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Ovens are quite safe left on, unlike stoves, assuming electric and not gas of course. But a simple timer can do that job too for both stoves and ovens. A timed
by alkonaut 4y ago
Ovens are quite safe left on, unlike stoves, assuming electric and not gas of course.
But a simple timer can do that job too for both stoves and ovens. A timed or smart circuit breaker when overheating would be a lot “smarter” than a microcontroller, Wi-Fi, app..,
My smoke alarm is “smart” (notifies me). It will also tell me if I forgot something on the stove. If the alarm could shut off the stove then that would be great. But putting me + an app + some startup’s web service in between is too many moving parts in my opinion.
Putting something online means it needs software patches. Which makes it a million times more complicated than it needs to be.
If my fridge broke down I would like to be remotely notified, but having it online isn’t worth the risk (mostly that the manufacturer would brick it - not that I’d be hacked to be honest) and hassle, plus chances are that when it breaks down so did the notification system.
- SoftTalker 4y agoHow does the smoke alarm differentiate between "forgotten food burning on the stove" and "house is on fire" and if you aren't there to do something about it, what good does it do to notify you? Shouldn't it notify the fire department, if anything?
- StanislavPetrov 4y agoI personally don't believe in having an "smart" devices in my home, but a friend of mine has a "smart" smoke alarm that sends an alert to his phone if the fire alarm is triggered and the alert includes an option to contact the fire department. Automatically contacting the fire department is not necessarily a good idea, especially since the vast majority of alerts he gets from his smart fire alarm are due to too routine emissions from his coffee maker.
- alkonaut 4y agoIt doesn’t differentiate. But if it goes off when I’m away I can look at the cameras, I can call a neighbor or fire department. Even if could hook this up to be automatic I wouldn’t want to.
- nixgeek 4y agoFridges and freezers don’t necessarily need built-in smarts to monitor, they draw power and are cold, both of which are observable. Monitoring power is more within the realm of the ‘average smart home’ (lots of Kasa switches are metered). Temperature monitoring seems a little more tricky to me. Not drawing power? Alert. Warming up? Alert. Definitely seems worthwhile if you have freezers with >=$1000 of food in!