Sonoff power consumption - odd

Configuration
1

Hello

I have a sensor in HA that pulls the power (w) reading via MQTT but they are different from what I see on the sonoff page. Anyone know why this would happen please? sometimes it is 1 or 2w other times it is 20-30w different

image
image1205×86 7.72 KB

image

  - platform: mqtt
    name: "TV Power"
    state_topic: "tele/tv/SENSOR"
    value_template: '{{ value_json["ENERGY"]["Power"] }}'
    unit_of_measurement: "W"
2

The sampling of the two displays are not synchronised in time in any way. So if the value is changing or noisy the two values will not be the same.

3

I figured that would be the case… I take it there is no way to force to to update the mqtt quicker? or to me more accurate?

4

It’s not inaccurate, just sampling a changing signal at different times.

If you want the home assistant sensor to update more often get your sensor to publish more often.

5

figured it out… you can force Tasmota to update more frequently…

cmnd/tasmota/TelePeriod 30 - forces an update every 30 seconds.