Problem with smart switch, energenie has anyone else had problems?

[ericmark]

I have 5 Energenie smart switches, problem with one in living room, it has 8 x 6W candle bulbs on a Maestro plug in ceiling rose, it seems to have a mind of its own, switching on/off without doing anything, swapped the switch and for about 2 weeks seemed to have cured the problem, then last night it would not turn on, disconnected power which normally cures problems, but no better, it would switch on for few seconds only, found all three remote controls still not better, unplugged the ceiling rose and plugged in another, still no improvement, disconnected the hub still the same swapped back to old switch, and seems to work.

I may need to abandon using smart switch in living room, already removed from dinning room, but wondered if any one else has had problems?

 

[SpecialK]

Try a Shelly 1? I use loads of them without issues and you can keep you existing switches then...

 

[ericmark]

Try a Shelly 1? I use loads of them without issues and you can keep you existing switches then...

One problem

they require a neutral, there are loads of good switches that use a neutral, but when there is no access to above ceiling rose and no neutral at the switch the options are limited, I have 5 energenie switches, and only have a problem with two, both fitted to same location. What I want to do is work out if ceiling rose, switch, hub, nest mini, or remote controls, it turned out in dinning room to be ceiling rose, the spring loaded contacts were not always making contact, and once circuit is lost the switch auto switches off.