A very inexpensive (cheap?) energy monitor

Hi Gregg,

I’m not familiar with the device you linked to, so can’t offer any feedback there.

One low cost device that turns out to be quite accurate (at least the one I have)
is the PZEM-016 headless kWh meter.

Available on Amazon for 15 bucks.

Here’s a shot of a comparison between my PZEM-016 and my Elkor WattsOn:


The green trace of the WattsOn (a class 0.5 device) matches almost all of the
trace from the PZEM-016. The right pane shows the measured values of both
devices. (lower right corner)

Lots of info about the “016” in this thread: