Is this a sensible use of WiFi or just stupidly dangerous
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Can't be bothered to watch video to find out what your question really is.
I gave up shortly after hearing AliExpress. Who would be daft enough to buy one.
A summary that wouldn't take up 20 minutes of my life on earth would be useful.
A summary that wouldn't take up 20 minutes of my life on earth would be useful.
Dubious looking item.
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Then what brings you to this thread?
I think a wifi circuit breaker could be designed in a safe and useful manner. I also think this is not it.
Concerns.
1. Much better labelling is needed. It needs to be far more obvious that the breaker can be remote controlled and that it's RCD trip point can be adjusted.
2. It looks like the basic thermal-magnetic overcurrent breaker is there, but they are relying entirely on the electronics/motor for the RCD portion, is that safe and reliable enough? similarly they have a software-settable overcurrent setting which also appears to rely on the electronics/motor, how reliable is that.
3. There doesn't seem to be any way to lock the settings so they can't be changed remotely or to disable remote switch-on when doing maintainance on the installation.
4. It looks like the RCD protection and software overcurrent rely on turning the handle, so they may not work if the handle is obstructed.
Concerns.
1. Much better labelling is needed. It needs to be far more obvious that the breaker can be remote controlled and that it's RCD trip point can be adjusted.
2. It looks like the basic thermal-magnetic overcurrent breaker is there, but they are relying entirely on the electronics/motor for the RCD portion, is that safe and reliable enough? similarly they have a software-settable overcurrent setting which also appears to rely on the electronics/motor, how reliable is that.
3. There doesn't seem to be any way to lock the settings so they can't be changed remotely or to disable remote switch-on when doing maintainance on the installation.
4. It looks like the RCD protection and software overcurrent rely on turning the handle, so they may not work if the handle is obstructed.
I wonder how well that wifi antenna will cope in entirely metal consumer units?
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A few DIYers might consider remote control of their circuit breaker to be a great thing to have. Being able to use a mobile phone to un-trip a safety device that has reacted to a fault has to be good thing ( sarcasm ). It can even be programmed to reset itself using a real time clock
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Prompt someone else to watch it and then say what it is
Perhaps encourage the OP not to make such cryptic posts.
Energy suppliers commonly make use of automatic resetting breakers, and remote control ones, so they can definitely have their uses.
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