How well does sense detect various Heat Pumps?

[kevin1]

Sorry @andy ! I know your situation and understand that DCM wouldn’t work for you. But it might be a good option for @jim5.

ps: I don’t know how much or a DIYer you are, but the Shelly EM and SenseLink is essentially the a 240V wired smartplug. Would be nice to see something like this productized.

Hybrid heat pump water heater

One of the reasons that sense under reports is because realistically it only detects the on sign (large draw) then flatlines for an average consumption during that period and the off sign (drop in watts eq or greater than the average consumption probably +/- some threshold). Realistically the compressor slowly builds over the entire runtime. And the “off” sign is usually confused with other items. Consider the following. This device is taken from a shelly em reporting to senselink then to sens…