What are the recommended energy monitoring smart plugs for HA?

That plug features a CSE7766 for power monitoring which is/should be more accurate as the HLW8012 mentioned in other plugs so far. :trophy:

Beside also esp inside so full ownership can be taken and the thing should be future proof even years after the vendor filed for bankruptcy :muscle:

They used to have CSE7766 but downgraded to a HLW8032 last year :frowning_face:

That heavily depends on how the device actually is calculating the energy used. Often the device just polls the sensor every :x: seconds and does a simple integral. If the load is resistive this probably gets the job done but if the :x: is high and the power factor low the calculate energy can be quite off :chart_with_downwards_trend:

Now in case a manufacture ships a device like that with limited or buggy *ware you can change that behavior (and make it more accurate*) in case it has a esp inside :raised_hands: On the other hand if it is a “black box” plug (:see_no_evil:) there is not much to do beside accept it or maybe use a work’a’round in HA to limit the damage :adhesive_bandage:

*best is usual a high esphome internal update interval (maybe 0.1s) for calculating the energy but at the same time a slightly lower/throttled interval for ha (for example 1 or 2s) to don’t bend the server to it’s knees with 50 plugs hammering in :mechanical_leg::hammer:

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