Please consider adding a phone application and temperature sensor in the outdoor Wyze plug to turn on at a certain temperature and off at another temperature. This would be great for well pumps, pipe heat tape under houses, to automatically turn on and off heat lamps or a/c’s for animal houses/coops etc. Now it goes off time control only, I bet adding temperature control would increase sales since I don’t see anyone else that manufacturers one. Wanna bet? 
Thanks, I found those before but those are set temperatures and I can’t find any to turn on at say 45 degrees and off at 55 degrees, I’d like to set my own temperature on and off schedule. If Wyze added it their outdoor WiFi plug, it would solve mine and others needs.
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Controller for heat tape / gutter trace cable - using WYZE outdoor plug.
A large percentage of northern homes in the world have heat tapes to control snow and ice.
The amount of energy that can be saved could pay for the product in a month.
Monitoring with notification when tape dies is critical for certain applications such as a roof drain.
Nothing reasonable like this exists that I can find.
The existing WYZE outdoor plug can already handle the amp load… just add some features or better yet features like the WYZE irrigation controller has…
Note that I’m talking about 120v heat tape, 240v would require adding relay.
Basic features needed…
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Real time monitor electric draw amps/watts/volts, perhaps graph electric use and annual cost savings.
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Notify if electric draw drops below a set threshold due to a dead cable, or cable malfunction.
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Option for ON at xxF/40F and off at xx/50F based on location
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Option for ON for xx hours beyond temp event threshold.
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if no Internet connection for xx hours, default to on for safety.
Advanced features possibilities…
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Like the WYZE irrigation controller, could turn on/off based on actual snowfall or weather forecast.
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Water sensor in a down spout to keep trace tapes on until dry. - others have this feature.
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I think most would be ok paying monthly or annual fees for the features, or add to WYZE security monitoring.
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I think this could be handled by adding outdoor temperature to the Automation capability, instead of needing a temperature sensor in the plug itself.
Waterproof Temperature Controller
I have two greenhouses with fan heaters and lighting plugged into Wyze outdoor power adapters which run all winter. To trigger the fan heaters to turn on and off I’m currently using temperature controllers from Amazon (multiple replacements purchased at this point), which are unreliable, and most importantly I can’t see the temperature without physically walking out there. I actually mounted a Wyze cam pointed at the display of one of them, but due to lighting condition variables it didn’t work very well lol.
The product request is simple, it’s basically a modified outdoor power adapter (IP rated to protect against overspray from watering plants) with a single plug, a temperature probe, surge/fault/over voltage protection, and of course Wi-Fi connectivity to the app so that I can see the temperature inside of the greenhouse, adjust all of the thermostat settings, and set schedules. I promise you you guys would sell 1 million of these things around the world. They are marketed on Amazon as reptile cage temperature controllers, and they also work for aquariums and things like that. Link to existing product below:
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To add some more context to this request (and hopefully gain visibility to the topic it was merged into) a wifi connected plug that allows me to see the temperature in the greenhouses is crucial for me to make decisions on whether I need to go open them up to vent and whether the heaters are working properly (had one where the heating element died and I didn’t know it for a few days as I was out of town during a severe ice storm).
I also had some type of overvoltage issue that resulted in the extension cord > temerature controller unit I was using partially melted and charred at the connection point. I have since upgraded the gauge of the extension cord and purchased a second Wyze Plug Outdoor to use in that house to hopefully prevent this from happening again, but having an “all in one” solution that has the described features would be super convenient…not to mention safer.
- Temperature measurement (either by cabled probe [more use cases] or built into the plug casing itself [less than ideal as the heat generated from the outdoor plug could offset accurate temp readings] )
- Temperature range triggering of socket (IF temperature IS below 65 degrees THEN turn socket on AND IF temperature is ABOVE 70 degrees THEN turn socket off etc.)
- Waterproof/resistant (possibly a rubber “sock” that goes over the power output/device cable similar to the outdoor power adapter for cameras to protect against droplets from hose/condensation from greenhouse roof from working into connection point)
- Advanced overload/short/fault protection with notification triggering (after finding the charred end of a heater cable I’m a bit worried about fires…)
- Obviously full app control with metrics (current temperature, hours used, current load on socket etc.)
I do see this as a standalone product rather than a “V2” of the Wyze Plug Outdoor due to the temp probe and other unique features. It’s likely that only one socket is needed rather than two. As stated, users with reptile houses, aquariums, greenhouses, RV’s, and many more could all benefit from a device that offered this capability.