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Looking for temp/humidity sensors that can be wall-powered (feddit.de)

submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by [email protected] to c/homeassistant

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After running HA for 2 years and tinkering with the stuff I already had, it was time to extend the little machine via Zigbee. I got an Aqara Temp/Humidity/Pressure sensor, which in itself works fine. It just chewed through 30% of battery in 4 days. Now that might be an issue with placement and signal strength (basement through 2 floors), but it doesn't bode well unless it "levels out" at some point.

Which brings me to my actual question: does anyone know any such sensors that are wall-powered in any way? Something that can be plugged in and "forgotten" about?

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I tried both the Shelly ones - the HT and the HTPlus. They are both massively unreliable, they fall off the Wifi constantly, and are a hassle to try and get back (they don't come back online once they lose connection and require a partial re-setup). I had hoped being on wall power would change things but it absolutely doesn't. So I can't recommend those, sadly.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Been there, done that. And I had exactly the same experience, which leads me to believe they're simply crap.