{
  "id": "arlec/pc287ha",
  "vendor": "Arlec",
  "model": "PC287HA",
  "category": "smart-plug",
  "identifiers": {
    "chips": [
      "ESP8266"
    ],
    "sku": [
      "tuya:r03i57pimbyua3ev"
    ]
  },
  "status": "open-firmware",
  "summary": "Dual smartplug, controlled locally over the Tuya protocol by tuya-local (stock firmware, no cloud).",
  "projects": [
    {
      "name": "Tasmota",
      "url": "https://templates.blakadder.com/arlec_PC287HA.html",
      "kind": "firmware",
      "license": "GPL-3.0"
    },
    {
      "name": "tuya-local",
      "url": "https://github.com/make-all/tuya-local/blob/main/custom_components/tuya_local/devices/dual_power_monitor_smartplugv2.yaml",
      "kind": "integration",
      "license": "MIT"
    }
  ],
  "install": [
    {
      "project": "Tasmota",
      "guide": "https://templates.blakadder.com/arlec_PC287HA.html",
      "difficulty": "hard",
      "opens_device": true,
      "mains_powered": true,
      "notes": "Mains-powered: unplug before opening; for experienced users only. The stock Wi-Fi module is not ESP-based: it must be desoldered and replaced with an ESP module before flashing.",
      "method": "other",
      "tools": [
        "Soldering iron",
        "Replacement ESP module (e.g. ESP-12F)"
      ],
      "brick_risk": "medium",
      "reversible": "partial"
    },
    {
      "project": "tuya-local",
      "method": "host-software",
      "guide": "https://github.com/make-all/tuya-local",
      "difficulty": "medium",
      "tools": [
        "Home Assistant (tuya-local is installed through HACS)",
        "Tuya / Smart Life app account (to get the device's local key)"
      ],
      "brick_risk": "none",
      "reversible": "yes",
      "notes": "No flashing: set the device up in the Tuya or Smart Life app first; tuya-local then controls it on your network with its device id and local key. Re-pairing in the app changes the local key."
    }
  ],
  "provenance": {
    "sources": [
      "tasmota",
      "tuya-local"
    ]
  },
  "updated": "2026-10-17",
  "aliases": [
    "Arlec Twin Socket with Energy Meter"
  ],
  "interfaces": [],
  "claims": [],
  "verification": []
}