Individual devices vs main power usage question

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Hi!
This might fall under the category of a stupid question.
I have a smart-me meter - that meassures the power and energy from
our meter.
This works just fine - and i have created some sensors that gets the data - all good.
now - i saw the option of adding individual devices -
and when i read the documentation - it says that it enables you to
track the impact of individual devices.

i have about 6 devices that each shows their own usage - which i display different places on lovelace.
but - if i add theese devices to the energy dashboard will they be “added” to the total energy usage - or does the dashboard knows that they are “part of” the total usage?

best regards

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You can add them in two places in energy dashboard, as individuals, and as part of sum. Or add in both. As far as i know, individuals do not add to anything, you can just check there how much one has used energy.

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Hi tontze!
Thanks alot.
i have added them now - and it looks like if you add them as individual devices - they wont add to the total consumption :slight_smile:

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