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Refugee · 27th Nov 2021, 1:39 pm

That grow light system may well be monitored from the sending end with the figures from the data sheets supplied by the LED manufacturer loaded into the sender.
Like with the lithium battery in post#35 the controller can check the spec of the load as often as it is programmed to do.
I would be more interested if it could work with a complex load such as a washing machine where it would be monitoring all the loads it sees during a wash cycle.
It would then have a link with the programmer at the load end to get the info about the expected load.
If a component drifted out of spec the controller would see something other than the load as per the spec sheet. The unit should report the component that should have been properly connected at the time and shut down. The only advantage I see is that you can order a spare part before you visit the load item to fix the fault.

27th Nov 2021, 1:39 pm	#38
Refugee Dekatron Join Date: Apr 2012 Location: Worksop, Nottinghamshire, UK. Posts: 5,553	Re: Just when you thought Networking-over-Mains was bad for RFI That grow light system may well be monitored from the sending end with the figures from the data sheets supplied by the LED manufacturer loaded into the sender. Like with the lithium battery in post#35 the controller can check the spec of the load as often as it is programmed to do. I would be more interested if it could work with a complex load such as a washing machine where it would be monitoring all the loads it sees during a wash cycle. It would then have a link with the programmer at the load end to get the info about the expected load. If a component drifted out of spec the controller would see something other than the load as per the spec sheet. The unit should report the component that should have been properly connected at the time and shut down. The only advantage I see is that you can order a spare part before you visit the load item to fix the fault.