I want to measure the real time, and accumulated, power that my house uses. I have 200 amp, 240v, split phase coming in.
I really just want to use simple ammeter like I use on my battery box (pic below), just watts, volts, amps, and watt hours.
The problem I'm having is that I can't find anything for a reasonable price (under $50, I'll explain that limit in a second), that's able to measure split phase AC.
For around $100, I can buy a complete system that connects to my phone and shows me the power usage in my whole home, breaker by breaker. I really don't need any of that functionality though. I'm setting my cost at around $50, because if I go higher than that I'd rather just buy the fancy system.
Would you guys recommend a specific panel or DIN mount, 100a per leg, AC ammeter, that can measure split phase, or am I stuck with using two separate ammeters, one on each hot, and adding them together in my head?
I thought this would be a quick, 5-minute project to monitor my energy use, but I've been stuck looking around for a week trying to figure out what to buy.
Any help is greatly appreciated.
Edit: I would prefer a clip-on hall effect sensor, that way I don't have to work with live service entrance wiring, but I could disconnect it if I absolutely have to.
I really just want to use simple ammeter like I use on my battery box (pic below), just watts, volts, amps, and watt hours.
The problem I'm having is that I can't find anything for a reasonable price (under $50, I'll explain that limit in a second), that's able to measure split phase AC.
For around $100, I can buy a complete system that connects to my phone and shows me the power usage in my whole home, breaker by breaker. I really don't need any of that functionality though. I'm setting my cost at around $50, because if I go higher than that I'd rather just buy the fancy system.
Would you guys recommend a specific panel or DIN mount, 100a per leg, AC ammeter, that can measure split phase, or am I stuck with using two separate ammeters, one on each hot, and adding them together in my head?
I thought this would be a quick, 5-minute project to monitor my energy use, but I've been stuck looking around for a week trying to figure out what to buy.
Any help is greatly appreciated.
Edit: I would prefer a clip-on hall effect sensor, that way I don't have to work with live service entrance wiring, but I could disconnect it if I absolutely have to.