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  • Put clothes in washer.
  • 36 hours later, realize never put clothes in dryer! Aww crap... gonna need to wash again.
  • Investigate. Discover never started washer, clothes never got wet.
  • Victory...?
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[–] surewhynotlem@lemmy.world 3 points 9 months ago (3 children)

I have an old washer and dryer that work. I don't want to replace them with smart devices. I DO want to get a text whenever they're done with their cycles. Any ideas how to make that happen?

[–] thebardingreen@lemmy.starlightkel.xyz 4 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

I have the skill set, but not the free time or interest. I LITERALLY might do this though (I'm this kind of weird hacker)...

  • Get an old Android phone (I have like 5, I don't know how many would charge, but probably 2 would). Duct tape it to your washer.
  • Write an app that queries the accelerometer and detects jiggling.
  • Wait 2 minutes. If there's more jiggling, start the 2 minutes over.
  • When there's no jiggling for 2 minutes, send a push notification.
[–] jaschen@lemm.ee 4 points 9 months ago (1 children)

ADHD person here.
I installed Home Assistant on a small RPi and used a Wifi plug.

I then I used one of the many blueprints that basically says "If power is over 5amp, and then stop for 5 minutes and under 5amps, then send a message to your phone".

Not exactly easy, but its really fun.

[–] surewhynotlem@lemmy.world 2 points 9 months ago (1 children)

I do have HA, but never thought of that. Thanks! I'm going to see if anyone sells that sort of sensor prebuilt.

[–] jaschen@lemm.ee 2 points 9 months ago (1 children)

https://youtu.be/q6aCfDDEkwE?si=XXlizUALgTh8Bi_U

There are now blueprints that make it extra easy but this guy sets it up manually and even installed it on your smart speakers.

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[–] AA5B@lemmy.world 3 points 9 months ago (1 children)
  1. Figure out how long it runs
  2. Set a timer for that long
[–] surewhynotlem@lemmy.world 1 points 9 months ago

I'm not usually the one setting it unfortunately.