Washing machine monitor | ESPHome | Page 1

random geode May 25, 2023, 3:17 PM

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Reads the status lights from my dumb washer, to pull the data into Home Assistant

wild otter May 25, 2023, 3:41 PM

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Awesome idea! How did you build the sensors for the status lights?

jolly root May 25, 2023, 4:53 PM

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Can you please explain how you did it?

random geode May 25, 2023, 5:30 PM

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@wild otter @jolly root
the 3d printed bracket holds 6 photo resistors over the washer's status lights. they are connected to a cat 5 cable that goes to a breadboard with the resistors and whatnot that are needed to use gpio binary sensors like this:

    pin: GPIO32
    id: done
    name: Done
    icon: mdi:washing-machine-alert
    device_class: running
    filters:
    - delayed_on: 10ms
    - delayed_off: 10ms
    on_press:
      then:
      - text_sensor.template.publish:
          id: washer_status
          state: "Finished"
    on_release:
      then:
      - text_sensor.template.publish:
          id: washer_status
          state: "Off"```

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brave moon Jun 17, 2023, 6:45 PM

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Very creative 👍👍👌

stable lance Jul 5, 2023, 2:27 PM

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I used an AThom-tech esphome v2 smart plug. I then setup automation to watch when the washing machine was in different cycles and from the consumed power made automations off that in HA.

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So we get an alexa alert saying washing machine is finished.

daring dove Jul 5, 2023, 11:50 PM

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stable lance So we get an alexa alert saying washing machine is finished.

How did you do your dryer?

stable lance Jul 5, 2023, 11:51 PM

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Same thing but using an esp32 via ESPHome made by circuitsetup.us (not endorsed) and monitor the power usage on my dryer. That is a little more complicated since in the US we use 240v so needed to use two clamps and then combine them with some magic.

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I can share the stuff if interested.

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@daring dove ^

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