Cheap smart plug for $15

Hardware
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Yeah you can control it without IFTTT.

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look like rebranded sonoffs, might be able to flash them?

And same day prime shipping is cheaper/faster than shipping from China.

https://www.itead.cc/smart-home/smart-socket.html

And for TP Link -> https://home-assistant.io/components/switch.tplink/

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how would you flash those rebranded sonoffs? i cant find any instructions for it.

the cheapest i see is Sonoffs. and today is a sale for $5 https://www.itead.cc/sonoff-wifi-wireless-switch.html
it does require some work as seen in this video:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-JxPWA-qxAk

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You need one of these these. Pop the cover off and plug it in (same method as in Bens video). Then I used Atom with platform IO to flash Tasmota onto it. I’ve done 3 switches (sonoffs - ordered direct from itead) so far and all are working fine.

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awesome! thank you.
btw, did you notice the post from Zeric E from the link you shared for the S20? he mentioned that the US version is unsafe because of the hot and neutral…are yours from usa market?

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I use the cheap Etekcity switches and control them with an arduino (see 433toMQTTto433 Bidirectional Arduino Gateway). I am also able to tell Alexa to turn them off and on.

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Hmm… Just verified that. Annoying. The basic switch is okay though, and even if it wasn’t you wire that up yourself so easily correctable. A bit more complicated to redo the plug version.

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Looks like it’s using tuya app similar to ailights
If it has the same chipset like with sonoff basic/s20 then should be no problem to flash with tasmota/espurna firmware.

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Sonoff has a new version for the US which I’m hoping means they swapped the relay to be on the hot line.

https://www.itead.cc/sonoff-s30.html

It is $20 + shipping from China though. So not the cheapest option.

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Hey folks Check this out!! https://github.com/mirko/SonOTA

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SonOTA is great. I’ve used it on 4 TH16s and plan on a POW too.

As for the original topic, Xiaomi smart plugs are 12 bucks a pop for 10a versions. And supported in HA officially.

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These “Geekbes Smart WiFi mini plugs” show up on Slickdeals often for hell of a price for 3. I own three of them but have not been able to get them to work with Home Assistant, but they will work with Alexa. Thoughts Anyone?

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Are they work with Tuya smart app?
If so you can try this as custom component, until it’s not merged. https://github.com/home-assistant/home-assistant/pull/11000

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I hope that gets merged! :slight_smile:

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Has anyone been able to confirm if it works with Tuya App?

From Amazon Questions:
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I just ordered 3. Hope there’s some way to get them to work

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HA needs to connect to “Smart Life” API to control outlets

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Have you considered the Broadlink devices ?

I have several, they’re WiFi, they work right out of the box with HA, they’re cheap and they don’t need to “phone home” even for initial configuration (android app needed though) :

  • SC1 is just the switch (no plug) to directly attach a device (I have those for a small heater and a vent), they go for under €6 on aliexpress
  • MP1 is a 4 plugs, independantly remote controlled, under €20
  • SP3 mini is a small individual plug, for under €10.

Both let any standard plug connect to it (but no earth connector)

I don’t have those for very long, so I can’t say about reliability.

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They work with the Tuya app, but to get the local_key is a pain. I suggest everyone send feedback within the Tuya app asking them to display the local_key under Device Info within app.

I did, i think if enough people ask they would add it

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Just to update this thread… after buying a four-pack of these Amysen Wi-Fi Smart Plug for $45 (≈$12 each!) I went splunking for Hassio integration. By default, the plugs come with the “Smart Life” app.

After a month of managing these plugs outside of HA, I stumbled on a hidden bit of intel: Smart Life is nothing more than a wrapper around Tuya, which is natively supported by HA. I downloaded the Tuya app and re-mapped the plugs to Tuya (away from Smart Life), added the config details into configuration.yaml, restarted HA and… done! Easiest thing I’ve done today.

Also - according to the same above documentation, I could have left them mapped to Smart Life and simply added an optional flag, but I already did the remap, so I didn’t try that flag.

Good luck!