Couple of questions re options in Australia for monitoring electricity usage/solar production:
Q1- Anyone in Australia identified if there are any Australian Z-wave electricity monitoring clamps available? (unfortunately the Aeotec Home Energy Meter Gen5 one hasn’t been released/certified for Australia due to low demand)
Q2 - If no Z-wave options, has anyone got another way to get the data into Home Assistant?
Background: Electricity consumption and Solar Generation (from solar panels on the roof) would be the two I would monitor. Both to be able to view graphs BUT to also monitor level of Solar Generation to turn on/off discretionary appliances only when there is enough self produced electricity (i.e. save money).
Do you already have a solar system installed? If not, the inverter might be your best bet to gather that information. I’ve written up how my HA talks to a little box that collects the data from my micro inverters:
