ESP8266-01 : smart plug DIY part1
As mentioned in a previous post, I wanted an off-grid smart plug in the UK that did not connect out to the external internet, did not connect up to some AWS service in Germany (and other locations), just for me to be able to turn a switch ON and OFF again. It still baffles me. (a bit like the sheeple-mindset of fitting a "smart meter" in your house - there is ABSOLUTELY no need or value for doing this - it is purely for the electricity companies to gain full control of your environment, there is zer0 benefit to you... you don't know or even care what a KwH value means, or whether it costs 30p to boil your kettle over a day, you're not going to stop doing it, you just now have too much information - however, at the flip of a remote switch, your electricity provider has the power to switch your tariff, restrict the input/feed of the amount of power you have, switch you from a monthly payment over to a pay-as-you-go and I'm sure all sorts more - you have sleep-wal...