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Smart switch with visible "On/Off" indicator.

  • 05-06-2021 10:46am
    #1
    insular1
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 250 ✭✭


    I have a kasa smart plug hooked up in the garage. Currently use Google home to turn it on and off. It controls a circulation pump for hot water and if left on can end up wasting a lot of hot water.

    Does anyone know of a smart switch that also has a light or some visual indicator as to whether the plug is on or off? Save me having to remember to ask Google.


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  • #2
    eddiem74
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,027 ✭✭✭eddiem74


    Could you use an Auto Off Action from within the Kasa App i.e. Pump is turned on via voice and turns off after xx minutes?


  • #3
    JustJoe7240
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,492 ✭✭✭JustJoe7240


    Have a TP-LINK HS110 i got in Harvey Norman, Has an indicator light on the front.


  • #4
    TheChizler
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,514 ✭✭✭TheChizler


    JustJoe7240 wrote: »
    Have a TP-LINK HS110 i got in Harvey Norman, Has an indicator light on the front.
    If anyone is with Energia you can get them half price.


  • #5
    Metric Tensor
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,725 ✭✭✭Metric Tensor


    Do you mean a light on the plug itself or on a button somewhere else that controls the plug?

    If it's the plug itself then as above the TP Link ones have a light if you're using WiFi and the Fibaro ones also have a light if you want to use Z Wave.

    I'm not sure about a smart switch with a pilot light. If such a thing doesn't exist you could probably rig up some sort of light that's tied to the same on-off routine.


  • #6
    insular1
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 250 ✭✭insular1


    Sorry should have made it clearer in the OP, the plug is located in the garage but I routinely turn it on and off in the house so can't see the pump from the house. A switch with a pilot light similar to what's on the plug itself is exactly what I'm looking for so I can install that in the house and have a visual indicator of whether it's on/off. Sounds like there's nothing like that available yet. Might try set up an auto off routine in the kasa app as suggested and failing this get a cheap lamp to tie into the routine as per metric tensors suggestion. Thanks all!


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  • #7
    Clareman
    Moderators, Sports Moderators, Regional Midwest Moderators Posts: 24,028 Mod ✭✭✭✭Clareman


    insular1 wrote: »
    Sorry should have made it clearer in the OP, the plug is located in the garage but I routinely turn it on and off in the house so can't see the pump from the house. A switch with a pilot light similar to what's on the plug itself is exactly what I'm looking for so I can install that in the house and have a visual indicator of whether it's on/off. Sounds like there's nothing like that available yet. Might try set up an auto off routine in the kasa app as suggested and failing this get a cheap lamp to tie into the routine as per metric tensors suggestion. Thanks all!

    How about plugging a lamp into the plug, maybe via a double adapter or something, when the light is on the smart plug is on


  • #8
    Stoner
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,952 ✭✭✭✭Stoner


    Samsung smart things, sonoff, lightwave rf all have lights on them

    There are some smart controllers that have soft and hard timers, for example lightwave rf units have a mechanical timer that will time out after a set period of time, it is built into the switch and does not need a signal to turn off.

    inching on sonoff units can achieve the same thing, it is downloaded to the switch so whenever it it turned on, it will turn off after a set period of time


  • #9
    insular1
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 250 ✭✭insular1


    Stoner wrote: »
    Samsung smart things, sonoff, lightwave rf all have lights on them

    There are some smart controllers that have soft and hard timers, for example lightwave rf units have a mechanical timer that will time out after a set period of time, it is built into the switch and does not need a signal to turn off.

    inching on sonoff units can achieve the same thing, it is downloaded to the switch so whenever it it turned on, it will turn off after a set period of time

    Using the auto off setting in kasa app which I stupidly didn't realise existed until the helpful post above. It has been a little hit and miss, but thankfully mostly hit. Have a few sonoff bits and am really impressed with them so far so might investigate that as an option. My sonoff light switches do have a visible indicator but they need to be wired in to a light switch. Do they have battery operated ones that don't need to be wired in?


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