Our lives are gradually moving closer to smart homes. Among them, smart sockets are one of our commonly used must-haves. Looking at the entire market, almost all companies that make smart sockets have the mentality of making universal mass products, and few manufacturers have plans to enter niche areas. Their respective intentions are actually self-evident. After all, the market segment is not as big as the mainstream market, and once the product positioning is formed, it will affect the future development pattern. But what is the use of smart sockets? We still need to explore the results from actual operations. If you still have questions about the use of smart sockets, you might as well follow me to learn more!
What is a smart socket?
In layman’s terms, a smart socket is a socket that saves electricity. The concept of energy-saving sockets has been created a long time ago, and it has been developed so far. It is relatively widespread, but the technology still needs to be improved. Some high-end energy-saving sockets not only save electricity, but also protect electrical appliances. They are said to protect electrical appliances mainly because they have the function of removing electrical waste. Some also add anti-lightning, anti-short circuit, anti-overload, and anti-leakage functions to eliminate the problem. Functions such as generating electrical pulses when switching power supplies or electrical appliances.
Smart socket classification
Smart sockets are emerging electrical products. There are still no clear standards and definitions in China, and due to technological development and user awareness, the current market There are few products on sale on the website, which can be mainly divided into the following two categories:
All-in-one programmable (PLC) automatic control safety and energy-saving converter
1. The product is suitable for controlled home appliances The power supply of office appliances implements programmable (plc) automatic timing control on and off, effectively eliminating the need for controlled appliances to achieve "zero power consumption standby" during non-working hours
2. The product adopts a seven-button operation mode, with 8 on and 8 off programmable setting resources, the control cycle is daily control or weekly control cycle.
3. The product adopts special high-efficiency energy-saving control technology and solutions, and its static power consumption and dynamic power consumption are both less than 20mw.
4. The product’s power supply interface adopts a special “anti-mistaken” safety universal jack and a highly reliable elastic phosphor copper socket to ensure safe and reliable power supply and consumption of electrical appliances.
5. The battery is used to keep the clock running, and the timer program set by the user will not be lost due to power outage.
6. The set program has clearing and recovery functions.
7. The product is equipped with opening and closing instructions.
8. The product can be widely used in televisions, computers, air conditioners, humidifiers, water dispensers, lights, chargers and other household appliances and office equipment that require regular control of power on and off. For use.
Multiple circuit protection
Lightning and surge protection: Maximum impact current resistance: 20KA or higher; Limit voltage: ≤500V or lower; Passed professional testing by Beijing Lightning Protection Testing Center , can be used as fine surge protection on the equipment side.
Alarm protection: LED digital current display and full-process current monitoring with alarm function.
Filter protection: With fine filter protection, it outputs ultra-stable pure power.
Overload protection: Provides two-pole overload protection, which can effectively prevent problems caused by overload.
Intelligent standby power-saving sockets for electrical appliances
Intelligent standby power-saving sockets for electrical appliances help solve the standby functions of audio-visual equipment such as TVs and home theater systems, and computer systems respectively. To solve the power consumption problem, the intelligent power-saving module in this series of products automatically detects the standby current, and after a certain delay time, automatically cuts off the electrical power supply completely, reducing the standby power consumption of household appliances to 0W, achieving no standby energy consumption of electrical equipment. Power conversion, thereby saving unnecessary power consumption, and has three major functions: safety, power saving, and environmental protection.
Main functions of smart sockets
1. Sockets are divided into "master" jacks and "controlled" jacks.
2. When it is static, that is, when the socket is not in use, the socket has no power output, and the working indicator light of the socket does not light up at this time, indicating that there is no power. At this time, the electrodes in the socket are completely disconnected from the power supply, which is very safe.
3. After receiving the infrared signal, the socket will automatically turn on the power, and the electrical appliance can be used normally.
4. After turning off the electrical appliance, the smart dual-core IC chip inside the socket will detect the current change online to automatically cut off the power after a period of time (30s, 5 minutes, 30 minutes, etc.). At this time, the work on the socket will The indicator light goes out and returns to the no-power state.
5. The smart socket is equipped with lightning protection, high voltage protection, overload protection and leakage protection functions. Once there is a momentary lightning-induced high voltage entering, the socket will automatically absorb the lightning-induced high voltage. If it exceeds the range that the socket itself can absorb, the smart socket will automatically cut off power. The socket is set with a rated voltage of 220V and a maximum withstand voltage of 250V-265V. The power will be automatically cut off, otherwise the electrical appliance will be burned if the voltage exceeds this range; the socket uses an electronic coil to monitor the live wire in real time. Once an overload occurs, the smart socket will automatically cut off the power; the smart socket uses an electronic coil to monitor the live wire and zero Line current, once leakage occurs, the socket will automatically cut off power.
What are the uses of smart sockets?
First, smart sockets have the same function as traditional sockets. They can be used as chargers for household appliances and mobile digital devices. They have the 5V/1A power of standard household appliances. interface and USB interface, the two interfaces can be controlled separately through switches. The smart socket is equipped with a charging protection function, which will automatically cut off power when the device is fully charged.
Second, smart sockets can set timer switches for home appliances, which not only saves energy and money, but also saves users time. Everyone sets the start-up time for the bread machine, coffee machine, egg boiler, etc., so that a delicious breakfast is waiting for us when we get up in the morning.
Third, smart sockets can remotely control TVs, curtains, stereos, garages, etc. through mobile applications such as WeChat. Mobile device APP remote control should be the biggest feature of smart sockets, and it is also part of the future development and progress of smart home systems. At present, smart sockets can only realize part of the human-computer interaction function. With the mobile APP tool, users can easily complete operations such as turning on air conditioners, electric kettles, and rice cookers with the movement of their fingers, no matter how far away they are.
Fourth, smart sockets have built-in sensors that can monitor data such as light, temperature, humidity, and household power consumption in the environment.
Fifth, the smart socket can also use the wireless module in the socket as a relay to enhance the WIFI signal. In addition, on dark nights, smart sockets can also serve as night lights to ensure lighting in bedrooms and other spaces.