Is Aqara planning to release an extension plug with addressable smart plugs for each socket?
I’d really love 3 or 4 4-6 plug extensions with smart control.
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That would be very useful. I have an office setup where I shut down various items at different times requiring multiple smart plugs on an extension. Having a consolidated unit would make things so much easier.
If it had power monitoring also, that would be very useful
Yeah exactly. I’ve got several extension leads around my workshop each one currently has a Shelly smart plug fitted to every other socket (they’re too wide to fit them into every one).
This works, however, it’s an extra point of potential failure, and also means the stack of plugs becomes twice as thick (and is more likely to become separated if fitted to the underneath of a desk). Having it all integrated would be game changing for me.
The Shelly smart plugs are so far the best smart plugs I’ve found for use with Home Assistant. They have power monitoring that passes through to HA and I have several automations set up that prevent me accidentally turning off a plug when the connected device is in use (based on the current power draw).
If Aqara could release a multi-plug adaptor that had this built in to each of the plugs, and included power monitoring I would pay good money for several of these!
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I’ve got a few of the Tapo smart 4-gang extensions but I’d much prefer to integrate more Aqara devices rather than mixing ecosystems.
How do you find the Tapo ones are integrating with Home Assistant (if you use it) and do they offer power monitors for each plug?
They work great with HA! Yes, they offer power monitoring for each individual socket on the extension. I have cost trackers set up from the Octopus energy integration to track usage costs for the day/week/month.
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Ooh that’s great! I didn’t realise there was an Octopus integration. Is it an official one (ie, can it be trusted)?
By the way, what’s the model number of the power strip?
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It’s not official, but it’s on GitHub if you wanted to poke around and check it out. It’s pretty well adopted. The power strips I have are P304M.
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Ah great, thanks. I’ll check both out!
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As far as I know showed Aqara on the IFA a prototype of a (4gang) smart extension plug-
So it’s probably planned for Europe! Let’s see if they show in Las Vegas something for US
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I’ve got a Meross 6 gang smart extension plug, it’s OK but I’m trying to move everything over to Aqara. I’d love them to release one so I can replace it.
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Still no sign of UK H2 or power strip !
I think H2 will be available soon too… for Eu / German version a public beta starts soon
The power strip is still under development I think