Use of outlet plug to monitor mains supply

[Dan999 (Dan)]

@andrew_newton

Does any one know of a way to use an outlet plug to monitor the power and report if power goes out?

If you have a first generation SmartThings motion sensor, it will send an event for power lost / restored. I’m using that with a community developed smartapp to get power failure alerts as well as turn off lights in some cases. It’s been working pretty well when it was last tested.

Power outage and lights

We had our first power outage since I installed smartthings. When the power came back on, all the connected lights (three GE Links and a LIFX) came on. I understand why, as they basically operate like normal bulbs when you operate it with a (dumb) switch, and this probably looked like a switch off / switch on to the lights. The hub, router, etc is on a UPS, so they stay on during shorter power outages. Has anyone done anything to keep the lights off, or switch them off, after power is restored? It will be disturbing to the household if a power outage happens during the night.