I have original HomePod, i don't have any issues, i have like 5 Arlo security cameras, 10 Hue bulbs.
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Eve's Matter-Enabled Energy Outlet Now Available for Purchase
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Older houses may have been wired without them (far enough back that's a sure thing), but newer houses should have a neutral wire in the wall already. When that started to happen depends on the code in the state where you live (and possibly even county or city). It's easy to tell, just take a faceplate off an outlet and see what wires are in there and connected.
No. That can't be true for outlets. Some switch boxes are wired with no neutral in the box. But every outlet needs to have BOTH the left and right slots connected. (and in many cases a ground too.). In the US the wider slot is neutral and the smaller one is line. In Europe they are both round. But always, outlets need at least two conductors
The Fabled Lutron wall-outlet seems to exist, but I can't seem to purchase it anywhere (production either fails to meet demand, or it doesn't actually exist).
In the mean-time, I purchased some rather-nifty Meross&SwitchBot warts that works exceptionally-well
. They blend with HomeKit, nicely.
In the mean-time, I purchased some rather-nifty Meross&SwitchBot warts that works exceptionally-well
. They blend with HomeKit, nicely.
When Belkin/WeMo pulled that crap by not issuing an OTA software update to fix that serious security issue on devices that were only a couple years old, I moved to Eve and I’ve been much happier with the switches. Their app is better, they are much more reliable, and they are much quicker to respond to commands. I will definitely be picking up some of these outlets when they go on sale. I like the streamlined integration into the wall.
The only thing that would make this perfect for me is if they added a USB-C outlet to the center. It doesn’t even need to be a smart outlet, it’s just nice to have sprinkled around the house if I’m adding several of these.
The only thing that would make this perfect for me is if they added a USB-C outlet to the center. It doesn’t even need to be a smart outlet, it’s just nice to have sprinkled around the house if I’m adding several of these.
I’ve heard nothing but issues from thread and many people aren't capable of swapping a wall outlet on their own so I see nothing but potential issues here
In older homes, switches dont use a neutral wire. They have a ground and a hot lead that passes through. Neutral is normally tied in the box with the others but unused.
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As far as I know you haven’t been able to do that since tvOS 15. Apple removed the setting.
If you’ve updated to the new architecture you can’t any longer. I’ve stayed on the old system since I have still have devices that can’t run it.
I’ve got a few smart plugs in the house, but I’m really not interested in adding any more smart devices the way they’re being priced.
$50 for a plug. They’re $2 for a regular one at Home Depot.
The prices need to come way down before I’m going to be adding more to my house.
$50 for a plug. They’re $2 for a regular one at Home Depot.
The prices need to come way down before I’m going to be adding more to my house.
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I had similar thoughts. Energy outlet? Do they mean electricity? What, does steam come out of it or something? Little gnomes? What kind of energy?
Technically the ground is not attached to one side. That would violate any of the more competent building codes that govern >90% of the USA. There is an insulated hot wire (usu. black) and an insulated neutral wire (usu. white), both go all the way to the main panel. A third [ground] wire (green, or bare copper) grounds junction boxes, receptacles, etc. and the ground plug on three-prong receptacles. The ground circuit literally is attached to ground, via a cold water pipe and/or a brass rod pounded into the earth.
I have a few Eve devices, but I've found them to be so unreliable. My Eve Weather devices (plural as they have been replaced), have all died eventually), and the Eve Energy sockets are so unreliable. The upgrade process to Matter was atrocious and made them even worse. They fail hopelessly all the time, and automations often fail with them. Even the onboard scheduling on the sockets is unreliable.
I've often found Meross products that work on WiFi to be superior, more reliable, and they will even measure energy usage. Moreover, even Tuya devices work better too. I use their smart DIN rail switches to manage my pool pump without any issues over the past five months without any issues. They also measure energy usage.
So all in all, I would not recommend Eve products. They look nice, but quickly become expensive paperweights, and they're not even particularly good at that either.
I've often found Meross products that work on WiFi to be superior, more reliable, and they will even measure energy usage. Moreover, even Tuya devices work better too. I use their smart DIN rail switches to manage my pool pump without any issues over the past five months without any issues. They also measure energy usage.
So all in all, I would not recommend Eve products. They look nice, but quickly become expensive paperweights, and they're not even particularly good at that either.
In the UK neutral is earthed - way back. But within an installation, each and every receptacle has live, neutral and earth/ground connections.
Without a neutral, various protection (earth leakage detecting devices) won't work properly.
In US residential wiring, the neutral (insulated white) and ground (bare or insulated green) are bonded in the load center. You can have neutral without a ground in an outlet, though it's no longer code. This has both.
As for this plug, no thanks; a smart plug stuck in an outlet works just as well. when it stops being supported, and it will, you don't have to replace the whole outlet.
In simple terms Thread is how devices connect much like Wi-fi, Z-Wave and Zigbee are. Matter is the language the devices use to talk to each other. You can have devices that are Matter compatible that connect over Wi-Fi, ethernet and Thread.
Well I have matter/thread smart plugs so I’m guessing both ?
You do know that all electrical outlets require neutral wires, right? Please tell me you've not been installing outlets with ground connected in the neutral. You're going to burn your house down.
And not having WiFi is a feature, not a bug.
No. There are not.
There are old homes without a ground wire to every outlet. But no neutral = no circuit.
Close, but ground is bonded to neutral at the main panel (and ONLY at the main panel if whoever wired it wasn't an idiot).