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I wish that I could feed my washer and dryer into my home automation system, but I can’t. I want to do this so I know whether the laundry will get stinky or not

by op00to 3y ago

I wish that I could feed my washer and dryer into my home automation system, but I can’t. I want to do this so I know whether the laundry will get stinky or not. Right now I measure the power consumption and have a sensor on the door of my washer and dryer. That works, but imagine if I could just get an mqtt stream of events! I will never connect an appliance like that to my network in the real world, but I can dream!

bcrl 3y ago
Just mount a small accelerometer on them to tell when they're operating. There are plenty of cheap options on the market nowadays.
- op00to 3y ago
  I did the accelerometer at first. It was way easier to measure power consumption. :)
supportengineer 3y ago
I have a "dumb" washer and dryer and I would like to make them smart as well. Mainly I want alerts when the cycle stops. Can you share more details about your solution?
- 35mm 3y ago
  I do this with a Zigbee smart plug plus a simple rule in home assistant: notify me if power use drops below 2w for more than 5 mins.
- op00to 3y ago
  I use home assistant, with the same logic as the other poster mentioned. Home assistant allows you to create automations based on events.