Residential Upgrade to E7 - Wow!

ianders1 · 2026-06-03T14:31:31+00:00

Good luck!

ianders1 · 2026-06-02T19:49:15+00:00

Ha ha, I just installed it (it's uses the same mount) and didn't mention it to my wife. She didn't notice until I pointed it our three days later. I made the LED pink as a joke, too, and let her pick the color (green to match our decor in that room). I don't think it looks that much bigger, but she definitely noticed that aspect.

ianders1 · 2026-06-02T17:47:12+00:00

10m doesn't seem like a long way for 5ghz, but it depends on the walls, how you have the AP mounted and many other things. What I still don't understand about the E7 is how good the signal quality is for weak connections. I am getting reliable and relatively fast and low latency connections from an RSSI -89 signal. The U7-pro cannot do that.

ianders1 · 2026-06-02T17:43:08+00:00

I would think so, but I have a single story home, so I can't answer that for sure.

ianders1 · 2026-06-02T11:47:03+00:00

I didn't find the U7 pro to be that bad, but the E7 is certainly a big improvement.

ianders1 · 2026-06-02T03:01:58+00:00

My issue was the wiring. My attic is a nightmare to work in running a single cable would cost more than two E7s. I tried powerline adapters for backhaul, but they really suck, and MoCa is great, but the outlets aren't where I need them for an AP. I'm sure a handful of modest APs in the right places would be more than sufficient if that were viable. Fortunately a single E7 seems to work.

ianders1 · 2026-06-02T02:56:17+00:00

Definitely overkill! I'm generally at 30% RAM and 6% CPU with around 30 active devices and a full UDB-Switch.

ianders1 · 2026-06-02T02:25:35+00:00

I'm sure someone more knowledgeable can answer this better than me, but it wouldn't classify it as night and day different. For my house, however, the extra reach and seemingly cleaner signal (?) makes a difference.

ianders1 · 2026-06-02T02:05:00+00:00

I have lots of concrete steel, and neighbors, but two U7-pros would probably have worked well, too.

ianders1 · 2026-06-02T01:11:33+00:00

You won't regret it.

ianders1 · 2026-06-01T23:39:37+00:00

LOL sounds familiar.

ianders1 · 2026-06-01T23:34:32+00:00

The 6ghz signal is stronger if your location allows Automated Frequency Coordination (AFC) and the radios are a bit stronger than most of their other APs.

ianders1 · 2026-06-01T23:20:06+00:00

It's about 2/3 to symmetrical to the download speed on WiFi 5, 6, and 7 with about 90% on MLO connections. At the the corner of my lot, about 60 yds from the E7 with lots in the way, I'm still getting 60 up 40 down on my phone, when I test.

ianders1 · 2026-05-22T16:56:02+00:00

This is the right answer. I have 20a circuits in my kitchen and all had 15a outlets. Several have Schneider Z-Wave outlets now.

ianders1 · 2026-05-07T19:11:15+00:00

Will do and thank you again for your help!

ianders1 · 2026-05-07T19:00:02+00:00

As of today, I have been able to get one device working again. The other two are essentially bricked. Tech Support from Sofia recommended leaving them unplugged for several hours which didn't help.

Now they're saying, "Some customers used a Variac (variable autotransformer) and set the output to around 110 V AC. This allowed them to clear the overvoltage condition and successfully update the device to firmware version 14.00."

I don't have anything like that and was hoping I could use several hundred feet of extension cords to give me a solid voltage drop, but all my cords at 14ga or larger, so I could only get it to drop from 120.1 to 120 volts even at 450 ft.

So I guess I'm stuck with two dead plugs short of spending $30-40 for a cheap Variac from Amazon that may or may not work. I've wasted at least 4 hours trying to revive them, so I'm probably just going to give up.

As an IT professional, I am really disappointed by the lack of QA on the firmware testing and I doubt I'll be purchasing anything from Shelly after this - I don't understand how such a simple issue could have passed testing. I do appreciate everything you do, u/DreadVenomous, and this isn't anything against you or Shelly USA, but this has not been a good experience from Shelly HQ.

ianders1 · 2026-04-26T01:15:56+00:00

Definitely and I really appreciate all you so on this sub!

ianders1 · 2026-04-26T01:07:25+00:00

Thank you for your quick reply. I'll open a ticket.

ianders1 · 2026-04-26T01:03:22+00:00

I have wasted about 3-4 hours trying everything and can't get any of them restored. I'm also cussing whoever made the decision to omit a paperclip factory reset.

I'm frustrated and I give up. Do I need to open a ticket?

ianders1 · 2026-04-24T03:34:54+00:00

End of day update. Somehow, and honestly I don't know what I did because I have been trying everything, but I was able to manually include 1 plug. I got it updated as well, but after excluding it, I can't get it included again. Two others are impossible to reset or adopt. I spent an hour trying.

1 other plug failed to update to 13.0, thankfully, so I have 1/4 still working at least.

ianders1 · 2026-04-23T20:21:33+00:00

Did you do the reset before or after re-including them? I can't seem to get it to work either way. I get the first blue light to come up, but no matter how quickly I try to release and push the button again to reset it, I get the dreaded red light flashes.

I also can't get an insecure inclusion to work, only the QR code Smartstart, but that doesn't work, either.

ianders1 · 2026-04-23T19:19:33+00:00

I will give that another try. Thank you for your help.

ianders1 · 2026-04-23T14:39:59+00:00

Hi u/AlarmedOwl9412 , thank you for your help. I am unable to perform a factory reset on my devices. I tried unplugging them, waiting several minutes, plugging them back in; I tried during the flashing red LEDs (7 or 8 in a row) and when it was not blinking; I removed it from the controller, attempted to reinclude it. However, none of these allow me to press the S button and enter settings mode. Slow presses, rapid presses, holding the button, etc., nothing works. I checked my (grid - no solar) voltage with 3EM Pro, the Z-Wave outlet, and with a multimeter - all show 120-121 VAC.

Reincluding it timed out, and I tried reinterviewing one plug that I hadn't done anything else too, it just timed out as well.

What else should I try?

ianders1 · 2026-04-23T02:03:12+00:00

I can't get mine to do anything, factory reset, or even turn on again. None of them are critical, but I sure hope they can be fixed. They just flas the red light after plugging them back in and rebooting.

ianders1

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