Many solar and Energy monitoring systems systems use Wifi to do their job; a growing number of home energy management systems rely on it as well. At first, using WiFi may appear to be the obvious choice: Many modern homes already have a WiFi setup to which they can easily and conveniently connect energy management hub, making it easy to control their lights, electronic devices and appliances via the internet. But as you shop around for a home energy management system, there are a number of reasons that you may want to avoid ones that depend on WiFi. We’ve outlined them in this article. 1. WiFi connections can be unstable If you are expecting 24/7 access to your energy consumption or solar production data – not to mention 24/7 control of your household devices – WiFi may not be able to deliver. Do you often have problems with internet speeds at home, or find your connection dropping out repeatedly? These are good signs that you may want to fix your WiFi issues before going ahead with a WiFi-reliant HEMS – or get one that doesn’t use WiFi in the first place. WiFi unreliability is an especially big problem for building fleet managers or […]

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