TP Link HS105 not working well, looking for something better

Hardware
1

Hello,

I have some fans in my garage which are suppose to go on when the garage door state is change to open.

TP Link HS105 are the switches I use to control the fans. How ever, the only work about 50% of the time. I have tried using this:

trigger:
    - platform: time_pattern
      seconds: '/5' # every 5 seconds
  action:
    - service: homeassistant.update_entity
      data:
        entity_id:

Is there a more reliable switch that would work better?

Thanks!

2

I know there are some complications with heavy traffic on the TP Link’s.

I did look, garage door is going from closed to open successfully as well.

I’ve looked and looked and looked. Should I go with Z-Wave? Any good recommendations for plugs?

3

Did you look at the different Sonoff options? Customizable and for me much more reliable then tplink.

4

I know Sonoff have some Wifi plugs, S31. More specifically, what product were you thinking?

5

It depends on what you need. I use mostly S31 and S41 (temperature). Both work well with MQTT and automations.