Nesting Smart Plugs Under Merged Circuit

[jimcampbell100]

Hi,

I have a Vue Gen 3 installed in my main panel.  In that panel I have a 240V breaker that feeds a subpanel, and I have a sensor on each leg.  I have merged those two sensors into a circuit called “SubPanel”.  The subpanel contains 16 circuits, and, rather than install another Vue, I installed 8 smart plugs on the items I know are the highest loads for that panel.  I nested those plugs under the merged circuit, but it doesn’t look like the math is correct.

I expected that the SubPanel line would show the total power going to the subpanel, the smart plugs would be under it with a balance line at the bottom of the SubPanel showing what the plugs were not measuring.  The plugs add up to a number higher than the subpanel.  Is it possible that the number showing for subpanel is the power in that merged circuit that does not include the power measured by the smart plugs?  So the power to the Subpanel is the sum of the subpanel line and the smart plugs?

Thanks!

 

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