Different Computers wrote:If you're willing to switch to Z wave, there's this small plug.
Or this big one. I have these and they're super reliable.
Different Computers wrote:Why usage when you can just trigger on on state?
johnpolasek wrote:Different Computers wrote:Why usage when you can just trigger on on state?
I would suspect that the new "smart" tv requires continuous power (consuming 5 or 10 watts of "phantom" power to keep a real time clock, programming, remote control detection, etc alive) even when off... and drawing 200 to 300 when on. So he's looking for an alarm trigger on State change from <25 watts to > 50... or on failure to answer ping if they unplug it. That's why back in the bad old X-10/X10esnion days when you could just turn off a (dumb) tv completely, we used a wired in plug to accomplish the same purpose.
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