What's that touchscreen in my room?

Re:What's that touchscreen in my room? by jonathanlydall on Saturday January 20, 2024 @04:39AM (#39065987)

If you're looking for something simple to try work it out, I bought a smart plug a few years back which could record usage for around 20USD, you can then move it between your devices getting a sense of each's usage.

Long term tracking usage of individual device energy usage is nice, but just knowing from past measurements how much a device tends to use is already very useful.

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Re:What's that touchscreen in my room? by dns_snek on Saturday January 20, 2024 @06:01AM (#39066385)

If you're going to go down this route and aren't afraid of a little DIY, then I'd highly recommend something that doesn't depend on the cloud.

Either ESPhome- or Tasmota-based plugs are great if you want fully local control (e.g. Athom, LocalBytes), or Shelly for local-first control with an option of connecting to their cloud.

Mostly everything else will lock you into the manufacturer's app & cloud. Zigbee is fully local too, but it requires additional hardware.

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