The living room is cold like outside, so I introduced a smart plug

Apology and Notice (2022/1/27 10:40)

In the Electrical Appliance Safety Law, the smart plug is forbidden to connect specific electrical products containing electrical heat and operate remotely by voice.Therefore, the following articles are prohibited, even though they are used in the same house.We received many suggestions from everyone.Thank you.

Once we considered the withdrawal of this article, there is a risk of fire on the background that is legally prohibited.In order to tell you that the applications such as this article are dangerous, the following article will be posted as the first appearance after adding a note to the scene that introduces the use of kotatsu.

Cold days continue like winter.When I was born in winter and I was young, I was proud of being very cold in the cold, but recently it has been completely cold recently, probably because of the too much fat or because of the annual wave.

The author's house has a workplace on the lower floor and a living room on the upper floor, but this living room is so cold because the walls are thin.When you go up the stairs, the temperature is clearly lowered several times.

It's too cold, so the other day, I try to check the room temperature of the day, and if I put a smart thermometer "SwitchBot temperature hyperheter" that can import temperature and humidity data into the smartphone, the lowest temperature is almost the outside temperature of the weather forecast.It did not change.It's cold as outside in the house.

「SwitchBot 温湿度計」はキャンプで気温を測るために購入しました。1日の気温の変化をスマホに取り込めるので、「昨夜の最低気温は〇度だった」みたいなことがわかって便利です

That's why in winter, after finishing work, I'm going up the stairs, keeping my attention not to cause heat shock.

In order to warm the room a little earlier, use a "smart remote control" that can remotely control home appliances that support infrared remote controls, and turn on the air conditioner in the living room from smartphones and smart speakers at work, but cold rooms.It doesn't warm up so easily.

However, if you turn on the air conditioner too early, you will be worried about the electricity bill, so if you turn it on, you will be able to remotely control the "kotatsu" that warms up as soon as you turn it on.Alexa -compatible "genuine smart plug" (1980 yen) has been released.

Apology and Notice (2022/1/27 10:40)

In the Electrical Appliance Safety Law, the smart plug is forbidden to connect specific electrical products containing electrical heat and operate remotely by voice.As mentioned at the beginning, we will post a precautionary note and publish it as it is for the first time in order to tell you that the application like this article is dangerous.

"Smart plug" is an electric plug that can be turned on / off remotely from smartphones and smart speakers, like smartphone controls.What you can do is to connect to Wi-Fi, just pass, block or control electricity according to the order, so the use is quite limited, but it is perfect for the use of kotatsu like this time.。

As the name implies, the genuine smart plug is only genuine, and it is easy to register and set the Amazon Alexa app.Connect to the power supply, insert a kotatsu plug with the power supply "enter", start the Alexa app, and register with the name "Kotatsu".

With this alone, the Alexa app can now be operated from the smart speaker at home, "Alexa, putting a kotatsu (erased)".It is convenient that there is no need to install or set the app separately.

コンセントに差し込むだけの簡単さが魅力の「スマートプラグ」。遠隔操作で電気のオン／オフを切り替えられますスマホの「Amazon Alexa」アプリから、こたつのオン／オフができるようになりました。今の状態もチェックできます

With the Alexa app, you can also set a "fixed action" that allows you to operate multiple devices together.

Therefore, we have set an air conditioner operation using the previous smart remote control, and a partner action that can operate kotatsu at the same time.When I said to the smart speaker, "Alexa, turned on (erased)", the air conditioner and kotatsu worked together.

In the "standard action", you can also set time and operate multiple smart devices.If you set it with an application called "IFTTT", which can link various services, you can add a kotatsu if it falls below the SwitchBot temperature moisture, but that story again.

「提携アクション」では、トリガーとなるワードや、時間などの条件を設定し、複数の操作をまとめて実施することができます

Thanks to the smart plug, I put a kotatsu from the downstairs, and as soon as I got up, I was able to sneak into a warm kotatsu.Another good point was that the forgotten kotatsu was easy to check from the smartphone.

However, this smart plug can only come up with a kotatsu so far, so I'm a little annoyed how to use it in the season when I don't need a kotatsu.

Apology and Notice (2022/1/27 10:40)

In the Electrical Appliance Safety Law, the smart plug is forbidden to connect specific electrical products containing electrical heat and operate remotely by voice.As mentioned at the beginning, we will post a precautionary note and publish it as it is for the first time in order to tell you that the application like this article is dangerous.