diff --git a/SmartEVSE-3/src/main.cpp b/SmartEVSE-3/src/main.cpp
index e9f234bf..e19ec990 100644
--- a/SmartEVSE-3/src/main.cpp
+++ b/SmartEVSE-3/src/main.cpp
@@ -3205,7 +3205,6 @@ void mqttPublishData() {
             MQTTclient.publish(MQTTprefix + "/EVCurrentL2", EVMeter.Irms[1], false, 0);
             MQTTclient.publish(MQTTprefix + "/EVCurrentL3", EVMeter.Irms[2], false, 0);
         }
-        MQTTclient.publish(MQTTprefix + "/ESPUptime", esp_timer_get_time() / 1000000, false, 0);
         MQTTclient.publish(MQTTprefix + "/ESPTemp", TempEVSE, false, 0);
         MQTTclient.publish(MQTTprefix + "/Mode", Access_bit == 0 ? "Off" : Mode > 3 ? "N/A" : StrMode[Mode], true, 0);
         MQTTclient.publish(MQTTprefix + "/MaxCurrent", MaxCurrent * 10, true, 0);
@@ -3224,7 +3223,6 @@ void mqttPublishData() {
         MQTTclient.publish(MQTTprefix + "/EVPlugState", (pilot != PILOT_12V) ? "Connected" : "Disconnected", true, 0);
         MQTTclient.publish(MQTTprefix + "/WiFiSSID", String(WiFi.SSID()), true, 0);
         MQTTclient.publish(MQTTprefix + "/WiFiBSSID", String(WiFi.BSSIDstr()), true, 0);
-        MQTTclient.publish(MQTTprefix + "/WiFiRSSI", String(WiFi.RSSI()), false, 0);
 #if MODEM
         MQTTclient.publish(MQTTprefix + "/CPPWM", CurrentPWM, false, 0);
         MQTTclient.publish(MQTTprefix + "/CPPWMOverride", CPDutyOverride ? String(CurrentPWM) : "-1", true, 0);
diff --git a/SmartEVSE-3/src/network.cpp b/SmartEVSE-3/src/network.cpp
index 0b81a3ef..7e1e9ac0 100644
--- a/SmartEVSE-3/src/network.cpp
+++ b/SmartEVSE-3/src/network.cpp
@@ -1368,6 +1368,7 @@ void WiFiSetup(void) {
 // called by loop() in the main program
 void network_loop() {
     static unsigned long lastCheck_net = 0;
+    static int seconds = 0;
     if (millis() - lastCheck_net >= 1000) {
         lastCheck_net = millis();
         //this block is for non-time critical stuff that needs to run approx 1 / second
@@ -1375,9 +1376,13 @@ void network_loop() {
         if (!LocalTimeSet && WIFImode == 1) {
             _LOG_A("Time not synced with NTP yet.\n");
         }
+        //this block is for non-time critical stuff that needs to run approx 1 / 10 seconds
 #if MQTT
-        MQTTclient.publish(MQTTprefix + "/ESPUptime", esp_timer_get_time() / 1000000, false, 0);
-        MQTTclient.publish(MQTTprefix + "/WiFiRSSI", String(WiFi.RSSI()), false, 0);
+        if (seconds++ >= 9) {
+            seconds = 0;
+            MQTTclient.publish(MQTTprefix + "/ESPUptime", esp_timer_get_time() / 1000000, false, 0);
+            MQTTclient.publish(MQTTprefix + "/WiFiRSSI", String(WiFi.RSSI()), false, 0);
+        }
 #endif
     }