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My sump pump outlet power monitor and HA alert system got a workout today. The in-laws stopped by for a visit, and helped my DW to re-route the temporary sump pump outlet line that she ran when the former outlet pipe became plugged. They tested it by flushing the water heater tank into the sump pit, and I collected enough live wattage data to set non-falsing thresholds for the alert triggering automations.
In case anyone is curious, the pump was using 570 watts on start-up, and used at least 411 watts the whole time that it was running. I set the alert threshold to 150 watts, which should hopefully eliminate the occasional false alerts that I was having with the threshold set to 0.1.....
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2015 BMW i3 BEV, Giga World (Lodge interior), Tech/Driving Assist Packages, 30K miles
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