So I’ve had the Sense installed since Tuesday… So far it has found my Sump Pump and one of my fridges… It has something labeled “AC” and something labeled “Heat 1”… It’s winter so obviously it’s not he AC…
So I figure it’s probably my dehumidifier… So when it’s showing the “AC” running I go and turn the dehumidifer off. .Sure enough “AC” goes away… So I immediately turn it back on thinking I will see “AC” show up again, and I don’t…
I see about a 182W increase but nothing “identified” pops up…
So I leave it and wait until “AC” shows up again… It does, I power off the dehumidifer, “AC” goes away… So know I’m fairly confident that’s what it is… I rename it to Dehumidifier and off I go…
My question is… Is Sense not smart enough to know that the initial 182W+ is the dehumidifier as well? I’m also not sure what “Heat 1” is… I almost think it’s the dehumidifier too as I can’t pinpoint what it can be… It says the avg consumption for it is 205W…
During the time it’s been on I can’t think of anything that would be it…
Thanks for the reply mate! The AC is definitely my dehumidifier… What I can’t figure out is what my “Heat 1” is…
I thought it may be my dehumidifier as well, just during a different process or something but I turned my dehumidifier off today and I still see Heat 1 being reported…
I’ve seen profiles like that before, but I can’t remember what people were able to figure out. Periodic charging was one, but I can’t remember if the wattage was that high or not.
Try not to get frustrated if things aren’t correctly ID’d every time, it happens. At the same time, it makes it a little more difficult to properly id things
My dehumidifier is occasionally identified as a different device called AC4. But the profile looks different when is it is identified as AC4 - so it’s totally understandable why Sense would think it’s a different device.
I just mean the electrical profiles like we’ve been posting everything has its own pattern and sometimes you can guess based on what they look like.
Periodic charging would be something you keep on a charger. Obviously it charges until it’s full, but then every 10-30min or so there’s a sharp spike like you’re seeing to top the charge off - like for cordless drills, etc.
If it’s practical, you could start shutting off breakers to help narrow it down. You might start with whichever one serves the kitchen/fridge, and avoid the 240v breakers. Whatever it is, it’s cycling often enough that you could figure it out in a day by narrowing down which breaker it’s on.
everything has its own pattern and sometimes you can guess based on what they look like.