Sense found what it calls ‘motor1’; registers over 7000 W. My pool and spa pumps register far less. I don’t have any other large motors. Any ideas?
How long does the spike last ? How often does it come on ? Assuming this is the view from the Device Power Meter ?
Sense just Identified this the other day. I just popped up on the meter. Duration about one minute.
Jim Piersol
Well pump ? Sump pump ? Bladder pressure tank ? 7200W is a 1 HP motor starting up (or maybe a smaller one that is stuck).
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Only have pool pump/ + spa pumps - all previously identified (they are 1-2 HP and each draw less than 3000 w).
The wave form doesn’t really look like a pump motor to me. I was just curious if anyone recognized the form. I will continue to monitor and try to ID.
Jim Piersol
I would look closely at how long it is on again… It has to be substantially less than 1 minute or we would see the minute marks on one or both sides at the bottom. Looks like 5-6 seconds or less unless your UI is having problems…
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Yep. Took closer look - you are right - it was 5 seconds.
I will need to monitor and see when it comes on again.
Jim Piersol
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You should also correlate the activity with the “actual” Mains waveforms shown in the Mains Power Meter. The Device meter is sometimes misleading.
The mains meter could indicate a 3kW-ish usage plateau (i.e. pump on) along with the startup spike. Seems like the device meter (which is the Sense native device recognition waveform) is missing the plateau … it’s just registering the startup spike.
Good luck !
I generally trust the physics-based calls of Sense. Very likely a motor. You might want to set an alert for that device when it turns on…That way you’ll get the alert coincident with the device having its short burst.
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