{"id":2236,"date":"2022-09-19T21:47:46","date_gmt":"2022-09-20T01:47:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sense.com\/consumer-blog\/three-ways-the-sense-app-keeps-your-home-safe\/"},"modified":"2024-10-23T10:14:07","modified_gmt":"2024-10-23T14:14:07","slug":"three-ways-the-sense-app-keeps-your-home-safe","status":"publish","type":"consumer-blog","link":"https:\/\/sense.com\/consumer-blog\/three-ways-the-sense-app-keeps-your-home-safe\/","title":{"rendered":"Three Ways the Sense Home App Keeps Your Home Safe"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Sense Home app can help you track down energy wasters in your home and save money on your electricity bill. But did you know it can also help keep your home safer? Here are three ways the Sense Home app reduces risks in your home.<\/p>\n

Sense alerts you to dangers<\/strong><\/p>\n

How many times have you left the house and wondered \u201cDid I unplug the curling iron?\u201d Or did I turn off a clothes iron or leave the space heater running? Sense can be the memory aid you need.<\/p>\n

In the Sense Home app, you can select a device you want to track, choose the gear icon, and select the Manage tab. You can add basic notifications (Alert me when the device turns on\/off) and custom notifications like \u201cAlert me if my iron is on for 30 minutes.\u201d The alert will pop up in your Sense Home app to remind you. You can\u2019t control devices from the Sense Home app, but Sense integrations<\/a> with smart plugs give you that added level of control if you want it.<\/p>\n

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There\u2019s another simple way to check on your home. In the Sense Home app, look at the Power Meter view. A hot device like a toaster or space heater typically runs at more than 1000 watts. If you know your typical home energy usage, you can see that 1000 watt spike and know when the device turned on or off.<\/p>\n

A quick check in the app saved one Sense user who left a kiln turned on while he was on vacation. Another customer noticed a spike in usage in the Sense Home app and discovered that a freezer’s compressor<\/a> had overloaded, heating up the electrical cord. The freezer’s contents were saved and a potential home fire avoided.<\/p>\n

Sense tells you what\u2019s on and off<\/strong><\/p>\n

Unless you have the skills of a builder, electrician, plumber and air conditioning specialist, there\u2019s a good chance that your home\u2019s internal operations are a bit of a mystery to you. Even more mysterious are devices that keep your home running but are hidden inside the walls or underground in your yard.<\/p>\n

Sense can uncover some of those mysteries by tracking the electrical operation of your home. A good example is sump pumps, well pumps and septic pumps. All three of these pumps are essential to keeping your home in good working order, and if they break down you could end up with flooding into your home or no water in the taps.<\/p>\n

Sense does a great job picking up on pumps that turn on and off regularly. By checking the Sense Home app, you can see how often a pump is running and notice any changes that could turn into messy, expensive disasters. You can also set a notification like this one: \u201cAlert me if my sump pump is off for 30 days.\u201d<\/p>\n

A Sense customer in Canada used the Sense Home app to keep his well pump and septic pump <\/a>running smoothly. It told him about the operation of pumps that were hidden beneath snow and earth. Another Sense customer saved himself<\/a> a $200 water bill when he discovered a pump running too often.<\/PSense shares data about electrical issues<\/strong><\/p>\n

At Sense, we\u2019re always looking for ways to make peoples\u2019 homes work better. The Sense Labs Power Quality project measures the electricity coming into your home from the grid and identifies fluctuations in voltages outside of a normal range.<\/p>\n

You can find the Power Quality project in the Labs on your Sense Home app. It will tell you if your electricity is experiencing dips and spikes that are outside your home\u2019s normal range and shows a comparison of your power quality to other Sense users.<\/p>\n

There are many reasons for widely varying power quality, including stresses on local grids by nearby large businesses. But power quality issues can also indicate an issue with the power feed from the utility to your home or the wiring inside the home. If you\u2019re also seeing flickering lights, for instance, you may have an electrical issue to address.
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\nAbove: Power Quality graph from Sense Labs depicting a home with consistent power quality<\/em><\/p>\n

Understanding how your home works can keep it running reliably and safely. Those insights can give you peace of mind and might even prevent costly messes.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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