Recommend a singe smart outlet turned on/off with Node Red?

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I have a shed. In that shed is the router with my network. I'd like to plug some smart device into the router that has an IP address that Node Red can send on/off commands to. That smart device would then wirelessly turn on or off a 120V plug in the same shed.

Can anyone recommend a device / smart outlet that would fit the bill?

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Are you looking for wired or wireless? Wireless gives you more options I think.

Wi-Fi and Zigbee wireless solutions are the most common. But in this specific case, Bluetooth might even be ok.

Of course, you will need to make sure that you actually have a method of turning the plug back on again. No good if your Node-RED and other servers are running off the same powerpoint. :smile:

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Tasmota Relay?

https://aliexpress.com/item/1005007607785126.html

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A Tasmota smart socket is a good suggestion. If you are in the US I suggest Athom since they can be bought with Tasmota firmware, which works very well with Node-red & MQTT

(There is a v3 too, don't know what the difference is)

A Tasmota device connects to your wifi.
You can give it an MQTT topic eg "tasmota/shed" and then you can control it by publishing "ON" or "OFF" to that topic.

Tasmota devices send regular status messages too, including relay state and sometimes power consumption data.

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I think wireless for this one. Fortunately my Node Red and network stuff won't be running off the same power source.

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Thank you both for the suggestion, that looks like it will fit the bill and that will come in handy. Appreciate ya!

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I use the Kasa HS-103 (wifi) and the node-red-contrib-tplink (node) - Node-RED nodes. Control via Node-RED is local (IP based) and the advantage is that you can also control it via the Kasa app over the internet
TP-Link-Kasa-Smart-Wifi-Plug

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I am very pleased with all my Shelly devices (among other the Shelly Plug S). They run on wifi and support mqtt.

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I see the 'Matter' compatible smart plugs are now available at good prices.

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