One Metric to Rule Them All: Making a Dumb Stove Fan Smart with Only Watts

Who needs smart fans when you have smart plugs? A Smart Home Shortcut with Just One Metric Our kitchen stove fan isn’t smart. It has physical buttons - one for the light, one for the fan, some for timers we never use. No Wi-Fi, no app, no voice control. Just a single power cord. But what if we could make it smart - not by replacing it, but by watching how much power it draws? ...

July 11, 2025 · 4 min · Michael Bisbjerg