Using a shelly power monitoring relay along side a solar diverter

Willbiker

Good afternoon all!

I have a solar diverter installed which diverts any excess solar power to my hot water cylinder immersion heater. I would like to use a shelly device to measure the temperature of the tank and also monitor the power which is diverted to it. The problem I am facing is my solar diverter is a long way from my hot water cylinder so if I connect a shelly device to my immersion heater supply, the shelly device will only power up when the diverter has turned the power on. I understand this is not ideal.

I am however able to tap off of a near by socket to get a live supply to the shelly device so my question is.......Can I use a permanent live supply from a nearby socket to power the device and then connect the immersion heater to the switch output for monitoring the power consumption of the heater?

Thanks inadvance!

pjeantaud

Hi,

I'm also interrested in this topic as I would like to mesure the energy consumed by my boiler (2800 W).

Do you confirm, you Shelly guys, that a Shelly Plus 1PM will safely drive such a current (12.7 A) ?

Thank you

66er

Hi together,

for measurement i take a EM, it's developed for this.

An actor is for switching developped.

Willbiker

Thanks 66er but I dont need that much current capacity my immersion heater pulls 13a so a 1pm will do me fine. I just wondered if the permanent live power supply can be a separate supply to the supply it is measuring which will shut off and on . Will this work with a 1pm?

What do you think?

Thanks

Will

66er

Some user says yes, other no.

So, you have to test it.