wet schooner
Trying to sort out a smart outlet for my laundry machine so I can automate it.
I just bought a SMLIGHT SLZB-07 and I'm hoping to try out more things zigbee(maybe matter/thread) related.
Any advice is greatly appreciated. Here's my laundry machine currently (it's not the greatest)
Here's my laundry machine manual with electrical requirements (pg.4)
https://jumpshare.com/s/xmawfohB160L0889cDCF
Will tag as resolved when solution found/made! :)
frozen island
If it can be wifi then any Shelly clamp capable energy meter should work
whole violet
+1 for a shelly with CT clamp
wet schooner
With clamps you mean these kind of devices right?
frozen island
Not sure if tuya or sonoff have good enough alternatives for available
frozen island
With clamps you mean these kind of devices right?
The white part is the clamp, it just goes around the cable/hot
wet schooner
I'm honestly in a shared split home currently
so just trying to upset a landlord admitingly
so a front facing transparent, but safe outlet of some sort would be ideal
ie. something that doesn't go inside an outlet
which might make things impossible or tricky
frozen island
You could also just diy this stuff into one of those outdoor connector boxes with a plug and socket on each end
At the risk of having to diy it, but with this kinda load you are in that territory either way
There are car charger smart plugs which may do more current but no idea if the sockets would match
frozen island
The risk is manageable for most people who have an idea on how to do electrical stuff
At least it wouldn't be that much worse than what China sometimes sends over
wet schooner
The risk is manageable for most people who have an idea on how to do electrical ...
Mind posting a few links of exactly what you have in mind by outdoor connector boxes?
?
wet schooner
The risk is manageable for most people who have an idea on how to do electrical ...
buy one of these and put a shelly clamp as an intermediary?
frozen island
The clamp would be spliced in parallel to the passthrough to power itself with the clamp sitting on the hot cable of it
whole violet
yeah power goes in and out (you split connection off to power the shelly itself) then have the clamp over the live connection
frozen island
The black one kinda style I feel is alright, just check that you get one that can fit the stuff somewhat comfortable
And order some silicone to fix stuff into place, it probably doesn't hurt if it doesn't rattle so people don't get suspicious
Make sure to buy the right cable diameter & socket combination to match your appliance
Depending on your country there may be different ones
wet schooner
shelly = 39mm x 36mm x 17 mm
tight squeeze but might do it
do things get hot inside of it?
frozen island
Not really, it's just wires passing through and the Shelly which may pull about a watt
Id go with something larger because the clamp needs to fit properly and the cables aren't supposed to bend indefinitely
Also you just need one in and one out port
wet schooner
I'm not finding anything reputable at the moment
a lot of shelly products seem sold out in my area
frozen island
You could order them through their site or Amazon. Depending on your region they may even have em in local hardware stores
