No RFI or BCI concerns here. The outdoor plug seems to have a weak receiver, poor antenna, and/or firmware problem. I sometimes get a week signal report, even when the outdoor plug is within 15 feet of the wifi router. The other outlet plugs and cameras do not exhibit the same problem as the outdoor plug and are located at much greater distances from the wifi router and have several that are on the other end of the property.
After performing another factory reset and purchasing a Netgear Extender with a 10,000 square feet reach and placing it in the same room as the outdoor plug as a dedicated wifi solution, the problem seems to have resolved for the moment.
I have purchased another solution that should arrive soon. Please consider this topic closed since I have moved on.
I wanted to report back on this issue. The new purchase of a new solution from a different manufacture is working perfectly with no drop outs and power cycling!
However, the original wyze outdoor plug is still power cycling intermittently!
My Instrumentation indicates that it looses wifi connection for an instant and recycles the outdoor plug! The outdoor plug is in the same room as the wifi router. This is puzzling to me.
Please note: The Indoor power plugs have never power cycled or lost wifi connection.
My Question is, why is the firmware allowing the outdoor power plug to cycle power?
RECOMMENDED SOLUTION:
Change the FIRMWARE to Not allow the Outdoor Power Plug to Cycle the Power when it Temporarily Looses the Wifi connection!
I donāt have much to add to your problem as it stands, @klevonius ā¦ however, having just bought two Wyze Outdoor Plugs myself, I can recommend a much more extreme approach if you are a bit handy. Depending on your home setup, you could consider ESPHome or Tasmota firmware; I broke open both my devices, installed ESPHome on both before they even were powered on the first time, and integrated them into my HomeAssistant setup within 15 mins. Getting the firmware on them initially is tricky given the lack of room to get into the board and solder on jumper wires - but itās possible with a modicum of soldering skill. Both devices are now rock solid, although they do not show up in the Wyze app now.
If you donāt want to RMA the devices, and can afford to potentially break them, this might be a way to get them back to a usable state?
I recently purchased this plug for an outdoor sump pump so that I could monitor energy use. However, mine is also turning off randomly. It is not on a schedule, there are no rules for it. Itās not on a switched circuit, and as far as I know has the latest firmware. Iāve been monitoring it using IFTTT to notify me when it turns off so I know when it happens. Given this thread it seems to me there is a problem with this product. Iāve had to remove it because I canāt count on it to stay on.
I hate to bump an old thread, Iāve been having this issue for over a year now. Multiple plugs. Itās very annoying. Has anybody found a lasting solution? Iām running these on an off-grid cabin. Last night at midnight all of my exterior heat trace cabling turned on and drained a lot of the battery bank.
I replaced my outdoor plugs and some of the V3 pan zoom cameras that failed within a year to another and more robust manufacture with better deals. The best decision ever!