r/homeassistant • u/vinny0015 • 16h ago

Dryer notification idea

I'm looking for a small light up button or something I can use so my wife can see when the dryer is done. I'm going to use a vibration sensor. And was thinking of a small led sign but looking for other ideas also

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u/logikgear 16h ago

I use an LED strip mounted under a photo frame in our living room. The strip is running WLED and split into two segments, left side for washing machine, right side for Dryer. Power monitoring runs automations to change helpers and change the LED colors. Blue means running, green means done/needs unloaded. Then everything clears with a door sensor on the dryer.

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u/biblicalrain 15h ago

I do basically the same thing! Red is running, green is done. It's an animated effect when the laundry room doors are open. (Still easily viewable when doors are closed)

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u/logikgear 15h ago

I like that idea. I might have to animate the green just so it catches our attention more.

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u/Halo_Chief117 14h ago

That’s a cool idea and well implemented where it’s not an eyesore. And I can’t help but notice… is your kid unintentionally flipping you off in one photo? 😆

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u/logikgear 13h ago

No it's one of the pictures we call her mob boss photo.

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u/Halo_Chief117 13h ago

Lol I see it in the hand gesture. “You come to me… asking me for a favor. Asking me to eat these mushed vegetables.”

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u/logikgear 13h ago

🤣🤣🤣

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u/cdewey17 13h ago

Now level it up: light up just the section under whose turn it is to unload the laundry 🤣

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u/logikgear 13h ago

Unfortunately the photos are all of the same now 8-year-old child so that's probably not going to happen. 🤣🤣

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u/cdewey17 8h ago

I see no issue with this. Sounds like they have a lot of laundry ahead of them

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u/logikgear 23m ago

With as often as she changes clothes you are not wrong.