Jules_Electronics86
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I have been reading about energy monitors available but they all seem to say they cannot distinguish between consumed electricity and generated electricity.
Is this because they are based on a clamp current transformer sensor which can only measure current and not the direction? I have separate tails from my consumption meter - generation meter - consumer unit. If I passed the consumption meter and generation meter tails through the same clamp would they subtract from eachother? I'll probably just experiment tonight, but theoretically it should work because they are going in opposite directions?
Thanks,
Jules
Is this because they are based on a clamp current transformer sensor which can only measure current and not the direction? I have separate tails from my consumption meter - generation meter - consumer unit. If I passed the consumption meter and generation meter tails through the same clamp would they subtract from eachother? I'll probably just experiment tonight, but theoretically it should work because they are going in opposite directions?
Thanks,
Jules