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IKEA's new smart plug to track power consumption could launch soon (www.notebookcheck.net)

submitted 1 month ago by just_another_person@lemmy.world to c/homeassistant@lemmy.world

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[–] Rekhyt@lemmy.world 14 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Why not just not use the switch function? You can even "disable" the switch in Home Assistant so you can't accidentally turn it off, and most of these sorts of switches have a setting for default (on power restoration after power loss) of on or off.

[–] brockhold@lemmy.world 4 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I'm not the person who you're responding to, but at least in my case I am just not comfortable with having the ability to switch, since I would like to connect devices which could be seriously damaged if the switch toggled for any reason. I have modified a couple of switchable power monitoring plugs already, but I would rather pay slightly less and not have a hassle.

[–] limelight79@lemm.ee 2 points 1 month ago

With Tasmota on the S31, you can disable the ability to turn it off. I have a few set up that way to prevent them from being turned off.