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I got tired of my dryer being dumb.

• 0x457 2y ago
  They do sell dryers and washers that can notify you. HN crowd probably doesn't like those because "OMG why does it need internet?". They don't even cost that much compared to ones that aren't connected.
  • badgerbbbadger 2y ago
    We did look into such dryers as well but my girlfriend and I wanted to use our ecocheques and we also wanted a cheap dryer that just got the job done. The nearest smart dryer was at least a 100 euros more expensive. And it ended up being a fun project for me ^.^
• rrauenza 2y ago
  I wonder if you could have done it like a motion sensor scheme. If you consume 100watts, reset a countdown timer. So as home assistant polls the outlet, it should keep resetting the timer. If the timer expires, then notify that the dryer is done.
  • badgerbbbadger 2y ago
    That might be a smarter way to do it! Right now I have this thing where if we don't unload the dryer it does a sort of warming cycle every 20 minutes or so. And that triggers another alert. We don't mind because that just means we _should_ unload the dryer to stop it from consuming more power. But I suppose the countdown approach would still trigger the same thing. I suppose if I didn't really want the extra alerts I should be monitoring the duration of power consumption and exclude the ones that are of a shorter duration. I might try the countdown approach for something different and see what results I get. Thanks for the idea!
    • rrauenza 2y ago
      You're welcome! I installed home assistant about a month ago and have been really liking it ... I was thinking of doing something similar to what you are dong but was trying to think of how to do it without the custom virtual device.