How to spot a broken electrical appliance
With smart home devices, you can automate and protect your home, monitor the energy consumption of your appliances, and more. But did you know that you can also use smart home devices to spot a broken appliance?
Different electricity monitoring devices can help spot changes in power consumption that can indicate a broken appliance.
Your friently appliance monitor
Connect your TV, gaming console, fridge, or kettle via a Smart Plug Mini and a compatible hub to your smart home system and start tracking their energy consumption.
Via your hub, the Smart Plug Mini can let you know if an appliance suddenly breaks and stops using any electricity – a clear sign that something is wrong.
But also a sudden spike in power usage can indicate that an appliance is not working properly. Electrical appliances often start consuming more power than usual when they get too old. At this point, it is best to replace that appliance so that you won’t be surprised by a sudden rise in your electricity bill.
Track your large appliances
A smart plug enables you to monitor small to medium-sized appliances. If you also want to keep an eye on your oven, fan, or electric radiator, the Smart Cable is your frient. It works just like a smart plug, but for larger appliances, and lets you know when they are broken.
Just mount the Smart Cable to the cord of your appliance, and you’re good to go.
Get the bigger picture
You don’t want to connect every single appliance in your home to your smart network? Then you can start by monitoring your overall power consumption with an Electricity Meter Interface. When the friently consumption monitor shows a spike in your energy consumption, you can start investigating which of your appliances could be the culprit.
