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Any ideas on how to automatically open a finished dishwasher? (lemmy.ml)

submitted 4 days ago by ComradePenguin@lemmy.ml to c/homeassistant@lemmy.world

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I have a dishwasher that does not open automatically when finished. I can detect when it is finished through a power adapter, but need to open it somehow. Any tips? Is fingerbot strong enough?

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[–] paf@jlai.lu 3 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Is the end goal to know if your dishwasher has finished? If so, a smart plug with power monitoring could tell you that.

[–] JelleWho@lemmy.world 3 points 4 days ago (1 children)

The end goal is trying to automate when the dishwasher is emptied by a person. I've been tracking a lot of power things already to get there status. So in the kitchen there is a led kickboard that shows the color of the appliances

Kickboard led HA energy

[–] paf@jlai.lu 3 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago)

Nice. you can look out for a project with esp home and a contact sensor. Here is an exemple

https://esp32io.com/tutorials/esp32-door-sensor