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Residual voltage at the output of smart plugs (Teckin SP21, Tapo P10, GreenPower PC-03)

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  • #1 21760676
    jacusmp
    Level 9  
    Hi,
    I wanted to use a smart plug or timer at home, I have 4 different models. After plugging each of them into an outlet at home and switching them off, I expected to have 0 volts at the output, meanwhile at the different outlets at home I have several to several volts at the output. Maybe my house is suspicious, but I repeated the same tests in the company at several locations (regular measurements of the correctness of the electrical installation are made) and I also have a supply of 20 volts - 50 volts at the output. I don't want to believe that the installation is NOK or the plugs are faulty. At a friend's house, one of them gives 0 V at the output when switched off. What could be wrong?
    Appliance models:
    GreenPower PC-03 timer
    Smart Socket Teckin SP21
    TP-Link Tapo P10
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  • #2 21760715
    adamjur1
    Level 41  
    And what are you measuring this voltage with?
    Greetings. J.
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  • #3 21760723
    jacusmp
    Level 9  
    >>21760715
    Multimeter ~230V.
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  • #4 21760735
    viayner
    Level 43  
    Hello,
    i don't know the design details of these 'smart' sockets, but I'm afraid you simply have the relay or triac contacts bypassed with a capacitor and it is this that causes the small current flow that you observe.
    A solution often found in timer switches with clocks, e.g. mechanical timers.
    For example, have you not observed that a connected LED garland, for example, still lights up slightly despite being switched off?
    Greetings
  • #5 21760743
    jacusmp
    Level 9  
    >>21760735
    I would like to control the circulator, but there is some electronics in this pump and when it sees a voltage > of about 5-10 volts it flashes a diode, according to the manufacturer this can damage the electronics and I prefer not to take the risk.
    What is puzzling is that every object / socket I have a different voltage at the output when the socket is switched off.
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