I have not found the anwers to these random thoughts about smart plugs. Why does Sense “like” and “integrate” devices like TP-link KASA? How does it help Sense? Why would a user put in a KASA? I see several reasons, and I am guilty too. Sense is slow and I want to know what the freezer is doing…

Hi @bobfa , and welcome to the community. Good question. I’m going to extend @DevOpsTodd ’s excellent answer. There are many devices that have either high active/dynamic power usage, high Always On usage, or both, that the current form of Sense just can’t detect. Smartplugs help fill in the blanks (…

Bob, The smart plugs don’t “help” Sense at all. They help you as the end user. Sense will still do it’s thing using AI and attempt to detect the devices with or without the plug. The plug doesn’t contribute to this learning. The reason the Sense team pushes these devices is because sometimes te…

Yeah… I was going to offer the same response… Buy compatible smart plugs because you want visibility to devices (or sets of devices) that Sense has not learned (or is incapable of learning and isolating)… Not to help Sense… One of the best smart plugs I have set up on Sense is my “Home Office” g…

[image] kevin1: I have a couple KP125s plugged in back to back right now. The continuous draw is about 1.25W for a device that is continuously reporting to Sense. So one should deploy smartplugs judiciously as you suggest. Unless I’m missing something, that would mean it would take roughly 80…

[image] Beachcomber: As an aside, I wonder what the HS300 overhead is as that might show much less overhead over 6 devices. The overhead for the HS300 is less: 0.8w plus 0.5w for each plug that is ON. The raw data is: [image] Updated 06JUN21 - Smart Plug Vampire Power Draw Shoot-Out [HS30…

So essentially saving 0.8 watts on devices 2-6. Thanks.

You’re off by a zero. 1000Wh / 1.25W = 800 hours / 24 = 33 days. So about a kWh or 13 cents each month.

I said “essentially a SAVINGS of 0.8w on device 2-6”. 0.75w if the numbers are exact. 1.25w per KS115 according to above EACH plug (1-6) is 0.5w on HW300 WiFi appears to be 0.8w on HS300 So a saving of 0.75w- 0.8w per device 2-6 on a HS300 over additional KS115 devices.

That was in response to your earlier post, sorry I didn’t keep the context. Unless I’m missing something, that would mean it would take roughly 80 hours to use a kWh. Or roughly 2 kWh per week per plug.

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The overhead for the HS300 is less: 0.8w plus 0.5w for each plug that is ON. The raw data is:

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