Do you think the GoControl Wall Outlet is suited to power a washing machine or clothes dryer?
I wouldn’t put both washer and dryer on a single outlet, I would get one for each. I would use a scene to monitor energy usage and then notify me when machine turns off.
My big question: Can the outlets handle the load of such a large appliance?
Both washer & dryer say “120V, 6A, 60Hz” which leads me to believe that I can use the GoControl Outlet because it says it can take 120 volts of AC power with a maximum resistive load of 15 amps or 1,800 watts.
What do you think?
Thanks so much!
If they connect to standard 110v outlets you should be fine. The dryer must be gas as electric dryer typically use a 220v circuit.
I use an aeon labs smart switch outlet to monitor my washer. Fyi, many washers these days have a minor vampire load for lights so they don’t hit zero. More importantly, they have soak cycles where power usage drops to near zero for a couple of minutes, so you will need some logic to wait @5 minutes after power levels before declaring the washer done.
I recommend pleg. I have a trigger that is set for <3w draw and a condition that makes sure it stays below 3w for 5 minutes
SwitchOff= (tPowerOff; Now >5:00) and tPowerOff
SwitchOff is used to initiated a scene that plays a pre-recorded message on my aeon doorbell that the washer is done.
Peeeeerfect, thank you so much!!