Energy consumption and Arlec Grid Connect (Tuya) smart plug

[Mahko_Mahko]

It’s worth popping one open and seeing if you can spot bulged capacitors:

Athom Smart Plugs (Reliability / Lifetime / Time to failure) [please contribute]

I repaired all, around 30 all of them the same issue: capacitor

Australia - Electrically Certified Hardware

I was just looking at a faulty kogan one today. A 470uF 10V cap near the esp was bulging and measures only 80uF [IMG_20230717_172223]