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I feel like I’d benefit from a smart dehumidifier.

I’m on a Time Of Use tariff where my electricity is very cheap at night. I’d like to be able to schedule for it to come on for those 5hrs in the winter to take the moisture out of my shed-office. It achieves nothing to put it on a smart meter as you have to physically press go on the dehumidifier

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JamesBoeing737MAX@sopuli.xyz ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago
Just use a power timer or whatever those devices are called.

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- chatokun@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago
  They just said the smart timers/meters don’t work. Maybe a non internet one with some regular timers. I have grow lights that have 12, 6, or 3 hour timers that repeat the start time daily as long as a power outage doesn’t reset them.
  
  Lower tech solution that would probably work for them, but someone would still have to make it. Not sure if they exist but wouldn’t be surprised if they do.
  
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  - cdf12345@lemmy.zip ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago
    You need a smart button pressing device. Something like :
    
    amzn.to/40vd8SN
    
    I have not used this personally, but I have a home assistant setup that does operate based on real time energy prices and it’s awesome.
    
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    NotJohnSmith@feddit.uk ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago
    Hah, that’s a cool solution [no pun intended]
    
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Shayeta@feddit.org ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago
Unless you have an even dumber dehumidifier that starts working the moment you plug it in.

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- NotJohnSmith@feddit.uk ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago
  Yeah, I wish I did but alas not
  
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AwesomeLowlander@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago
Just use a smart timer with a dehumidifier that either doesn’t have a switch, or has an analog one that can stay in the on position when power is off

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Robust_Mirror@aussie.zone ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago
I guess you have one with a digital on switch? Because every appliance I’ve ever owned with an analogue power switch can be left in on state for things like this.

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- NotJohnSmith@feddit.uk ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago
  Yup, spot on, I didn’t explain it clearly enough but how you articulate it is better: it does indeed have a digital “On” switch so just giving it power doesn’t achieve what I need
  
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