[chbot] ESP8266 Modules & solar load management

[Richard Jones]

Thanks Volker, I'm looking forward to seeing your remote controlled socket.

We've digressed a little from wifi modules subject. I thought this news of
the Chinese approach to patent infringement may be the way of the future...

http://www.bbc.com/news/business-32316865

Richard

On Fri, Apr 17, 2015 at 7:37 PM, Volker Kuhlmann <list0570 at paradise.net.nz>
wrote:

> On Sun 05 Apr 2015 10:28:59 NZST +1200, Richard Jones wrote:
>
> Thanks Richard for posting such a thorough reply. I decided to sink $25
> into the fun, which arrived yesterday.
>
> The seller included a travel adapter freebie. It doesn't even have an
> earth pin underneath. Ho hum, one more bit for the junk pile. Amusingly,
> it's labelled "for export only", so even the Chinese know how crappy it
> is, they just don't give a toss about electrocuted foreigners...
>
> The smart gimmick itself has an acceptable multi-socket on the top, the
> earth pin is connected (though I can't see the contacts). The AU plug on
> the bottom looks as in the photos and has no pin insulation. As it
> presumably has passed Chinese safety testing (from a company of Xiaomi's
> size caring about its reputation, as you say) it would now be legal to
> sell here. So much for the government bollocks "The EEEMRA will not have
> any detrimental effect on New Zealand standards for electrical and
> electronic equipment." Hahaha.
>
> The plug follow Chinese convention and the plug is upside down. The
> little leaflet in the box is 100% in Chinese (wouldn't be legal to sell
> in Europe, might be now here). mi.com does not have a lot of anything
> much useful in English. I can't even find basic principles of operation,
> or the app. I bugged the aliexpress seller for the download location,
> which is
>
> https://home.mi.com/download
>
> If you click on download you get an apk file which is entirely named in
> Chinese (with Latin version numbers). It's not in google play, but
> they're happy for you to sign up to their app store instead (don't
> expect too much English UI). I don't think I'm yet game to install black
> box apk files on my phone.
>
> I'll bring it along on Monday.
>
> > During the last 10 years I have had two electrical devices blow up on me.
> > One was bought in Bunnings NZ and came from China. The other was
> > manufactured by Philips in Holland and bought in the UK. Both had
> dramatic
> > failures in mains connected capacitors. Based on my small sample I can't
> > base an electrical safety argument on country of origin or country of
> > purchase.
>
> It's not country of origin (everything is made in China), it's design
> and methods of manufacturing that matter. We all know the aliexpress
> bazaar and how manufacturing works in China unless some really big
> company really kicks a.
>
> Volker
>
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