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sand silo Jan 11, 2026, 2:39 AM

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Looking for recommendations with either zwave/zigbee connectivity. USA, no budget.

whole grove Jan 11, 2026, 2:42 AM

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What do you mean by hardwired?

sand silo Jan 11, 2026, 2:49 AM

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in wall

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and not shelly

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I have a few of these as an example.

whole grove Jan 11, 2026, 3:01 AM

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Ah a smart outlet, got it

sand silo Jan 11, 2026, 3:02 AM

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https://tenor.com/view/sealyx-naked-gun-the-naked-gun-facepalm-facepalm-meme-gif-11743768702765397589

Tenor

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civic helm Jan 11, 2026, 3:05 AM

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lul lul lul

tender lake Jan 11, 2026, 1:06 PM

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sand silo Looking for recommendations with either zwave/zigbee connectivity. USA, no budge...

smart outlets suffer from the problem of having a relay and therefore a low max load of inductive loads. I don't like them because I figure that someone somewhere will always plug an inductive load into it when your not looking no matter what you tell them (e.g. vacuum cleaner/drill).
sure having them on top of a desk or something I can definitely see the appeal but putting them all over could definitely lead to problems.

tbh I think this issue is why there is not a large selection of options unlike the standard smartplug form factor.

its easy to explain to someone, "don't plug the vacuum into a smartplug" however its a lot harder to explain "if you vacuum you have to use the 1 normal socket behind that draws in the corner." etc...

workman with a mains power drill etc... "please can you only plug it in on socket x and not the one right next to where you need it" is gunna be hard but "ill just take the smartplug out the way" is easy.

sand silo Jan 11, 2026, 2:31 PM

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Yeah I agree with what you’re saying.

finite jasper Jan 11, 2026, 4:07 PM

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I have a Zwave smart outlet that just periodically stopped responding to Zwave commands. I just left it on and plugged a smart plug into it 🙂

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