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[–] [email protected] 9 points 4 days ago (7 children)

Why in God's name would you connect it to WiFi?

[–] [email protected] 11 points 4 days ago (6 children)

It can tell you it's done, so you notice the notification after a couple hours instead of finding musky clothes a day or two later
It can tell you it's time to do the self-cleaning cycle
If you're doing something unusual, like washing reusable diapers which need extra rinse cycles, you can upload a custom program for that to the washer
Even more unusual, someone had stacked units and was too short to reach the buttons on the washer, so they liked to start it via the app instead of getting a stool

Most of this can be achieved in other ways (like a smart plug measuring the current draw and a simple monthly reminder), but non-techies want turnkey solutions.

I can't see any reason to have WiFi on your dryer, though.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 4 days ago (2 children)

Most of this can be achieved in other ways (like a smart plug measuring the current draw

Idk about other people, but this is actually harder than you'd think. I've got zigbee and zwave hubs in my house for my home automation system, but there's really not anything that uses those technologies and has the screwy power plug my washer has. I grabbed some inducement sensors (I think that's what they're called), but I can't use them near my washer since they have to be hooked to the line to have a reference and my washer is too far away from my fuse box.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 days ago

Which country is this? I think both American and European (or at least Norwegian) washers use standard plugs (although American dryers do not), so I'm just curious which areas use something custom for that.

A regular plug should be able to supply a washer with power, but dryers are a different story in countries using 110V power.

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