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Re: Displaying My Washing Machine's Remaining Time with Curl, Jq, and Pizauth

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Post by nemo44x »

mauvehaus wrote: post #17
londons_explore wrote: post #5

It is notable that washing machines lie about remaining time. Specifically, there are parts of the wash cycle that are indeterminate. How long will it take to get all the clothes wet with water - well that will depend on the water pressure and how many clothes are inside. How long will it take for the water to heat - Well that will depend on how hot it was when it came in and the grid AC voltage variation. How long w…

We bought a house, and the laundry machines did not convey with it. Feeling a bit tighter than usual, we bought a pair of older ones for $75 a piece from a local outfit that sells reused/unused building supplies. Having endured precisely the phenomenon you're describing for the last decade, having a washer that reliably gets the job done in 45 minutes or less is pure bliss. Yeah, it uses more water, but we're on a we…

It may not be as efficient but it won’t need replacement every 7 years. That alone makes up for it.

Plus it’s probably easy to repair. My Speed Queen is made of like 7 parts. Most people will have gone through 3 or 4 machines by the time mine is dead.

Re: Displaying My Washing Machine's Remaining Time with Curl, Jq, and Pizauth

#32

Post by matthew-wegner »

I use a zigbee smart outlet with power monitoring for this. If it's using power for awhile, set to washing. If power has been zero for awhile, and it's washing, set to done (and send text-to-speech event that goes out on all house speakers).

This is a little Node-RED flow on top of Home Assistant.

Re: Displaying My Washing Machine's Remaining Time with Curl, Jq, and Pizauth

#33

Post by actionfromafar »

belugacat wrote: post #6

Great hack, but I’m sure any engineer worth their salt winces at the thought of a machine in their home roundtripping through far away 3rd party servers (I guess they’re the manufacturer’s, but if it’s hardware I own in my house those servers are 3rd party to me) just to notify them of a numerical value when they’re sitting literally 10 meters away (I live in the countryside and experience internet interruptions not…

I've had the same day dream many times, we might be on to something. I even have this "playbook" about parts and branding and stuff, all while encouraging third party creation of spares.

It's hitting a part of the beast (current vendors) they can't defend against, because their sunk costs make it impossible to embrace repair and keep "forever" - tech.

Re: Displaying My Washing Machine's Remaining Time with Curl, Jq, and Pizauth

#34

Post by nonethewiser »

belugacat wrote: post #6

Great hack, but I’m sure any engineer worth their salt winces at the thought of a machine in their home roundtripping through far away 3rd party servers (I guess they’re the manufacturer’s, but if it’s hardware I own in my house those servers are 3rd party to me) just to notify them of a numerical value when they’re sitting literally 10 meters away (I live in the countryside and experience internet interruptions not…

I’d pay more for NO firmware in my washing machine.

This is beyond my desire to just keep things simple. What is the point of washing machine you can control remotely? You have to put clothes in at the start and take them out at the end. It offers no convenience.

Re: Displaying My Washing Machine's Remaining Time with Curl, Jq, and Pizauth

#36

Post by actionfromafar »

nonethewiser wrote: post #34
belugacat wrote: post #6

Great hack, but I’m sure any engineer worth their salt winces at the thought of a machine in their home roundtripping through far away 3rd party servers (I guess they’re the manufacturer’s, but if it’s hardware I own in my house those servers are 3rd party to me) just to notify them of a numerical value when they’re sitting literally 10 meters away (I live in the countryside and experience internet interruptions not…

I’d pay more for NO firmware in my washing machine. This is beyond my desire to just keep things simple. What is the point of washing machine you can control remotely? You have to put clothes in at the start and take them out at the end. It offers no convenience.

The only thing I could agree with is if it started at at time when the spot-price of electricity was low.

Re: Displaying My Washing Machine's Remaining Time with Curl, Jq, and Pizauth

#37

Post by aivisol »

zeristor wrote: post #26

I've just had a "Smart" Samsung washing machine installed. It says it is Internet ready. I am not sure what they mean by internet ready, it seems I have to change the name of the WiFi point to have no crazy characters, and just have 2.4 Ghz, turning 5GHz off in order to connect it. But this means my smart scales now need to be set up since the WiFi name has changed. Am I missing a trick, I guess it is possible to set…

I am curious what is the smart thing about washing clothes while being connected to Internet? Manufacturer approved only washing powder/tablets?

Re: Displaying My Washing Machine's Remaining Time with Curl, Jq, and Pizauth

#38

Post by londons_explore »

nemo44x wrote: post #31
mauvehaus wrote: post #17

Earlier quoted context omitted.

We bought a house, and the laundry machines did not convey with it. Feeling a bit tighter than usual, we bought a pair of older ones for $75 a piece from a local outfit that sells reused/unused building supplies. Having endured precisely the phenomenon you're describing for the last decade, having a washer that reliably gets the job done in 45 minutes or less is pure bliss. Yeah, it uses more water, but we're on a we…

It may not be as efficient but it won’t need replacement every 7 years. That alone makes up for it. Plus it’s probably easy to repair. My Speed Queen is made of like 7 parts. Most people will have gone through 3 or 4 machines by the time mine is dead.

Most washing machines will use more $ in energy in their lifespan than they cost to buy. That means it is usually worth replacing an old but working one with an energy efficient one merely for the energy savings.

A modern EU machine will wash a large (10kg) load of clothes for 0.5 kwh of energy and 50 liters of water (13 gallons).

An old 1980's machine might use 4.5 kwh of electricity, and 180 liters of water.

Re: Displaying My Washing Machine's Remaining Time with Curl, Jq, and Pizauth

#40

Post by heartbreak »

aivisol wrote: post #37
zeristor wrote: post #26

I've just had a "Smart" Samsung washing machine installed. It says it is Internet ready. I am not sure what they mean by internet ready, it seems I have to change the name of the WiFi point to have no crazy characters, and just have 2.4 Ghz, turning 5GHz off in order to connect it. But this means my smart scales now need to be set up since the WiFi name has changed. Am I missing a trick, I guess it is possible to set…

I am curious what is the smart thing about washing clothes while being connected to Internet? Manufacturer approved only washing powder/tablets?

I used to have my laundry machines in my attached garage, outside of the living space and separated by sufficient insulation that I couldn’t hear the buzzer go off. Those machines had WiFi, and I’d get a push notification when the cycle was done. I never used any other “connected” feature, but that one was nice.
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