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Homeowner baffled after washing machine uses 3.6GB of internet data a day (www.newsweek.com)

submitted 7 months ago by ikidd@lemmy.world to c/technology@lemmy.world

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[–] transientpunk@sh.itjust.works 12 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Mine 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 0 points 7 months ago (2 children)

But two power monitoring smart plugs+ home assistant fixed that issue

A timer on your phone would have done the same with less hassle.

[–] shinratdr@lemmy.ca 8 points 7 months ago (1 children)

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 2 points 7 months ago (1 children)

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 -1 points 7 months ago (1 children)

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 2 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

Still much easier than setting up "smart" tech.

That's really on a person by person basis. I'm a software engineer, and have already automated a lot of aspects of my life, so adding another device and a new automation took me like 10 minutes to setup.

[–] transientpunk@sh.itjust.works 2 points 7 months ago

You underestimate the strength of my ADHD. Automation keeps me from having to rely on ol' unreliable