I was curious if there is an automation device that can listen for a given cue like say the buzzer on a washer or dryer and use it to send notifications? I don’t even know what to call it to search for it on google…

  • afurtivesquirrel@alien.topBEnglish
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    1 year ago

    Or do you have something else watching the power draw and detecting the drop?

    This. I have never done it myself, but I would imagine this would be fairly trivial with home assistant. The plug reports it’s power draw back to HA regularly, and HA has a trigger for when [a value] goes above/below [a certain figure].

    So set something up like “Plug currently consumption falls below 5W, trigger notification.”