Comment on Homeowner baffled after washing machine uses 3.6GB of internet data a day
transientpunk@sh.itjust.works 5 months agoMine is in my garage, and I can’t hear the jingle from inside the house.
But two power monitoring smart plugs+ home assistant fixed that issue
woelkchen@lemmy.world 5 months ago
A timer on your phone would have done the same with less hassle.
shinratdr@lemmy.ca 5 months ago
Most washing machines have sensors and do not dry based on a timer. The program time is just a rough estimate, if clothes are still wet or soap bubbles are still present it will do extra rinses or spins.
NoisyFlake@lemm.ee 5 months ago
Correct. I often find myself going downstairs to the washing machine after 2 hours because it said 1:30h, and then it still needs another 12 minutes.
woelkchen@lemmy.world 5 months ago
You could then just set the timer to 2:15h. Still much easier than setting up “smart” tech. It’s like when a buddy of mine spent much money and put quite a bit of work into achieving that his smart light bulb lights up when he’s nearing the apartment door whereas I just screw in a bulb with an integrated movement sensor that achieves exactly the same thing without pairing, sending out gigabytes of data from spying on me, and costing loads of money.
transientpunk@sh.itjust.works 5 months ago
You underestimate the strength of my ADHD. Automation keeps me from having to rely on ol’ unreliable