logging power draw?

[archgetty]

I have a pressure booster pump on my RO/DI dual RO membrane system. It pumps water through the RO/DI filters into a reservoir with a float valve for use as an ATO system.​

The booster pump automatically starts when the float valve is down and automatically stops when the float is up. Very cool.​

The manufacturer of the booster suggests putting it on a timer to run once per day, to prevent the pump from turning on and off repeatedly as the float valve changes.​

So the pump is plugged into a Hydros smart plug with a generic output set to run once per day for 20 minutes. That seems to be the right amount to keep the reservoir topped up.​

My question is: So the smart plug is on every day for 20 minutes, and that's what the log shows. But is there some way to set it up so it logs not the 20 minutes on/off for the smart plug, but rather the actual time the booster is drawing power within that 20 minutes?​

 

[Danny]

I have a pressure booster pump on my RO/DI dual RO membrane system. It pumps water through the RO/DI filters into a reservoir with a float valve for use as an ATO system.​

The booster pump automatically starts when the float valve is down and automatically stops when the float is up. Very cool.​

The manufacturer of the booster suggests putting it on a timer to run once per day, to prevent the pump from turning on and off repeatedly as the float valve changes.​

So the pump is plugged into a Hydros smart plug with a generic output set to run once per day for 20 minutes. That seems to be the right amount to keep the reservoir topped up.​

My question is: So the smart plug is on every day for 20 minutes, and that's what the log shows. But is there some way to set it up so it logs not the 20 minutes on/off for the smart plug, but rather the actual time the booster is drawing power within that 20 minutes?​

I use 2 float switches and a latch output to do that. The low level float switch turns it on and the full switch turns it off. I have screenshots of the settings for the outputs used on my build thread on Reef Central. Here is a link Hex Tank Build . It is on page 5 post #99. I originally did this for my DI fill solenoid to refill my DI storage tank I used for ATO and other things. I now use a RODI filter type output to do this but just don't use the flush or booster outputs on it.

 

[archgetty]

Thanks, but my problem/question is a little different. I have a device (RO/DI) pump that turns itself on and off, within the time frame schedule allowed by the generic output it's plugged into. I would like to log when it's on and off pulling power, rather than when the generic output is on or off.

 

[Danny]

Thanks, but my problem/question is a little different. I have a device (RO/DI) pump that turns itself on and off, within the time frame schedule allowed by the generic output it's plugged into. I would like to log when it's on and off pulling power, rather than when the generic output is on or off.

There is no way to do that at this time since the power monitoring is not logged or it is not an input you can have and graph of.