General guidelines for this section (Start Here)

If you need help deciding on what monitor to get, which current transformers should you purchase for your panel, or anything else along these lines, start a thread here.
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General guidelines for this section (Start Here)

Post by ben » Thu Mar 21, 2013 4:04 pm

Please use the following questions as a guideline before you post on this forum:

General Questions:

- Are there any budget constraints to work within?
- How do you plan on communicating with your router?
- What energy monitor you're considering purchasing? (if known)
- Do you plan on using pulse counting? And if so, how many?
- Is this a single-phase or 3-phase install? (If it's not your average residential install)

For determining current transformers:

Most if not all of the questions below can be answered by looking at your panel and the numbers on the circuit breaker switch.

- How many circuit breakers do you wish to monitor?
- What is the amperage of the above breakers?
- Are there any 2-pole breakers?
- Do any of the 2-pole breakers have no neutral? (This can reduce the amount of CTs needed)
- What is the amperage of your main breaker?
Ben
Brultech Research Inc.
E: ben(at)brultech.com
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