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[-] andrew@lemmy.stuart.fun 11 points 11 months ago

FWIW I accomplish this with a zigbee outlet on the washer and dryer (dryer is gas, so it's not a 50a circuit). It has stats on power consumption and I have a home assistant sensor set up so that when it drops below a threshold for a period of time, it counts the washer/dryer as off and notifies me.

[-] wewbull@iusearchlinux.fyi 2 points 11 months ago

Only works if you can start a cycle on power on. My machine will just sit there waiting for someone to press the go button.

[-] andrew@lemmy.stuart.fun 2 points 11 months ago

I don't actually use it to control anything, though I have in the past had an automation to turn off the dryer because GE is total crap and the sound on/off button busted, but the sound is super annoying. But anyway yeah, I'm actually only using these outlets for their sensors to decide if the machines are on or off.

this post was submitted on 13 Jan 2024
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