Hello, my wife has left her iron on several times recently for multiple hours each time. Yesterday, it was on for 12 hours while we were out of the house. It has a special silicon pad it sits on so I’m not worried about burning the house down, but it is a big energy user. I setup a notification for if it’s on for 1 hour, but the problem is an iron cycles. So, how do I create a notification for something being on a certain number of times within a set time period? Attached is the power meter so you can see why a normal “on” notification doesn’t work. Thanks!!
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Not Sense related, but my wife had the same issue. I bought her this, and now it can’t be on for more than an hour as this device turns off the outlet after 1hr.
It’s not a perfect solve for you, but you can set a custom OFF notification to alert you if a device has been OFF for a certain length of time. If you don’t get the notification, you’d know it was still running.
I’d also recommend a smart plug for cases like this. The ability to remotely turn the device off can be really helpful here (even if you don’t expect it to cause a fire).
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