New eMonitor Goes Wireless

Powerhouse Dynamics has released a new wireless version of its eMonitor energy monitoring system. The new eMonitor4 delivers Wi-Fi signals from the system’s gateway to a home’s router, as well as 2.4GHz wireless communications from a base unit installed inside the electrical panel to the gateway, avoiding the need to run wires outside the panel. The eMonitor’s web-based interface can also monitor and control wireless thermostats on a home’s Wi-Fi network. The eMonitor4 is based on the same platform as the eMonitor c-Series for small commercial facilities released last year. In addition to wireless communications, the system offers a more powerful entry-level option and a more flexible expansion path, the company says. Users can monitor 12 circuits with the Base Unit (plus the two main electrical feeds) and add expansion pods, each serving 10 circuits. The expansion pods can also fit inside most electrical panels. One Gateway can support up to 10 eMonitors. The company says it has not experienced interference issues from sending wireless signals from the electrical panel in residential installations. “The system is designed to store up to 14 days of data in the panel in the case communications is lost, and uploads automatically when it reconnects,” […]