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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 sh
by rrauenza 3y 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 3y agoThat 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 3y agoYou'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.