I have a refrigerator in garage connected to a GFCI outlet. I was thinking of using a z-wave outlet like Leviton DZPA1-2BW Decora Smart Plug-in Outlet, and then pairing it with my SmartThings hub. Will it be possible to create a rule where when the outlet is turned off (GFCI switch tripped), SmartThings notifies me? I know that I can do that with a WeMo (WiFi based) switch using IFTTT, but wasn’t sure about doing the same through a z-wave outlet/SmartThings.
ashish17:
Will it be possible to create a rule where when the outlet is turned off (GFCI switch tripped), SmartThings notifies me? I know that I can do that with a WeMo (WiFi based) switch using IFTTT, but wasn’t sure about doing the same through a z-wave outlet/SmartThings.
That won’t work.
There’s no way for the outlet to give any signal to the plug-in that it’s off. When the GFCI trips, the plug-in will still show an “on” status in ST.
Cobra
August 10, 2017, 12:59am
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@ashish17
How about something like this?
At our home we often experience voltage fluctuation on our electricity supply with multiple surges.
(Not just us – It happens to the whole of the street)
The consequence of this is that the RCD on our main fuse board often ‘trips’ knocking all our sockets off (The RCD is unfortunately now a legal requirement in the UK)
This tripping is not a problem when we are at home – a quick trip to the garage to reset the RCD doesn’t take long (although resetting all the digital clocks is a pain – I need to replace them with battery backup ones)
All my computers, SmartThings, network routers/firewalls etc. are covered by about 6 hours of UPS backup so short term blackouts are not an issue and we often lose power completely for 2-3 hours at a time
However; when we are not at home a tripped RCD cou…
In the UK the GFCI is referred to as an RCD
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