that was a very easy to read article. I really enjoyed it and now want to start poking around my "smart" appliances.
I hacked my washing machine
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Re: I hacked my washing machine
#52This is what Hacker News posts should be.
That's https://hackaday.com/ :)
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#53Respect, but this is kinda the hard way - I just plugged mine (dumb machine, not smart) in via an energy metering plug, and when energy use drops to less than 10W for more than 2 minutes, it’s done - very simple homeassistant automation. Convenient for me as the machine is 500m from the house.
Now I want to know why your washing machine is half a kilometer from your house.
One reason I can think of - in some places where houses are small (like in cities the UK) you might not have a garage on your property and might rent one nearby (they are often in little rows, e.g. [1]). So they might have that kind of situation and have the washing machine there if it's a very small house?
1. https://www.alamy.com/stock-photo-row-of-private-car-garages...
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#55I did something with my Bosch washing machine (not like the OP). My washing machine is at the other end of the house from my home office. Sometimes I would put a load of washing on, and despite setting an alarm, might forget (perhaps I am in an important meeting etc). So I decided to solve it. Using the Bosch API - I can tell both when a cycle is complete, and if the door is open. Currently I use their default versio…
I occasionally do a washing load before bed that I know I might not wake up for to put into the dryer. Fortunately, my machine has an "extended tumble" cycle of sorts that will keep the clothes fresh all night at the expense of a bit more water, but while saving my bedtime routine. We end up with a lot of these nighttime loads because we're toasted all day watching kids and we prioritize laundry off-peak electricity hours. Love my Electrolux, but I imagine many brands have a comparable feature.
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#56The washing machine REALLY liked talking to... itself? I don't think whoever engineered their networking stack knew what a loopback interface was, because it was sending a lot of traffic from itself to its own IP address. I didn't think this was relevant, so I ignored it. It really liked sending traffic to 255.255.255.255 every second, for some reason. Again, ignored
Are those gratuitous ARPs? This is a common behaviour.
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#57Earlier quoted context omitted.
Now I want to know why your washing machine is half a kilometer from your house.
Seriously, me too. I also want to know how they transport the laundry to/from the machine. I'm hoping for a conveyor belt of sorts.
Vacuum tube system like a bank drive through.
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#58I did something with my Bosch washing machine (not like the OP). My washing machine is at the other end of the house from my home office. Sometimes I would put a load of washing on, and despite setting an alarm, might forget (perhaps I am in an important meeting etc). So I decided to solve it. Using the Bosch API - I can tell both when a cycle is complete, and if the door is open. Currently I use their default versio…
I occasionally do a washing load before bed that I know I might not wake up for to put into the dryer. Fortunately, my machine has an "extended tumble" cycle of sorts that will keep the clothes fresh all night at the expense of a bit more water, but while saving my bedtime routine. We end up with a lot of these nighttime loads because we're toasted all day watching kids and we prioritize laundry off-peak electricity…
The equivalent on mine (a Bosch) is to wait to start anything at all until 1 cycle-time less than ten specified number of hours. Churning all night instead seems a peculiar design choice.
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#59I did something with my Bosch washing machine (not like the OP). My washing machine is at the other end of the house from my home office. Sometimes I would put a load of washing on, and despite setting an alarm, might forget (perhaps I am in an important meeting etc). So I decided to solve it. Using the Bosch API - I can tell both when a cycle is complete, and if the door is open. Currently I use their default versio…
I occasionally do a washing load before bed that I know I might not wake up for to put into the dryer. Fortunately, my machine has an "extended tumble" cycle of sorts that will keep the clothes fresh all night at the expense of a bit more water, but while saving my bedtime routine. We end up with a lot of these nighttime loads because we're toasted all day watching kids and we prioritize laundry off-peak electricity…
I use the Delay feature. It will wait to start the wash for a settable amount of hours.
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#60I did something with my Bosch washing machine (not like the OP). My washing machine is at the other end of the house from my home office. Sometimes I would put a load of washing on, and despite setting an alarm, might forget (perhaps I am in an important meeting etc). So I decided to solve it. Using the Bosch API - I can tell both when a cycle is complete, and if the door is open. Currently I use their default versio…
I occasionally do a washing load before bed that I know I might not wake up for to put into the dryer. Fortunately, my machine has an "extended tumble" cycle of sorts that will keep the clothes fresh all night at the expense of a bit more water, but while saving my bedtime routine. We end up with a lot of these nighttime loads because we're toasted all day watching kids and we prioritize laundry off-peak electricity…
Does your machine not have a delayed start function? I’m standing in front of about 40 washing machines right now and they all appear to have this function.
Often a button labelled ‘Ending in’.
Australian market.