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Re:Monitoring energy usage with smart plugs, Prometheus and ... by eMerzh on Sunday May 05, 2024 @04:25PM (#40267971)
Homeassistant + Power calc (https://github.com/bramstroker/homeassistant-powercalc) really does wonder here,

you can "simulate" power of fairly stable appliances.

Then you chart that in a nice Sankey chart or in standard charts and enjoy

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Re:Monitoring energy usage with smart plugs, Prometheus and ... by sifttio on Monday May 06, 2024 @03:25PM (#40278535)
This is a good solution, but I'm having trouble estimating the power draw from charging all my fleshlights daily.
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