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		mattdotc on March 26, 2015 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: How I taught my dog to text me selfies That's a pretty decent idea for a project, but I would have instead hooked into the buzzer signal. The author over-complicated his solution, but that doesn't make it invalid.

cdcarter on March 26, 2015 [–]

My landlord wouldn't love me very much if I started taking apart my dryer to hook a mysterious wired object to the buzzer...

djeikyb on March 27, 2015 | [–]

i thought the same thing until i read the actual instructions:

http://www.instructables.com/id/Washer-Dryer-Laundry-Alarm-u...

it uses an accelerometer to detect the motion of the washer. no need to dissect your large home applicances!

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