Track your Laundry Machine with Home Assistant [Custom Component]

This component will allow you to track your laundry machine with any smart socket, which provide power state.
Additionally it tracks time spend on wash cycle

It will add sensor for each washing machine, which will one of states:

• Idle
• Running
• Finishing
• Clean (when cycle is finished)

Use Cases

1. Notify you when cycle is finished
2. Pause your washing machine when state is Finishing, so you spin clothes a bit later (for example right before you wake up)
3. And so on...

Installation

Install custom_component files automatically using HACS (easy way) or install Manually.

Usage

After installation, you can add sensor via Devices&Services -> Add Integration -> Laundry

Set name for sensor and choose power sensor of socket

Services

After finishing washing cycle, you need to go from Clean State to IDLE by using this service

service: laundry.reset_machine
data: {}
target:
  entity_id: sensor.test_wash

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You can try use it with your dishwasher, but I don't know if it will work. I don't have one, so I can't test it.