I had the thought this week āThat SD card issue must have been really hard, a thread should be started thanking @overeasy as keeping this going canāt be easy.ā Well, there it goes.
Thank you so much for such a high quality product and going above and beyond to personally support all of us in this forum. Doing the right thing is never easy, hopefully youāve learned as much as weāve gained from your contributions to the self-automation scene. Best of luck to you!
Oh, what a bad news! But we fully understand the challenges and your decision. Thank you so much for all the work done and the impressive results, this has been extremely useful for us.
Good luck for your new objectives 
Thanks for all youāve done!
Very sad to hear this, Iāve loved having the IotaWatt and and the ability to pull whatever metrics I need.
I look forward to seeing what you come up with next after your shift back to hobbyland.
So sad, but I completely get it!
Enjoy your new found freedom to spend time on things other than the ātedious jobā.
Letās hope someone else finds a way to take the project and get it back into some form of production.
Thanks for a fantastic product.
Not surprising; respect for it remaining a one-man-operation for as long as it did. Sucks for the users (wanting to add another/continue using past hardware life) but thatās the risk anyone takes in using an open source project. Mine has given me invaluable insight into my electrical usage, and when tied in with my home automation, has really opened up the possibilities (cycle counting, excess runtime monitoring, etc).
Personally/selfishly Iād like to see a company take it (design) and run with it.
Itās significantly less risk than using a closed source project. When one of those go out of business, youāre basically screwed. With an open source project you can always continue to support it yourself or rely on community forks to keep the project going.
TouchĆ©. This has crossed my mind a few times over the past year: itās a shame that consumer, even commercial products have such short lifespans anymore. You canāt even rely on a device from say LG or Samsung, to be available for repair/parts a year out. Itās a real shame, and only contributes to our throw-away society. Anyway, off my soapbox. You make a good point - in hindsight Iām grateful I have this forum to turn to as I continue to use my Iotawatt.
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Quick note to add my profound thanks for such an excellent product Bob - I recently picked up a 2nd unit to have as a backup - not a reflection of concerns about reliability, simply that Iād hate to lose any data unecessarily, so having a āhot spareā seemed prudent. The first unit I ordered from you directly a few years back now, the 2nd from the Australian distributors - both very positive experiences, thank you.
Enjoy whatever your future endeavours might be!
Bob @overeasy - also adding my sincere thanks and appreciation for sharing your gift (talent) in bringing the iotawatt to the world. You got to do something very few of us do - take your skill, training, imagination, work ethic, and passion and mold it into something really, really good (thatās my perspective), overcoming significant hurdles along the way. As somone who had to ādo it all at one timeā in the technology world over 42 years, I can appreciate the point where the fun is long gone and the burn from having to do all the āotherā stuff just isnāt worth it anymore. Been spending the last couple of years after retirement to try to reconcile being obsolete and rekindling the fun things that tickled my desire to work with the tech stuff. You, your support, and the product reminded me of my āgood old daysā working with Digital Equipment Corp (DEC) PDPs and VAXes (I consider them āopen sourceā, having learned from the OS8 Handbook and others to wire, program, and maintain them), and the excellent people and community (DECUS) supporting the products.
Best wishes in your pursuits, keep on keeping on!
@overeasy devistated with the news, but I completely understand your pain. You built a product that was so significantly better than anything else out there!
Thank you so much for your committment over the years to the project and I hope the next phase works well for you.
I always thought the product and support for this product were too good to be true and here it comes to fruition.
Thanks Bob for all that you have given to all us other nerds!
I look forward to maybe a esp32 board slipping into the wild somewhere down the road.
Take it easy, overeasy!
Oh wow. After contemplating for a year or two, I came here to pull the trigger only to find no product available. Very sad, but I understand the reasons. Iām in the US, and the Australia vendor only lists the Australia 230V version (which is out of stock of course). Iām not keen on using some of the alternatives with their monthly fees, privacy issues, and generally closed nature. What are the chances a US version will be available in the next few months from anywhere? Any suggestions on the best course of action for someone in my position?
Pretty good.
Can you be more specific? Will there be some kind of notification to those of us who delayed purchase a little too long? Is there a waiting list somewhere?
Iāll be posting links to dealers as they get stock and have a web presence.
Thrilled to see that youāve found a potential compromise between keeping Iotawatt happening and meeting your own needs going forward. I was one of the people that snagged a second unit from the folks in Australia, but I could see myself adding a third someday, as the dataās really been valuable in improving our homeās energy efficiency. Best of luck!
Created an account just to say thanks. I totally support your decision - itās your life and you only get one! Thanks for taking some time out of it to create something we have loved and gotten much use from, and for making it open source so that hopefully it can continue in your retirement from the project.
While it is likely quite a bit more complex than this, would it be possible to release the plans for the hardware for those of us with some knowhow with creating hardware and 3D printing enclosures? Or is that posted already? I just want to make sure that those who still really need this can continue on (I love mine!).
The hardware (as in the PCB design files) is already available.
I am not sure about the case design.
