Expand Your System & Measure More Appliances
The Powersensor Plug is an optional add-on to existing Powersensor installations. There are two main uses for extra Plugs:
1) Separate Your Power Consumption
Add extra Plugs to accurately measure the electricity consumption of more appliances around your home. By doing this, you can 'disaggregate' your energy usage (separate it into its component parts). For example, with extra Plugs, you can find out:
- How much does the second fridge contribute to total power usage?
- How much electric juice is the home entertainment set-up consuming?
- Is the washer or dryer the cause of your high electricity bills?
- How much does a plug-in heater use over a whole month?
- Etc
2) Extend the Wireless Range of Your System
Powersensor Plugs connect to your home internet via wifi, which tends to have quite a good coverage and range already. But the Sensors connect to the Plugs via Bluetooth. In some cases, you can use an extra Plug installed close to your electricity meter to ensure the Sensors are always within range of the system.
Specifications - Powersensor Plug
| Plug Type | Standard three-pin AU/NZ power plug: 240 V AC 50Hz 10A. Uses less than 1W of power to operate. |
| Wireless Range | Sensors to Plug: up to 20m. Plug to internet router: up to 50m, extendable with Wifi repeater. |
| Wireless Protocol | Wifi 2.4 GHz |
| Accuracy | Within 1% |
| Dimensions | 9.9cm (Height) x 4.3cm (Width) x 3.8cm (Depth, excluding pins) |
| Weight | 84 grams |
| Product Identifiers | DiUS Powersensor Wifi Plug |
| Further Documentation | Quickstart Guide (PDF) |
| Warranty | 2 Years |
How many extra Plugs can I add to my system?
You can add up to eight extra plugs to your consumption kit or solar kit. That means a total of nine appliances can be monitored in detail from within the app.
How do I factory reset a plug?
Connect the plug to a power point. Press and hold the button on the front for about 20 seconds until the top light blinks red and blue. Then release the button. The plug is now factory reset and ready to add to the app.
Can two Powersensor Plugs fit in a twin power socket?
Yes - standard twin power sockets are spaced 45mm apart. The Powersensor Plug is 43mm wide, so two will fit side by side as shown below:
Customer Reviews
I loved powersensor at first. It gave me a great ability to see usage. However then I added another sensor and now it's inaccurate as I have a hard wired off peak switch in the board. It shows negative usage when I am using power. They have reached out and are developing a solution - I hope it's soon.
Needed this to connect to an extra sensor on electric hot water system. Now measure total consumption, bulk solar home use and export, as well as specific data for hot water using a sensor on the switchboard and another on the hot water. The Enphase app gives me the info I need for solar production, also the panels are a long way from the switchboard so didn’t go for the extra solar sensor. Found blue tooth range for the sensors is not as great as other bluetooth devices such as headphones.
I bought a second plug to extend the signal range whilst monitoring another device. It has worked very well and is providing more data on power consumption for the household.
Very happy with it.
Records main tariff 11 and solar but suffers on cost/ monitoring front from no capacity to record hot water (tariff 31) so overall costs over stated. Otherwise works well on single phase and possibly did not need another receiver/sender/plug in distant shed for inverter monitor as house receiver/ sender picked up good 30 meters away.
Good product and great service. Highly recommend
A great product- easy installation and immediate appliance consumption information in real time.
Very happy, connected Powersensor plugs and all working fine.
When I move a plug he whole system needs restarting - very disappointed.
Hi Gary, A system reset or restart should not be necessary. Once the Powersensor kit has calibrated and been in operation for 1+ weeks, plugs can be moved temporarily to monitor different appliances. See more details about this, including specifics on keeping one plug on a preferred load and within Bluetooth range of your sensors, here: https://help.powersensor.com.au/hc/en-au/articles/4411092500751-Can-I-move-my-plug-to-monitor-another-appliance-
If you need further assistance, let us know.
Started with the solar sensor kit and have since added 3 more plug sensors! Really helps manage the power use in the house.
Adding this plug and deleting the original solved my problem with the readings being twice what they should have been. Seems the luck of the draw if they are accurately measuring the current.
Hi Greg, Your original plug may still be useful if you try a factory reset. Then it can be added as a secondary plug to monitor other appliances. Please let us know if you still have a problem after factory resetting the plug with the issue.