Small zigbee or zwave light sensor

Long story short, my dishwasher has an LED on the bottom of it that turns on when the dishwasher is on, and off when its finished.

Does anyone know of a tiny light sensor (or something else) that I can put near the LED to retrieve the light value. Then I can retrieve the lux value in HA and use some logic to distinguish if the dishwasher is on

I cant think of one like that offhand, but you may consider placing a vibration sensor on the chassis. The vibration would indicate whether it was running. Hope this helps

Hmm is a built in and I’m not so sure a vibration sensor would work. It doesn’t really vibrate like a washing machine would

Xiaomi Mi Light Detection Sensor Zigbee 3.0

Get a smart power plug with power measurement, I think that is the easiest way. You can get ones with wifi for a couple of bucks. You can also go zigbee, but usually they are a little more expensive.

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