Do you at least have the volume set at a low level, like 10% or 20%, so that if nobody is in the family room, it doesn’t wake anybody else in the house up? But yes, if you had a presence sensor in the living room, then you could do it on the condition that there was somebody in the room.
The way I see it is trigger at midnight. If presence is detected, set Alexa volume to 10% and announce, hey, you should probably go to bed.
I didn’t see an answer online so I decided I would email the company support just to make sure. Drawing 550 watts. It’s definitely capable of holding it while it is running. But I do not know how much power it takes to actually start it up. So that is a very good point. And I want to make absolutely certain I don’t kill the plug.
The thing on the side says it pulls 550 watts, which is about 5 amps. But I would definitely take a look at it while it’s running on the smart plug, and if it’s pulling anywhere near that amount, I would unplug it. But that’s a good point.
Plus, the smart plug will actually give me a good idea of how much power the damn thing is using. I know what the power draw on the side says it is, but I don’t know if it’s actually using that much or if it’s using less.
Hmmm. Good point. I dont really see a way around that one though.
If the living room has smart lights you could turn them to red if a person was detected at midnight