Neat IKEA is selling these now!
https://www.theverge.com/2024/9/10/24240702/ikeas-energy-monitoring-smart-plug-is-here
But wait, what use can a smart energy monitoring plug be?”
Well, let me tell you about a time where I worked on a postgraduate university project where we were able to spot trends in the decline of patients with Dementia.
Dementia patients often forget to fill an electric kettle with water before putting it on to boil. This is called a “dry boil”.
Dry boils happen to turn a kettle on and off very quickly.
We were able to spot trends where dry boils happened to increase in frequency. Both more times during a day, and more days of the week.
This data was all anonymized of course. The only thing we knew is “where in a house is the sensor placed or used for”.
Alex