Should You Turn Off the Electric Water Heater When Showering? Unboxing the Dianxiaoku 16A Smart Socket

Preface

Hi everyone, I'm Xiyuan~

This post is another in the series of organizing old unboxing photos 😄

This is a smart socket I bought in April this year

I was still living in a rental at the time

You can tell from the photo backgrounds that this was before I moved

The rental used an electric water heater

Leaving it on all day wastes a bit of electricity

But if I turn it off I still want hot water

And having the electric water heater on while showering is actually a bit unsafe too

A friend suggested buying an extension cord with a switch so I could cut the power when showering

But I looked around and it seemed like no reputable brands make that kind of product

So I didn't buy one, for safety reasons

And got a smart socket instead

I'd previously bought a Huawei Smart Selection smart socket that can be set on a timer, which was pretty convenient (though it doesn't calculate power)

This one I bought this time is actually a bit awkward. I thought an electric water heater would draw a lot of power, so I went with the largest 16A

Then after it arrived I found the socket didn't match 🤣

So it just sat unused, and I kept forgetting to post about it

So today I'll just do a simple unboxing

Packaging

Simple and straightforward

The Socket Itself

There's an indicator light in the upper right corner

The Back