[ArubaUser]

I experience the exact same thing as topic owner! I live on Aruba, we have 127/220V 3 phase here. All my AC’s show huge consumption in the app when in standby: I have several split units, varying from 80 to 300 watt according to the app, in standby. When I add up the shown usage of all my AC’s the total is much higher than what the main is showing (which indeed DOES seem to show real power). So that’s the first indication that topic starter is right.

Then I ran a test, I have a simple ‘killawatt’ wattmeter, which has a Watt/VA switch (real vs apparent). So I connected my dryer, it showed 600 in the app but 400 watt in my killawatt meter in ‘watt’ mode. Then I switched the meter to “VA mode” (= apparent power) and it showed 600!

So in conclusion, yes, topic starter seems right. The app (at least in my country) seems to measure apparent power on the 16 sensors and real power on the mains.

Hopefully somebody from Emporia can jump in and explain this

• This reply was modified 2 years, 11 months ago by ArubaUser.
• This reply was modified 2 years, 11 months ago by ArubaUser.
• This reply was modified 2 years, 11 months ago by ArubaUser.
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