Home Energy Monitors

# Monitoring Solar Panel Production Best Monitor — 6 Months in a Portland Home Lab *By Marcus Webb — 8 years enterprise network engineering, 6-year Portland home lab* ## The Short Answer For pure solar production monitoring on my four-node Proxmox cluster with Home Assistant 2024.12 and Zigbee2MQTT running locally, the Emporia Vue Smart Home […]

# How Accurate Are Smart Home Energy Monitors? A 6-Month Portland Lab Review *By Marcus Webb — 8 years enterprise network engineering, 6-year Portland home lab* ## The Short Answer After running six months of continuous load testing in my basement Proxmox cluster with a four-node setup and an Emporia Vue Smart Home Energy Monitor

# Emporia Vue Smart Home Energy Monitor Review — 6 Months in a Portland Proxmox Lab *By Marcus Webb — 8 years enterprise network engineering, 6-year Portland home lab* ## The Short Answer After six months of daily use on my four-node Proxmox cluster with Home Assistant 2025.x and Zigbee2MQTT, the **Emporia Vue Smart Home

# Aeotec Home Energy Meter Review — 6 Months in a Portland Proxmox Lab *By Marcus Webb — 8 years enterprise network engineering, 6-year Portland home lab* ## The Short Answer The **Aeotec Home Energy Meter** is the only viable choice for users who refuse to pay $200+ per month for cloud telemetry or suffer

# Smappee Energy Monitor vs Eyedro Home Energy Monitor Comparison for Portland Smart Homes *By Marcus Webb — 8 years enterprise network engineering, 6-year Portland home lab* ## The Short Answer In my testing over the last eighteen months within a four-node Proxmox cluster and Zigbee2MQTT instance on a local Raspberry Pi Zero 2 W,

# Whole Home Energy Dashboard Review — 6 Months in a Portland Proxmox Lab *By Marcus Webb — 8 years enterprise network engineering, 6-year Portland home lab* ## The Short Answer For most users running a local-first smart home stack, the Emporia Vue Smart Home Energy Monitor Gen 2 is currently the strongest option. In

# Energy Wasting Appliance Identifier Review — 6 Months in a Portland Home Lab *By Marcus Webb — 8 years enterprise network engineering, 6-year Portland home lab* ## The Short Answer After six months of continuous monitoring on my four-node Proxmox cluster and 24-bay Synology NAS setup, the **identifying energy wasting appliances** search results point

# The Ubiquiti Unifi Switch Pro 24: A Network Foundation for Home Labs Marcus Webb | Senior Home Lab Network Architect ## The Short Answer The Ubiquiti Unifi Switch Pro 24 is an enterprise-grade piece of hardware that offers a surprisingly accessible entry point for serious home lab enthusiasts. It provides 24 Gigabit PoE+ ports

# Sense Home Energy Monitor: Real-World Home Lab Review By Marcus Webb, Senior Home Lab Engineer ## The Short Answer If you are building a 4-node Proxmox cluster and need granular visibility into your 24-bay Synology NAS (DS1821+) power draw, the Sense Home Energy Monitor is a solid investment. We integrated two Sense devices into

# Who Should Buy the Smappee Energy Monitor If you are running a multi-node Proxmox cluster like I have in my Portland basement, this device is a solid addition to your energy visibility stack, provided you understand its network limitations. Specifically, this monitor is for the home lab enthusiast who needs granular data to feed