+1 I’ve been waiting over two years now for this feature for my manual interlocked generator.
Any updates?
Hey @bradley.jones.home and @matt1, there are currently no updates on this feature.
It is clear that enough users are requesting a non-ata generator monitor that sense should consider it.
They could add the option so that when operating in “flex sensor” power, you just get a generator power monitor and temporarily suspend any mods to their algorithms for appliance detection. The utility would also serve interlock users to alert them when power is back onto the mains, so that you could turn off the generator and switch back to main breaker power. That alone would sell many new units.
I respectfully disagree with the notion that when power is out, so is the network. Not so-at least in my area. I have Verizon Fios and over several years, during every power outage in our community hI have still been able to reconnect to FIOS internet and TV while on the generator. It would be great if the Sense app just told me what my total power was, and when power was restored to the mains…Should not be difficult given the number of added units Sense would sell.
It’s inconvenient, but the workaround I use to monitor power consumption while on generator is to open the panel and move the primary sensors from the mains over to the generator supply wires that feed the generator breaker.
I bought a set of flex sensors before realizing this interlock configuration is not supported, and this has me thinking of other workarounds.
I plan on testing if I can leave the sensors installed (one set on the mains, the second set on the generator supply) and just alternate between them at the sense box. I would still need to expose the panel to make the change at the Sense, but it would be safer than moving clamps.
An alternative workaround I’m considering would be to just use one set of sensors and clamp them over both sets of wires (provided I have the slack in the wiring). In an interlock configuration, only one set of wires would be energized at any given time. And provided the sensor does not malfunction or its accuracy diminishes by having a second (albeit not in use) wire running through the clamp all the time, this would save the step of opening the panel and switching plugs or moving clamps. I don’t know how the clamp sensors work to say if this is feasible.
Honestly, Sense should prioritize this feature request out of safety concerns. All of these workarounds involve customers exposing their panels more frequently than they would need to if the Sense merely supported the interlock configuration.
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Same issue with the interlocked generator monitoring need. It is the only reason I purchased the unit.