I bought the IKEA Inspelning E2206 outlet with energy monitoring. I'm using it for the washing machine and I'd like to create a rule that if it doesn't consume much energy for 15 minutes it would automatically power off. Meaning once the washing cycle has completed it would cut power.
Is it possible?
What are you wanting to achieve by turning it off? A reduction in power consumption? Have you observed the power usage when the washing machine is not in use? I know when I looked at a few of my appliances with a similar concept of turning off devices in standby or trickling power overnight or while I was away from home, the pay-off was minimal. Not to say that would not be the case for your scenario, just wanting to make sure you have done the sums.... Easy for many of us to get caught up in the excitement of automating everything 
You may be interested in Better Laundry Monitor for this and other uses, if you are not using it already.
This was my first thought as well.
This is definitely possible with Hubitat, but I also have to ask, why?
Thanks, I'll try that.
As in for why... Well paranoia is the short answer and the long answer is I've had a washing machine catching fire while on standby. If I close my eyes I can still smell the fierce magic black smoke violently hitting the nostrils.
Yep.... Fair enough.... My trickle of 2-3kW... not a worry... Fire... that's a fair an reasonable concern... 
But I would question whether there is something else at play, like some electrical fault beyond the appliance...
Maybe you need an EcoWitt system with an air quality sensor.... Too obvious a plug...?
@ME_IOT Only use an appliance rated outlet to do this. A zooz zen15 comes to mind.
Yes it is possible but makes near zero sense for power reduction.
However it may create a lot of inconvenience for normal operations.
This advice is good to follow especially if you are concerned about safety and smelling that awful smell again...in your shoes w/your concerns I'd use a plug rated for appliances.
I agree with these sentiments... If you're going to do this, the Zen15 is only plug I would ever consider.
Using a non-appliance rated plug is just trading one fire risk for another, and I'd contend the non-rated plug fire risk is way more probable/realistic than the WM spontaneously combusting.
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Those have some decent specs.
It would suck if the rule somehow turned off the washer mid-cycle.
Might be easier to just have a rule run every day to ensure it's turned off at a time you'd definitely be finished using it. 
Yes, that would be suboptimal. I'd immagine that during the wash cycle the power consumption could drop significantly, but only for brief moments. To avoid triggering turn off mid-cycle I wonder if the countdown would automatically restart once the power consumption increase?
Delayed OFF with reasonably long timeout should be a solution for this potential problem.
You have to turn the outlet on when you want to use the washing machine. Have a rule that runs, say, 2 hours after enabling the plug. If the power is low then turn off the outlet. If it is still high, check again in 30 minutes.
Edit: Or kick off the 2 hour wait when the outlet power spikes high instead of on enabling the outlet.
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