Washer and Dryer Notifications for Home Assistant

See how I implemented both washer (easy) and dryer (not-so-easy) notifications in Home Assistant.

UPDATE: I have replaced the original dryer sensors with an improved version. You can see this more reliable version here:    • Improved Dryer Notifications for Home...  

* In remembrance of those that lost their lives during the terrorist attacks of 9/11 on this day 20 years ago*

Chapter breaks:
00:00 Intro
01:00 Washer Notifications - selecting a smart plug
02:58 Washer Notifications - Sonoff S31
06:53 Washer Notifications - Home Assistant Entities
07:30 Washer Notifications - Lovelace and demo
10:51 Washer Notifications - Automations
13:18 Dryer Notifications - Potential solutions
15:18 Dryer Notifications - My solution
15:58 Dryer Notifications - Building a light sensor
17:58 Dryer Notifications - ESPHome
19:16 Dryer Notifications - Home Assistant Entities
20:39 Dryer Notifications - Automations
23:18 Summary and Outro

Amazon Affiliate links to the parts used:

Sonoff S31: https://amzn.to/3nmsma1
Wemos D1 Mini: https://amzn.to/3jZa8cE
10K Resistor: https://amzn.to/3z0peD2
Photoresistor: https://amzn.to/3lbGO1X
USB Wall Charger: https://amzn.to/3hk15RW
Micro USB Cable: https://amzn.to/3lhnO1U

Digiblur's Video:    • Smarter Laundry Voice Notifications -...  

My Home Assistant Automations (yaml):
Washer: https://gist.github.com/Resinchem/825...
Dryer: https://gist.github.com/Resinchem/e20...