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TL;DR Aoetec Smart Switch 6 with power metering Under load shows 1. 46kw Remove load and power consumption does not seem to be reporting in real time as there is no change. Is there some sort of polling interval that’s too long for my application I simply was not aware of? Long version; So after asking for help hacking a contact sensor into my electric kettle and everyone telling me that I could get the functionality I was after using a smart plug with power metering I went ahead and ordered an Aoetec Smart Switch 6 wall wart to replace the Gosund WiFi one I had been using. The wall wart installed perfectly and when I tested it happily showed 0kW with the kettle turned off and 1. 46kW of power consumption while the kettle is in operation. HOORAY! I quickly threw an automation into my SmartThings such that If: consumption<=1 Then: turn off wall wart I powered up the kettle and it was merrily heating away towards boiling so in order to test the automation I picked the kettle up off it’s base. Expectation; Wall wart shows power consumption Remove kettle Consumption drops to zero Automation triggered to turn off wall wart Instead what happened was 1) kettle removed 2) wall wart remains powered 3) ST shows no drop in consumption My assumption is that somewhere in the ether lies some sort of polling interval that only checks power consumption every however many seconds or minutes instead of reporting it in real time. Unfortunately that renders it useless for my needs. Can anyone help possibly shed a little light on what’s going on and maybe even help me fix the issue? I guess I can go back to the WiFi wall wart and back in a contact sensor as I had been planning before since I know for a fact that will function as needed for this application but I would much rather take this opportunity to learn something if at all possible.  
TL;DR Aoetec Smart Switch 6 with power metering Under load shows 1.46kw Remove load and power consum

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