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[1895.56 --> 1898.76] It has webhooks, so you can integrate it with all kinds of things.
[1898.76 --> 1902.34] It also supports Bluetooth if you don't want to mess around with Wi-Fi.
[1902.54 --> 1904.80] And it has really good power monitoring.
[1904.96 --> 1907.68] Really good, accurate power monitoring built into it.
[1907.90 --> 1912.98] And it also supports advanced features like joining Wi-Fi and MQTT if you want to use that kind of stuff.
[1912.98 --> 1918.16] And the web UI is totally usable, out of the box, and their app is not bad either.
[1918.30 --> 1921.86] So all in all, even if you never had home assistant, these are really nice smart plugs.
[1922.46 --> 1926.64] Now, Alex, when I was here last, we installed some Shelly devices.
[1926.80 --> 1931.90] They were, I believe, relays that we threw into a surprising number of your light switches.
[1932.26 --> 1935.06] Both new switches we put in and old switches.
[1935.30 --> 1937.04] How did those do in the last two months?
[1937.38 --> 1938.18] Well, you tell me.
[1938.84 --> 1939.74] Did you notice them?
[1940.20 --> 1941.34] I would say I didn't.
[1941.42 --> 1946.04] Oh, the one in your server room, the basement that you set up to open.
[1946.34 --> 1946.86] That one, yeah.
[1947.08 --> 1951.70] As soon as the door opens, you open that door and the light comes on and then you close the door.
[1952.00 --> 1954.20] And well, I tried to figure out if, well, anyways.
[1954.34 --> 1956.36] It's like half an hour, 45 minutes on that one.
[1956.50 --> 1958.12] It's such a wonderful thing.
[1958.12 --> 1964.98] But I would just curious if you had any issues that you saw on a daily basis, any kind of connectivity issues or reliability issues?
[1965.14 --> 1967.50] Nope, they just work, which is the best kind of work.
[1967.50 --> 1976.06] That's great because if I had the DC electrical knowledge, I would wire those into all of the what we call chore lights, which are the LED lights built into the RV.
[1976.28 --> 1978.40] I would wire a Shelly into every single switch.
[1978.98 --> 1982.00] I just don't know anything about DC power and any of that kind of stuff.
[1982.00 --> 1983.08] Or if I could even fit them in the wall.
[1983.08 --> 1988.20] But those are super cool because they turn a regular wall switch into basically a smart plug.
[1988.64 --> 1992.80] And I think that's by far and above why we all know of Shelly.
[1992.80 --> 1997.00] I think these smart plugs might be like their second best product.
[1997.22 --> 1998.54] I really like this thing.
[1998.64 --> 2003.30] And then, of course, Home Assistant detects it within like three seconds once it's on your Wi-Fi.
[2003.78 --> 2007.14] And because it doesn't go to sleep, it integrates perfectly with Home Assistant.
[2007.60 --> 2011.14] All of the energy sensors are imported and it's working with the energy monitoring.
[2011.66 --> 2013.24] It's really smooth.
[2013.24 --> 2020.78] And I now have it set up here in the studio so that way when I stop recording, the fan turns on and I get a little bit of airflow.
[2021.00 --> 2022.88] And then when we start recording, the fan turns off.
[2023.20 --> 2023.66] Quality of life.
[2023.66 --> 2031.10] So big thumbs up on the Shelly plugs and probably all of the devices based on the hardware platform.
[2031.30 --> 2037.58] And also a double thumbs up because the things actually can handle a decent amount of throughput of power.
[2038.10 --> 2042.34] Not all these smart plugs can actually handle the full capacity of a wall plug.
[2042.60 --> 2043.36] But these ones can.
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[2191.00 --> 2196.76] Well, I'm fresh back from London where I saw an awful lot of you lovely people.
[2197.00 --> 2201.86] We did a bit of a recap in Linux Unplugged episode 470.
[2202.30 --> 2206.28] You can go and catch that over at linuxunplugged.com slash 470.