That’s great to hear. When something goes wrong (and it always does), good customer service is key.
Oh man.....I have a Juicebox 40, and a OpenEVSE kit (waiting to be assembled), but I'm a little jealous of the Emporia after seeing this!I have the Emporia as well as all the Emporia power monitoring modules inside my circuit breaker box. So I can not only monitor the power going into the EVSE, I can monitor how much electricity various circuits in my house use. I have had no problems since I installed it about 10 months ago.
Interesting. I'm having trouble finding information about any other devices that can be monitored or controlled in the JuiceBox/JuiceNet app. I would love the capability to see circuit energy consumption from the breaker.
Other devices? You see what the circuit, which the JuiceBox is connected to, supplied to the car. It's not monitoring or controlling any other devices.
@mkhuffman appears to have an entire smart panel that reports what every breaker in the house is consuming. That's "other devices" beyond the OP's original desire.
He bought adapters to connect his breaker box. Those adapters and equipment to use them aren't part of the charger. If he's using the same app as the charger, I don't really see that as a huge benefit, since the app for the monitoring would show the charger's power usage. But regardless, that's over and above a charger.
My utility company provides an app that tells me usage by minute, one day delayed. If that didn't suffice, I can pay $1.99 a month for instantaneous readout. Did a free 6 month trial, and decided to send it back. Of course I have one panel, and no subpanels, and never exceed 1,500 kw in a peak month, with charging.
Sorry, I guess I wasn’t clear enough. What’s missing is support for an ecosystem of hardware that the app can monitor and/or control. Obviously I knew that the Juicebox EVSE alone cannot monitor other circuits or hardware but you had me curious if JuiceNet has a similar ecosystem. (I don’t think it does)
6,188 last month. Ugh
I adjust the amperage on my Juicebox 40 to match my solar system excess output during off peak hours. For instance, if my solar system is over producing by 1.5 kW at 9:00 AM I set my Juicebox at 6 amps. At 11:00 AM when my system now overproducing by another 1.5 kW, I change my Juicebox to from 6 amps to 12 amps. I don't want to sell my excess energy to my utility at off peak rates.
I view it as two separate things. I wouldn't buy an Emporia refrigerator or electric oven just because they have tools to monitor electricity usage. Buy the best car charger you can for the money you want to spend, and then buy the best electricity usage monitoring product you can.
Yup. Very good point.
