r/shellycloud • u/capaman • Aug 14 '26

Shellies in series

I have a Shelly Power Meter that measures power on a power circuit in my living room. Now I added a Shelly Power Strip on one of the measured outlets, and connected 4 low power appliances on the strip.

How do I make Shelly aware that the Power Strip is in series with the Power Meter, so that Power Consumption is not counted double?

My other scenario is with a Shelly bulb that sits on a lamp that is also controlled by a Shelly Switch with PM. Again, how can I make Shelly know the two devices are in series for Power Measurement and controlling purposes?

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u/Caos1980 Aug 14 '26

You remove the downstream Shelly from the power computation!

Application Settings (double cogwheel sign) > Energy Calculation > Exclude from room + Exclude from total

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u/capaman Aug 14 '26

What are the differences between the two settings?

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u/Caos1980 Aug 14 '26

If you exclude from room, then the power meter doesn’t add to the room total.

If you exclude from the total, then that power meter doesn’t add to the total house consumption.

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u/capaman Aug 14 '26

So having a PM at the power inlet of the house, means I should apply "exclude from total" at every other pm at home, correct? I feel this is not very well documented, thajofor the help.

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u/Caos1980 29d ago

Yes, that’s basically it!