How to mount a Meross smart strip

Hardware
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I know that this is borderline related to HA, but this is the place I have the highest hopes to find an answer :slightly_smiling_face:

I was volunteered at home to mount all power switches to the wall. I am trying to mount a Meross MSS425F. It has weird connectors that suggest that it is wall-mountable:

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Has anyone actually mounted it?

I thought it would be just a screw protruding from the wall a bit, and slid in the hole. No screw was thin enough.
I then printed a flat nail like thingy that I thought would slid in. It then realized that the hole to slid something is not very deep (you can see the faint grayish part inside that blocks the entry.

Now that I think of it, I will probably print some brackets to slide it in, but would prefer to use screws.

2

Surely the screw head fits in the round bit and slide sideways, just like a double sided keyhole slot?

3

You probably want to use a flat head screw.

4

Well, no - the slot is actually very shallow because there is, inside, a piece that blocks the movement:

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I printed a bolt 1 mm thick to check if it will go in, but it won’t, blocked by a contraption inside the slide area

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If a conical srew head does not fit enough I’d do the ignorant way:

  • chose a suitable metal screw (better if is made of stainless steel)
  • heat the screw using a plier and a flame
  • use the heated srew head to “adapt” the receptacle
  • remove the screw and wait the plastic to return hard enough
  • fix the screw to the wall (fastener??)
  • slap the power strip to the wall on the protuding screw heads
7

An appropriate size wood screw should work. Hard to tell from the picture, but maybe a #6 or #8.

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Make sure the Meross strip is set up in the Meross app first and that Home Assistant can reach it on the same network. If it still won’t show up, check whether your model is supported by the integration and look at the Home Assistant logs for connection errors. The exact model number can make a difference here.

9

My strips work very well, the question is really related to hardware and actual experiences from people who did that

10

As other mention, it’s really hard to tell/suggest anything, as you don’t show the whole back-cover and which way is up or down … and how/where you wanna mount it, i.e fully visible ? , under a desk ? etc , i.e You want it horizontal or vertical ?
NOTE: You might just need to “slide it in” the other direction (if theres is nothing blockin there)
Also you don’t show whether it’s possible/or actually construckted to be slided in the other direction … beside as i assume , there is 4 of these holes, you actually don’t need all ( As long as you are aware that you anyhow cant rely upon that such screws hold, for dragging out a plug … meaning Always Hold Against The Strip, before dragging out a plug

11

You thought right. Suitable size flat head screw (conical shape) will work for that. Go to hardware store with your Meross and ask a screw that fits.