Hi
New board arrive but I can't say I'm too impressed with the ESP32 boards I have. It could very well be that they are just "cheap". The range is not very impressive and I'd say the wireless equivalent of a bit of damp string.... However this board does seem to penetrate the Gyproc wall to the router about 2.5M away.
It is in a plastic case, a bog standard low profile box, to keep any prying fingers (or cat) away from the sensor module live terminals, so perhaps that is adding to range issue, but even so it still isn't great.
It's running now on an SSID that only has it and the associated laptop on it. Nothing else can access that LAN so hopefully connectivity will be stable.
I forgot to bring back my current clamp so I don't know how accurate it is recording, but from previous tests when down at around 200-300mA it was not accurate at all, but that to be fair is at the very lower limit of sensor operation. Once more current was flowing it was well within expected tolerances.
I set the chart recorder running (still have issues with that laptop even after reinstalling FC9, in that I need to open FAD first then the file, or the Network Interface can't be selected) and so far it seems to be working quite well. I did notice that if you point the mouse on any chart "Y-axis" it displays the value, but calls it Voltage. I guess that keeps it easy when telling people in the pub what you're up to.....
My current was pretty stable at around 800mA when I decided to do a quick vacuum.
Chart clearly showed the current rise etc for the duration and I could easily work out that for the five minutes or so it was running it cost me approximately 2.5p.....
Now looking for a smaller house....
Regards
Update....
After 5hrs and 3mins FAD crashed. When I went to check on it Windows informed along the lines of "FAD has stopped working and needs to be closed". Router logs didn't show much of interest and the Monitor could still be pinged. Laptop had to be restarted before FAD would connect again.
Update....
It's been running now for just over six hours and I can see a regular pattern emerging. I'm pretty consistent at around 700mA but every couple of hours I get a kick for a minute or so which I assume is the fridge as that's the only thing that can decide by itself to do something.
Update
It's now been running for just over 22hrs and in that time has caught pretty much a typical days usage. So far so good.