Best sensor for laundry monitoring?

anderson110 · June 3, 2015, 5:30pm

I just looked through many threads about laundry monitoring and could not come to a conclusion:

Is there any conventional wisdom about the best sensor to use for this? A vibration sensor ought to work for me, both my appliances are quite wobbly :/. But it seems like people are using a multi-sensor for that that wastes all of its capabilities except for the vibration sensing. Am I missing a dedicated vibration sensor?

keithcroshaw · June 3, 2015, 5:45pm

My experience with the Aeon Smart Sensing Outlet is that it’ll probably work if you don’t mind your notification being late. The Power value is very slow to update, I think it’s a licensing issue is what I’ve heard as Aeon wants a cut for live data. I could be totally wrong. This is the app it would work with.

github.com

sudarkoff/SmartThings/blob/develop/BetterLaundryMonitor.groovy

/**
 *  Alert on Power Consumption
 *
 *  Copyright 2014 George Sudarkoff
 *
 *  Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); you may not use this file except
 *  in compliance with the License. You may obtain a copy of the License at:
 *
 *      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
 *
 *  Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software distributed under the License is distributed
 *  on an "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. See the License
 *  for the specific language governing permissions and limitations under the License.
 *
 */

import groovy.time.*

definition(
  name: "Better Laundry Monitor",

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obycode · June 3, 2015, 5:45pm

Good question. I don’t have any good info for you, but I am interested in the responses. My wife and I tend to leave clothes in the washer for too long and have to rewash them .

keithcroshaw · June 3, 2015, 5:46pm

I thought there was a stock SmartApp that used acceleration capability. Maybe it’s community made.

anderson110 · June 3, 2015, 5:52pm

How late are we talking?

This solution looks good to me, and is a bit cheaper than the multi-sensors.

tslagle13 · June 3, 2015, 5:57pm

Definitely anything that does power sensing.

Might be a minute? Nothing crazy…

I have one of each of these for my washer and dryer:

This one updates every second…

This one every minute or so.
http://www.amazon.com/Aeon-Labs-DSC06106-ZWUS-Z-Wave-Energy/dp/B007UZH7B8

keithcroshaw · June 3, 2015, 6:00pm

Wow I’m jealous. I wonder how the ST branded one does, looks the same.

obycode · June 3, 2015, 6:13pm

Are there any power sensors for 220V dryers though?

tslagle13 · June 3, 2015, 6:15pm

they’re basically the same device from what I understand

keithcroshaw · June 3, 2015, 6:23pm

Looks identical. Good to know.

erwenger · September 17, 2017, 12:12am

Why doesn’t this work??

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