Anyone try this out? Thoughts?
Wirecutter review specifically notes does not interface with smart hubs.
Anyone try this out? Thoughts?
Wirecutter review specifically notes does not interface with smart hubs.
This looks interesting. I am wondering "how" it communicates and if there is a monthly cost.
I also have Ting Fiber Internet service.
There is - I think around $50 per year.
State Farm was offering Ting units free to their customers a while back - I had two houses for a bit, so I got two of 'em, which are currently installed on both sides of my new house's 400A service.
They were free for the asking, and there's been no (monthly/yearly) charge since then. They interface with a phone app; I have not tried to access them with HE.
Check with your homeowner's insurance company.
Unfortunately, State Farm is not offering Ting in my state.
Available and installed in New Jersey with State Farm
Correct.
It doesn’t integrate with anything afaik, and claims to do some kind of fancy analytics to detect conditions in your house wiring to notify you of things that could be a fire risk.
And if it does, they say they’ll contact you and will even have local electricians lined up and ready to dispatch to your house.
Does it work? I have no idea.
In one year the only thing it told me was that my neighborhood experienced a brownout. That was during a heat wave so it was probably right.
If it does detect something that warrants an electrician, I don’t personally see the value in having them figure out which electrician to call. I know which electrician I’m calling if I have a problem.
I didn’t realize some insurance companies will offer a discount for using it, I guess I’ll have to double check with mine.