diff --git a/custom_components/robovac/const.py b/custom_components/robovac/const.py
index 21f581d..a188705 100644
--- a/custom_components/robovac/const.py
+++ b/custom_components/robovac/const.py
@@ -3,4 +3,6 @@
 DOMAIN = "robovac"
 CONF_VACS = "vacuums"
 CONF_AUTODISCOVERY = "autodiscovery"
-REFRESH_RATE = 20
+REFRESH_RATE = 60
+PING_RATE = 10
+TIMEOUT = 5
diff --git a/custom_components/robovac/vacuum.py b/custom_components/robovac/vacuum.py
index e0f8752..71df1e1 100644
--- a/custom_components/robovac/vacuum.py
+++ b/custom_components/robovac/vacuum.py
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@
 )
 
 from .tuyalocalapi import TuyaException
-from .const import CONF_VACS, DOMAIN, REFRESH_RATE
+from .const import CONF_VACS, DOMAIN, REFRESH_RATE, PING_RATE, TIMEOUT
 
 from .errors import getErrorMessage
 from .robovac import (
@@ -285,8 +285,8 @@ def __init__(self, item) -> None:
                 device_id=self.unique_id,
                 host=self.ip_address,
                 local_key=self.access_token,
-                timeout=2,
-                ping_interval=REFRESH_RATE / 2,
+                timeout=TIMEOUT,
+                ping_interval=PING_RATE,
                 model_code=self.model_code[0:5],
                 update_entity_state=self.pushed_update_handler,
             )