[chbot] ESP8266 Modules & solar load management

[Richard Jones]

Thanks Hadley, great catch.

I have written to Xiaomi to see if there is a AS/NZS3112 compliant version
of the smart power plug available. I'll let you know if I get a response.

Cheers

Richard

On Mon, Apr 6, 2015 at 4:32 PM, Hadley Rich <hads at nice.net.nz> wrote:

> 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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