Does anyone have any ideas on how to monitor power usage of appliances that are on a grid switch (e.g. dishwasher, washing machine, etc). I was thinking of using a Zigbee plug socket behind the appliance but then if someone accidentally turns off the grid switch it will lose power.
Another alternative is a clamp meter but then I need to split out the live wire but it also won’t measure properly when the grid switch is off since clamps need at least 0.2amps to measure.
I don’t mind the plug going off with the grid but then it will always show offline on home assistant and also the zigbee network will need to rebalance as most plugs are routing devices.
My current plugs I use is Zignito with energy monitoring.