Are you using any smart plugs at home, how has the experience been
- Thread starter Renegade
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I honestly never bothered with blocking cloud access, so I can't comment. I should try blocking internet access for the device at the router level. The model I have is Zebronics ZEB-SP110 10A smart plug.
blr_p
Oracle
If you do that then you won't be able to remotely control the switch.
In my case the switch (only, not plug) controlled the water pump.
I was able to run it periodically when away from the house for a week. Worked great.
I could have been anywhere in the world and it would still work.
A workaround would be if they added the plug to HA/nodered and accessed that remotely. Cloud access for the plug is not required then.
you can use tailscale with home assistant but yes, you won't get access to it via the official app.
for me, privacy is the foremost concern, and I luckily know enough about how to self host on my own that it's a trivial issue for me
adnanhussainturki
Contributor
Just wanted to share this deal with you guys, Ambrane 10A smart wifi plug is available for 299/- on blinkit. It's sadly unavailable in Bangalore, but Delhi folks should be able to grab it.
prime
Herald
I called Wipro customer care. They asked me to send an email to "feedback.wcc@wipro.com" with product's details like name, date of purchase, invoice, etc. It took 2 months and a couple of reminders but I got a replacement.
They had picked up the defective smartplug before sending a new one.
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Been using a Portronics 16A plug. Haven't faced any major issues so far.
Working perfectly with Hey Google.
It shows a bunch of metrics in the portronics app.
You can schedule turn on and turn off times in the app which is super useful.
I think pretty much all of these plugs have the same feature set. The only thing that sets them apart is the app and support quality.
Working perfectly with Hey Google.
It shows a bunch of metrics in the portronics app.
You can schedule turn on and turn off times in the app which is super useful.
I think pretty much all of these plugs have the same feature set. The only thing that sets them apart is the app and support quality.
santorini
Contributor
Can you please suggest me good website to buy Sonoff products in India? I know there is sonoff.in but are there any others with better prices?
exotech
Contributor
Sorry off topic but did you just leak your address in that screenshot?
I have been using Tapo TP-Link P110 Mini 16A from past 1 year to monitor our AC power consumption, pretty good so far. Tp-link app is also very good.
That wasn't my address, just a generic one blinkit used by default when I opened the deal page. It's not even the correct citySorry off topic but did you just leak your address in that screenshot?
I have been using Tapo TP-Link P110 Mini 16A from past 1 year to monitor our AC power consumption, pretty good so far. Tp-link app is also very good.
animishticomb
Forerunner
using the amazon smart plug and it is great....'simple' as its not too smart apart from the basic on/off and timers (alexa) but very proficient and efficient in doing that
I am in bangalore and though my society has power backup the power goes of for 30 secs or so before the generator kicks in...
the earlier smart plug and bulbs I had didnt work properly after multiple switches off-on however, the amazon plug works without any issues once set up
I have echo too and this simple smart plug works well with alexa too
I am in bangalore and though my society has power backup the power goes of for 30 secs or so before the generator kicks in...
the earlier smart plug and bulbs I had didnt work properly after multiple switches off-on however, the amazon plug works without any issues once set up
I have echo too and this simple smart plug works well with alexa too
I have created devices using ESP8266 and ESP32 Devices with either custom firmware/Tasmota, with relay modules, I am not much into power measurement.
If I need I have Meco Digital Power meter which can give an insight into the power requirement of a device for an idea on power consumption.
I have setup around 10+ devices working on 2.4 G Wi-Fi and integrated with Home Assistant with MQTT, and they work flawlessly with Amazon Echo Devices.
I have had a few device failure in around 5 years in operation, but since most of them were custom build, I could get them back in operation quickly.
I also, have created a mesh network of around 32 Zigbee devices sensors+plugs which I can automate with Home Assistant.
Since, most of them are locally controlled needs no internet access.
The only internet access is needed is to remotely access the Home Assistant interface.
@Renegade , I could add more details if needed, but since the query was on list of device to purchase it might not be relevant.
@altair21 , If you have some experience working with electronics, and electrical systems you can go this route. But for initial exploration It would be easier get ready made device from brands discussed here on this thread and explore.
Currently I am using an Old Intel NUC running HomeAssistant in a Container, a MQTT broker for handling IoT Devices supporting MQTT(i.e. Tasmota Flashed ESP devices).
If I need I have Meco Digital Power meter which can give an insight into the power requirement of a device for an idea on power consumption.
I have setup around 10+ devices working on 2.4 G Wi-Fi and integrated with Home Assistant with MQTT, and they work flawlessly with Amazon Echo Devices.
I have had a few device failure in around 5 years in operation, but since most of them were custom build, I could get them back in operation quickly.
I also, have created a mesh network of around 32 Zigbee devices sensors+plugs which I can automate with Home Assistant.
Since, most of them are locally controlled needs no internet access.
The only internet access is needed is to remotely access the Home Assistant interface.
@Renegade , I could add more details if needed, but since the query was on list of device to purchase it might not be relevant.
@altair21 , If you have some experience working with electronics, and electrical systems you can go this route. But for initial exploration It would be easier get ready made device from brands discussed here on this thread and explore.
Currently I am using an Old Intel NUC running HomeAssistant in a Container, a MQTT broker for handling IoT Devices supporting MQTT(i.e. Tasmota Flashed ESP devices).
I dont have any working with IOT devices specifically, but I am a dev, so if its software related, I dont think it'll take much from me to set it up, what do you think? Would love a write up on this for sure
Software wise it is very easy to setup, most of them are already available on container, you might need to manage there configurations.
For flashing ESP devices if you have a USB-to-UART modules with wires which can connect to the IoT board is all you need.
There is a Chrome Browser flasher also available, but I am assuming you have some experience working with small embedded devices and looking at datasheets and pin-out diagrams.
There are write-ups available such as this one for reference:
But going the pre-built Tasmota or build from source would be much easier, plus the availability of Arduino framework for these micro-controllers make it much easier to work with other libraries for interfacing with other devices sensors, etc.