Why would I buy power meters and mess around with indirect signals that don't measure what I want (how much time is left on the cycle) and instead just tell me whether it's running?
I already have an old webcam and raspi I'm not using, and they measure exactly what I care about.
Ah, but my washer and dryer love to lie to me and add 20 minutes to the cycle because they're "eco-friendly". And this is mostly to help my wife who has a brain injury and can't remember to set a timer.
> this is mostly to help my wife who has a brain injury
Sorry to hear that. Hope things get better. Don't know if your wife's case fits, but the brain has a lot of plasticity; fingers-crossed.
> my washer and dryer love to lie to me and add 20 minutes to the cycle
We're going to have to assign a business analyst here to capture the full slate of requirements before we start development, i.e., armchair suggestions :-) I don't think agile is working very well here
I already have an old webcam and raspi I'm not using, and they measure exactly what I care about.