# Homey Energy Dongle ⚡️ - Megathread

**URL:** <https://community.homey.app/t/homey-energy-dongle-megathread/133816>\
**Category:** Energy\
**Created:** [March 31, 2025, 9:09pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/homey-energy-dongle-megathread/133816 "2025-03-31T21:09:41Z")\
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**Post date:** [April 16, 2025, 11:56am UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/homey-energy-dongle-megathread/133816/142 "2025-04-16T11:56:27Z")

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Great @Stas_H 🙂 I’m happy to see your energy dongle is working.

For everyone who gets a `“unable to read data” ` error, this could be because during initial boot and configuration, the Energy Dongle is using more power that the energy meter can provide on its own. Powering the energy dongle with a power adapter at least until boot is complete should solve that problem.

After it is setup you should be able to remove the power adapter

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