I couldn’t find much information about this device so I figured I’d start a discussion thread for it starting with some initial info from my brief time with it.
Model: Eve Energy 20ECN4101
Notable Features:
- Independent On/Off control for each outlet
- Power and Energy Monitoring
- Matter over Thread
Home Assistant Screenshots:
Comments:
The build quality seems good. The connections on the back of the switch for line, neutral, and ground are pig tails that are hard wired into the switch. I’d prefer if they used typical terminals instead.
The LEDs on the two buttons is decent brightness. They are green when on and can flash red when sending the identify command. It’s not clear if they are full RGB of just RED/Green. There is no way to modify the light behavior (I’d like to invert the LEDs so they are off when the outlet is on, and RED when the outlet is off).
The energy monitoring seems to be accurate when testing with a pigtail plugged into a Kill-a-Watt monitor. Both outlets contribute to the energy readings despite them being added with “(top)” in the name. The outlet itself draws about 0.4w. The reporting of energy statistics seems to be limited to every 30 seconds with no options to change the polling interval. I’d prefer there to be an option to push the power usage based on a percent change threshold to facilitate use as a trigger for automatons. 30 seconds is too long to trigger an action when say a device is turned on.
Overall, this is a decent device for strictly on/off control and energy monitoring but I wouldn’t recommend it if you were looking to create automatons based on power usage.