(Replying to this thread because it has been discussing the sensing of bidirectional current flow in branch circuits.)
Bidirectional sensing on 50A current sensors (branch circuits) is live and working!!
Big shout out to Shawn (the Big Boss) for supporting this improvement and making the Vue of even more value.
I updated my Emporia Energy app from the app store, and then from the hamburger/more menu, selected “Manage Devices”, selected the Vue 2, selected the circuit, then I saw new buttons for Unidirectional and Bidirectional. Celebration!
When I tried to save the changes to the circuit setup, the app asked if the circuit was Generating or Consuming, I guess to catch if the sensor was installed backwards. The app then said something like, “The device is updating, try again in one minute.” I happened to be standing by the breaker panel and heard the Vue beep in about a minute, so I tried again and Voila!
I have three solar inverters and one is a hybrid (does grid inject and also has a battery and can power a backup loads panel) so the flow can be both directions depending on the battery state of charge, the amount of solar input coming in, the amount of consumption in the backup loads panel, and also the internal consumption of this hybrid inverter at night. So before this update, the circuit type being Solar/Generation, no matter what direction the current was flowing, it reported both as negative flow (back to the grid). Now, it displays the flow accurately and I assume the measurements over time will now be accurate too.
I expected the order of my three inverters to be either be orderred by kW or by name (Inv1, Inv2, Inv3) but they were not either, so I tried the custom ordering feature of just these 3 circuits, but it seems to have affected the order of the rest of the circuits which is not good, so still working with support on that aspect.
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