Hi everybody,
I am looking for a “dumb” dehumidifier that I can automate by using a smart plug and humidity sensor.
Those of you living in Europe, can you recommend a device like that, which is available here?
It doesn’t need wifi, it doesn’t even need a humidity sensor itself (because it will be exclusively controlled via Home Assistant, which reads the humidity sensor available to it)…
But it does need the feature to revert to the previous status when powering it up. And I wasn’t sure about this with all those dehumidifiers that I’ve found so far.
And -if possible- have a hose to drain fluid directly rather than having to manually empty a tank. Most devices I’ve looked at have both, they work with a tank, but you can attach a hose if you want constant draining.
Obviously, it doesn’t help me if my smart plug powers the device - yet it doesn’t start unless you manually press the power button… I’d like to turn it on manually once, then only control the smart plug to work it. If I turn off the smart plug, obviously the device itself will turn off as well - but if I turn it back on, I need the humidifier to turn itself on / dehumidify right away, without the need to push any button on the device.
While I could automate a button press with a zigbee fingerbot, I would so much prefer not having to do this.
Bonus if the device is available on German amazon Can you recommend a specific device that meets my criteria?
Thank you in advance for your help
(I’ve also found a tutorial about a locally controlled smart dehumidifier, but it doesn’t seem to be sold anywhere any longer - and I definitely do not want to buy anything that requires a third party cloud)