diff --git a/bundles/binding/org.openhab.binding.plugwise/src/main/java/org/openhab/binding/plugwise/internal/Circle.java b/bundles/binding/org.openhab.binding.plugwise/src/main/java/org/openhab/binding/plugwise/internal/Circle.java
index c406d4e68d9..3389b5dc3fa 100644
--- a/bundles/binding/org.openhab.binding.plugwise/src/main/java/org/openhab/binding/plugwise/internal/Circle.java
+++ b/bundles/binding/org.openhab.binding.plugwise/src/main/java/org/openhab/binding/plugwise/internal/Circle.java
@@ -219,6 +219,11 @@ public boolean processMessage(Message message) {
 			case POWER_INFORMATION_RESPONSE:
 				
 				one = ((PowerInformationResponseMessage)message).getOneSecond();
+				if(pulseToWatt(one) > 10000) {
+					// the Circle reporting this information is in a kind of error state.
+					// we just skip these values
+					return true;
+				}
 				postUpdate(MAC,PlugwiseCommandType.CURRENTPOWER,pulseToWatt(one));
 				
 				DateTimeFormatter fmt = DateTimeFormat.forPattern("yyyy-MM-dd'T'HH:mm:ss");
diff --git a/bundles/binding/org.openhab.binding.plugwise/src/main/java/org/openhab/binding/plugwise/internal/PlugwiseBinding.java b/bundles/binding/org.openhab.binding.plugwise/src/main/java/org/openhab/binding/plugwise/internal/PlugwiseBinding.java
index 1441791c9b0..8f8f2ae35e3 100644
--- a/bundles/binding/org.openhab.binding.plugwise/src/main/java/org/openhab/binding/plugwise/internal/PlugwiseBinding.java
+++ b/bundles/binding/org.openhab.binding.plugwise/src/main/java/org/openhab/binding/plugwise/internal/PlugwiseBinding.java
@@ -104,6 +104,21 @@ public void updated(Dictionary config) throws ConfigurationException {
 									"the given configKey '" + configKey + "' is unknown");
 						}
 					}
+					
+					if (stick != null) {
+						
+						String configKey = matcher.group(2);
+						String value = (String) config.get(key);
+
+						if ("interval".equals(configKey)) {
+							stick.setInterval(Integer.valueOf(value));
+							logger.info("Plugwise set the interval to send ZigBee PDUs to {} ms",value);
+						}
+						else {
+							throw new ConfigurationException(configKey,
+									"the given configKey '" + configKey + "' is unknown");
+						}
+					}
 				}
 
 
diff --git a/bundles/binding/org.openhab.binding.plugwise/src/main/java/org/openhab/binding/plugwise/internal/Stick.java b/bundles/binding/org.openhab.binding.plugwise/src/main/java/org/openhab/binding/plugwise/internal/Stick.java
index c66d385e99e..8f9d399f07f 100644
--- a/bundles/binding/org.openhab.binding.plugwise/src/main/java/org/openhab/binding/plugwise/internal/Stick.java
+++ b/bundles/binding/org.openhab.binding.plugwise/src/main/java/org/openhab/binding/plugwise/internal/Stick.java
@@ -88,6 +88,7 @@ public class Stick extends PlugwiseDevice implements SerialPortEventListener{
 	private boolean initialised = false;
 	protected List<PlugwiseDevice> plugwiseDeviceCache = Collections.synchronizedList(new ArrayList<PlugwiseDevice>());
 	private PlugwiseBinding binding;
+	private int interval = 150 ;
 
 	public Stick(String port, PlugwiseBinding binding) {
 		super("", PlugwiseDevice.DeviceType.Stick, "stick");
@@ -152,6 +153,10 @@ protected PlugwiseDevice getDeviceByName(String name) {
 	public String getPort() {
 		return port;
 	}
+	
+	public void setInterval(int interval) {
+		this.interval = interval;
+	}
 
 	public boolean isInitialised() {
 		return initialised;
@@ -655,6 +660,11 @@ public void execute(JobExecutionContext context)
 				Message message = theStick.sendQueue.poll();
 				while(message != null) {
 					sendMessage(message);
+					try {
+						Thread.sleep(theStick.interval);
+					} catch (InterruptedException e) {
+						logger.debug("An exception occurred while putting the Plugwise SendJob thread to sleep : {}",e.getMessage());
+					}
 					message = theStick.sendQueue.poll();
 				}		
 			}
diff --git a/distribution/openhabhome/configurations/openhab_default.cfg b/distribution/openhabhome/configurations/openhab_default.cfg
index 723e49af57b..9d5ec69d784 100644
--- a/distribution/openhabhome/configurations/openhab_default.cfg
+++ b/distribution/openhabhome/configurations/openhab_default.cfg
@@ -493,6 +493,8 @@ ntp:hostname=ptbtime1.ptb.de
 #
 # "stick" is reserved plug wise id
 #plugwise:stick.port=
+# interval in ms to wait between messages sent on the ZigBee network
+#plugwise:stick.interval=150
 
 # "circleplus" is reserved plug wise id
 #plugwise:circleplus.mac=