I can FINALLY monitor power without killing my servers

Duration: 11:24

They fixed the fatal flaw of the Gen2 Smart Outlet.

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Contents:

00:00 - The Problem

02:03 - The (potential) Solution

03:10 - Replacing the Gen2 in my rack

04:14 - Adding the Smart Outlet to Home Assistant

06:59 - Attemping an OTA firmware update

08:37 - Did it work?