Notification when Energy Consumption Drops Below a Given Point

Other Devices & Integrations Power Management
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I’m looking for an energy monitoring plug, but not for a typical use. The buzzer on our dryer is really quiet and can’t be heard from the basement. I was thinking about using a z-wave appliance plugin module that monitors energy consumption, and then having vera send a notification when the energy consumption drops below a certain level for a certain amount of time.

Has anyone done this before? Would it be possible to program a luup code to do this?

Can anyone recommend a cheap z-wave plugin module that monitors energy? I know the Aeon Labs one is out there, but wasn’t sure if anyone knows of other good ones.

Thanks!

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Yep, that will work just fine.

If you don’t need the ability to turn the power on/off remotely then the other option is to get an energy monitoring system that has individual appliance modules. Personally I use the CurrentCost EnviR but there are a couple of others. This is probably an expensive option just to monitor your dryer, but it has other benefits that you might not have known about.