COR20 ENERGY USAGE

[SledHead]

I am looking for some help with my Apex setup. The COR 20 pumps that I have setup in the system show the wattage they are using but it is not being recorded in the energy consumption area. It appears to be only collecting the data from the power bars. The reason I noticed is I don't have anything plugged into the power bars yet. The COR 20 pump recommends not being plugged into the power bar. Is there something I am missing in the setup or do they have to be plugged into the power bar for this to work?
Thanks

 

[Billldg]

Trying to figure out what you are referring to, but have you enabled the power monitoring?

 

[SledHead]

I did not have the power monitoring enabled. It was still showing a couple of watts from the bar over the course of a week. I will see if this changes now it is enabled and report back.

 

[SledHead]

The energy from the COR pumps is still not being collected in the power log. Any other thoughts?

 

[Billldg]

I have no other ideas, this is mine, eb8 and cor tile.

@rkpetersen

 

[SledHead]

I assume the RetPump is the COR 20? Is it plugged into the EB power bar?

I also just looked to see if I can add the power monitoring tile to my dashboard but I don't see it as an item to add?

 

[Greenreef75]

I had to scroll all the way to the right in the add tile area to find the COR 20 tile.

 

[Billldg]

I assume the RetPump is the COR 20? Is it plugged into the EB power bar?

I also just looked to see if I can add the power monitoring tile to my dashboard but I don't see it as an item to add?

Yea, I have it plugged into the 3rd outlet labeled retpump. I also had to scroll all the way to the right of available tiles to find cor tile.

 

[SledHead]

So Neptune doesn’t recommend plugging the Cor 20 pumps into the energy bars but that is the only way we can collect the energy data. So then the cor 15 pumps and wav pumps energy data doesn’t have a workaround to collect this information. Seems like something that should be possible when the data can already be displayed in the individual tiles?

 

[JoshH]

@SuncrestReef any insight here?

Basically your Fusion is only reading the power consumption via the pump itself and because it's not plugged into the power bar it's not saving that info to chart or graph right? I totally get what you're saying but unfortunately I can be of any help as I don't own an Apex. Hopefully Suncrest can help you out.

 

[Billldg]

I am not sure about having to plug in the cor to a plug on the eb8 to get the energy logging, they recommend not to plug it in because they feel it waste a programmable outlet, by plugging it into a aquabus port you get the same controllability. I just showed you mine so you can see how mine is working. If it shows a graph then it is logging data.

 

[User1]

The reason why Neptune recommends plugging the Cor 20 into a wall outlet or anything other than the energy bar is in case the bar resets or faults. This way the return pump is still doing its job. I have 3 Cor's. 2 x 15's which use the 1 link and 1 x 20 that is in another outlet. Works well and I'm not too concerned with the lack of power monitor.

 

[SuncrestReef]

@SuncrestReef any insight here?

Basically your Fusion is only reading the power consumption via the pump itself and because it's not plugged into the power bar it's not saving that info to chart or graph right? I totally get what you're saying but unfortunately I can be of any help as I don't own an Apex. Hopefully Suncrest can help you out.

The energy consumption reports only include the eight 120v outputs on the EB832. It does not include DC24 outputs, 1Link ports, or any other accessories plugged into other modules. Even though the COR can show its own power usage on the COR tile, there's no programmatic way to read or report on its energy usage.

As mentioned above, you can measure the COR20 power consumption if you plug it into the EB832, but Neptune does not recommend it. There is no option on the COR15 since it doesn't have an external power brick.

Also, I wanted to point out that the "Power Monitoring" feature mentioned in one of the posts above has nothing to do with the energy consumption reporting. That checkbox is only used to help the Apex detect a power failure when used in conjunction with the 12v auxiliary power adapter. See my Apex Power Monitoring tutorial for more details on this: https://www.reef2reef.com/ams/neptune-apex-programming-tutorials-part-4-power-monitoring.698/

 

[SledHead]

Thank you for all the information. Maybe this is something that will come in future updates.