Window A/C units are critical in homes without central air conditioning. Turning each unit on and off may be a pain, and smart AC’s are costly. But, with the help of a smart plug, you can turn your window AC, into a smart AC!
Though window AC’s are costly ranging from $200 to $500, they do make up for their cost by lasting long, like from 5 to 10 years. They are only good enough to cool a single, room so the best you can do is to buy one unit for each room of your home. But, it leaves you all running around to switch on and off the AC for the entire day. It may end up as a huge electricity bill by the end of the month.
Some newer A/C units have Wi-Fi options for voice and remote control, but buying an entirely new air conditioner for that feature doesn’t make sense if the old one otherwise works fine and is energy efficient. So the next best thing is to make your window A/C smart by adding a smart plug.
With a smart plug, you use the smart air conditioner control app to turn on and off any air conditioner in the house or apartment. You can turn the AC on our way to home from work with a simple click on the app of your smart-phone!
Smart plugs are inexpensive, ranging from $15 to $30, are Wi-Fi, or Bluetooth based.
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Smart plugs work on simple principles. Firstly, plug any home appliance like a TV or a washing machine—into the smart plug. Plug the smart plug into the electrical outlet. Now, you can program and control the plug with its smart-phone app.
When you turn the smart plug off, it loses the connection with whatever device it was attached to. Overall, it works the same way as when you put on and off, the electrical plug of your home appliance.
When you plug in the smart plug, it is connected with Air-conditioner and when you remove it, the connection is gone.
The first thing you should do before purchasing a smart plug for your window A/C is to check out the power buttons. Is it a soft push button with a display, or a mechanical switch that flips into different positions for on and off?
How to install the Smart Plug with your AC?
Once you have got the right smart plug, getting everything ready
is an easy process. First of all, install your window A/C unit as usual. Plug it
into your smart plug, and that into the wall. Then download and install the air conditioner remote control app and you are all set.
You have now a smart window AC, enjoy the comfort of controlling
your AC from anywhere now, with a click of a button your phone.