Z-Wave factfile and repair: Everspring AN145 AKA Eminent EM6555

[Domosapiens]

Supplier:
Everspring


Website:
http://www.everspring.com/Products/Home ... AN145.aspx

Function:
E27 Screw-in On/Off Module and transceiver

Z-Wave+ AKA GEN5
No

Rebranding:
Eminent EM6555

Device Library from http://www.pepper1.net
http://www.pepper1.net/zwavedb/device/57

Manual
https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0218/ ... 2014405727

Domoticz experience
Hardware:
Bulky E27 plug module with local switch.

Remarks:
No polling needed. No security.

Configuration:
Reports itself as AN157 (is wrong, seems to be a FW error).
No configuration options

Devices
Only a switch

zwcfg_0xaaaaaaa.xml sample:
All type of useless AN157 stuff

Conclusion
Overpriced and bulky.
But if you can buy them for 12€ or so: take them apart and use the electronics for build-in purposes while improving your mesh-network.
Like shown here: https://www.domoticaforum.eu/viewtopic.php?f=50&t=10978

Repair
If the switch, when switched On, goes On/Off all the time, and the relay is clicking:
Replace the yellow capacitor, used in the 230V power circuit, it is outside it's tolerance.
F.i. from here:
https://nl.aliexpress.com/item/0-47uF-9 ... yId=141908

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Please report if you have this error too (to gather reliability info).
Thanks.

[PeBe]

Big thanks for the tip. I had exactly the same issue with two of my AN157s. They went crazy one day after each other. I had them for 5 years and worked flawless. I found the capacitor degraded as it measured only 250nF. Replaced it with a new X2 capacitor of 470nF and the problem was gone.

Waiting for the 3rd (I have thee) to go

Cheers,
Peter

[PeBe]

And today the third one went. Same problem.

Cheers,
Peter

[PeBe]

And today the 220uF/35V elco went bad. So another replacement . . .

Gosh they really use bad quality components.

Cheers,
Peter