I moved 10 smart plugs (IKEA inspelning, innr SP240 and Tuya) from ZHA to MQTT. They often fail to report updated values when I plug in a device. Then when I go to the HA Zugbee2MQTT menu page, visit the plug settings and tap the blue twin arrow update button, the values change immediately to the correct values. I tried multiple units, of different brands, all behave similarly.
Example: I plugged in my e-bike battery in an IKEA inspelning smart plug. The values I read were 227V, 1.42A and 11.8W. Impossible, as 227*1.42=322W and it’s a 150W charger.
After tapping the update buttons I got 227V, 0.71A and 150W, which is a whole lot better.
When I try the same with a ZHA connected IKEA inspelning plug, I get the correct values immediately and consistently.
Are we having some bug here?
All plugs have the latest firmware: 2.4.45 IKEA, 1.9.29 innr, tuya none
I’m running all the latest updates:
OS 15.2, core 2025.4.3, Mosquitto 6.5.0, Z2M 2.2.1-1
Any help, opinions and/or user experience very welcome.
Edit: FTR I am running ZHA and Z2M on the same HA instance simultaneously, on different channels. I have other Z2M devices (Tuya temp/humidity sensors) running great.
This topic isn’t very popularly discussed. Would that imply that I have an issue that isn’t widely spread? For instance do your Z2M connected smart plugs (if you have any) function properly?
Mine are, but again I don’t have ikea plugs or anything from ikea.
I use that Chinese crap for years and they are working ok.
You can try some tuya based zigbee smart plug. They are not that expensive and see how this will go from there.
I didn’t have any problems with them, maybe I’m just lucky.
Just be very careful. Most of those Chinese cheap plugs do not comply with relevant electrical codes. e.g. they nearly all switch the neutral instead of the active. Which could lead to electrocution.
They work well and report power/energy on a reasonable enough time scale without spamming the zigbee network but I tested them and they do switch the neutral. Which is a big no-no here.
However as long as I am aware of it and only use them on double insulated equipment I’m happy to keep using them until I find something better. The Ikea INSPELNING plugs are impossible to get here. They sell out as soon as stock is available.
I have more outlets then a plugs and they all report in z2m this model, although they don’t look like that.
I can’t open your link as it is unavailable here.
I don’t know…
I didn’t have any problems with them for years. Nothing.
Even this problem that is reported here in z2m documentaton I don’t have. They don’t randomly turn it self off. They do turn off if they detected high current over 16 amps and that happened few times on own and ac unit.
And that is all.
Edit:
And maybe Chinese are building the same devices with different quality for different markets. They are communist country and this is how things are or at least were done in Yugoslavia.
For domestic market the same product was poorly build then for export ie. in usa.