onhiatus
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| Posted: March 11 2005 at 14:35 | IP Logged
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Ok, this isn't really a PowerHome specific question, but thought I'd ask. I'm trying to find an economical way to tell when something is on (right now, specifically appliances - stove / oven, dryer, etc).
Has anyone had any success doing this kind of thing?
I'd rather not wire into an appliance and the $60-100 each for plug in detectors is a little expensive.
Most appliances use some current when they're off, so there needs to be some threshold control.
Best case would be an outlet that sent an X-10 signal when what was plugged in came on. Acceptable would be something that clamped around a power lead and could be hooked up to an X10 Burgler Alarm Interface (don't remember the model number off the top of my head)
Any ideas / suggestions?
Thanks, Tony
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