.For example, on the 10:45 its showing live feed of data on 10:40.I thought this might be internet connection or bug. So, i reset my router and SENSE.Its still happening and three hour passed. The gap was larger.Like.. on 13:50, SENSE live-feed time showing data from 13.35 !Conclusion :Regardless to problems (exclude i cause by using it in Thailand).I’m satisfy with the futuristic concept of tracking power consumption in household.The setup was quite simple, If you have electrical knowledge.If you don’t, just call professional guy to take care that for ya.I can’t try this AI-feature yet. But still love it !Update : 2/2/2020Day 0After SENSE detected installation problem and cannot analyse electrical signal to map my house appliance.I’ve sent an email to support team to unlock or by-pass.And at the end of day, App show that installation diagnosis is OK and start listening now.Day 1My Pressure booster water pump was detected. (Brand : Grundfos)App saying that most user voted this might be 97% match to the “Pump”I do some verification, on the pump on.. see if SENSE detect this pump.And yep, this is definitely the pump.Day 2Sense notify that two new device detected.Heater & Motor…Identify the “heater” was a little bit difficult.Because i have… Water heater, Rice cooker, Induction stove ?But after i click at the usage data. I can see that this Heater was active around 6 p.m.At that time, i was’t shower or use the stove !So, 100% this is rice-cooker. (Electrolux-brand)App suggest Coffee maker 50% & Rice cooker with 40% confidence, Good guess !For motor, i just click and see the activity.This one was active on 11:00 p.m. until 8:00 in the morning.Also, it keep cycling ON-OFF for 50-70 times during nightApp suggest this one was A/C with 97% confidence !
Paison –
Good for Rentals
Application – Rent an attached apartment in my home that has its own panel box and need to bill tenant for monthly electric expense. Works well for my application.Installation: Installed two 15 amp breakers, 1 on phase A and 1 on phase B and according to tech support, they donât have to be bridged. If you donât have any free spaces for new breakers, you can piggyback on two existing breakers as long as one is on phase A and the other on phase B. Setup can only be completed with phone app and must have Bluetooth AND Location turned on. You can turn location off after Sense is detected and setup.Web App – You can only export your data with the web app and it has day, week, month and year exports. This is the most important feature if you are running a business. In these modern times of slick and smooth apps, this is not one of them and will probably go through many updates as time goes on to bring it into modern times. All the other fluff about monitoring other appliances is useless to me. I already know that when an appliance is turned on I will use more electricity.Antenna – Have a flush mounted panel box and installed antenna into a punch-out hole in the panel box as per instructions and works fine.Phone App – Fair at best. Canât export data with phone app. If youâre away you need to get to a computer to log into the web app to export data.Advantages – System runs off WiFi and data is sent to cloud where you can log on with a computer to access your data. Would be nice if you have a strong WiFi signal near the Sense. My router is over 100â from the panel box being monitored so I installed an Asus RP-AC51 WiFi repeater. Now Sense has access for full 2.4G (5G not recommended) WiFi signal strength and have not experienced any drops.Warranty: A very substandard 60 day warranty. Which means they donât want to backup or have confidence in their products. Tech support responded to my questions within a reasonable time.Where made: âWe manufacture our Sense monitors in North America and abroad.â Poor excuse for an answer and sounds like they are trying to hide the words, âMade in Communist China.âUpdate 02/10/2021 – System has been rock solid, probably due to strong & stable 2.4G WiFi. Tech support has replied back to several emails very quickly and am very satisfied with the timing of their response. In the past Iâve used TED Pro Home (The Energy Detective) and Efergy Energy monitor and both are substandard when compared to Sense. TED uses home power lines and has way too many interruptions. Efergy requires the sending unit in the panel box and receiving unit at the router to be in direct line of sight, which is very difficult to accomplish and way too many drops. In a business environment where you are billing a tenant for accurate electric expense, then the Sense Energy Monitor is your only reliable choice.
Moy –
Excelente producto, si se lleva casi un mes en empezar a detectar los equipos, pero en general es muy bueno
Mark Michael Vejvoda –
This product is quite amazing, but you will need patience (like at least 1 month) to see the results (detection of devices is slow). However, it gives you great information about your electrical use which in turn allows you to make changes to your devices/habits to spend less on electricity. For example I can tell if the stove was left on, if the garage door was turned on, etc and set notifications to let me know what’s going on.
Alejandro –
El dÃa de hoy 10 de junio del 2023 me acaba de llegar mi Sense y oh sorpresa tenÃa durex puesto (el sello de ambos lados estaba roto) la caja por obvias razones estaba golpeada y el producto mal colocado por obvias razones es usado es mejor no comprar este producto
ShatteredCFL –
Just got the device in order to track electricity consumption at home, and first impressions are not that great. I know it takes take to sense devices, but we’re one week in and besides itself it only detected one more thing as my stove but the readings are completely off and it claims the stove is going on and off all day and night (which I verified it is not).Will continue monitoring for now, but if it remains this inaccurate after 2-3 weeks I’ll have no choice but to send it back. A device this expensive should be more reliable.—Update 2: 8 days after installation, and Sense has only detected that single device – supposedly my Stove. This was wrong, and was actually three separate baseboard heaters being detected as a single device. Power consumption appeared to be correct when only one was turned on, but did not increase when 2 or 3 baseboards were running at the same time. Per Support chat, this cannot be fixed and needs to be deleted so Sense can try to detect it properly down the road.—Two months in, and the device is flaky and unreliable. It has only correctly identified one baseboard heater so far. It also picked up the drier a few days ago, but that only worked for a couple of days and now no longer tracks the device when it’s on. Seriously unimpressed.—After several exchanges with their support department, they’ve now confirmed that this does not work with driers and baseboard heaters, as they are unable to differentiate between their signatures. Completely disappointed by this, as this was not listed as a limitation in their product description. Will be returning it ASAP.
kajutisg –
Easily installed by electrician. It’s been about a week now & it’s slowly finding devices in our home, but they don’t always match up. Still many devices not located. MIGHT be related to my having a power conditioner (CleanVolt) installed on our panel that conditions power to remove spikes & protect from outside surges. HAS helped me by showing that my well pump isn’t running long enough (about 30 seconds on average) & may reduce its life (supposed to have pump run 1-2 minutes), so will investigate getting larger pressure tank to allow pump to run longer.