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    Andrew
    Feb 27

    Best way to open a Plug?

    in Plugs

    Hi there.


    Anyone know the best way to open the smart plug? Looking at opening the PG05V2-AU16A-ESP-1?


    I'm surprised for a product pushing the open software angle, that the plugs can't be opened easily, they appeared glued together rather than screwed. Making flashing them if they get bricked a issue down the track.


    For me, I would like to remove relay, I just want to use these plugs for pure power monitoring with zero risk of the plug ever being turning off.



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    Nick Harrison
    May 15

    Hi Andrew, I was curious how you got on with mods to your plug? Did you managed to open them and did you try to flash them. I bricked one of mine & have managed to open the plug cleanly but it's not obvious where all the ftdi connections should go.

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    Andrew
    Mar 01

    Hi Athom, thanks for the advice, that will be my plan, to adjust the code so the relay comes on and and can't be turned off. I guess I was more looking at removing the relay, to remove the small power draw required to keep it on. While your plugs are really good in this space compared some others I have needing nearly 2w just to energize the relay, so that usage adds up over a year when you have a few plugs. Are these units glued/melted together? Or are the snap together. Best way to open one or no chance of opening it without breaking it?


    Thanks

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    Athom_Support
    Mar 02
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    The shells of these plugs are glued together, just to give you a suggestion, you can buy some more, then we send you a couple of brand new shells for free

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    Athom_Support
    Mar 01

    https://github.com/athom-tech/athom-configs/blob/main/athom-smart-plug-v2.yaml

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    Athom_Support
    Mar 01

    You can modify the yaml configuration, recompile the firmware to update, you don't need to remove the relay, you delete the part about the relay configuration

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