[chbot] ESP8266 Modules & solar load management

[Hadley Rich]

On 05/04/15 09:02, Volker Kuhlmann wrote:
> On Sat 04 Apr 2015 09:50:17 NZDT +1300, Richard Jones wrote:
>
>> However it might be
>> simpler, cheaper and safer to crack the protocol of a device like this:
>>
>> http://www.aliexpress.com/item/Original-XiaoMi-Smart-plug-WiFi-Phone-Wireless-Remote-Control-Smart-Socket/32266632483.html
>
> You said you care about electrical safety. What makes you think this
> particular product is electrically safe? The USB port that is. You could
> of course always make it safe by filling it up with hot glue.
>
> Incidentally it's one of the few multi-socket thingemies that has a safe
> socket design and is therefore permitted to be imported into New
> Zealand.

 From the images it doesn’t look like it's got insulated pins which 
means it's not compliant if that is the case.

hads

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