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The original was posted on /r/homeassistant by /u/apathetic_admin on 2025-07-28 02:41:29+00:00.
After years of living in this house, and having three boys, I finally got around to installing a dishwasher. I was so proud, I pulled a cabinet out and shifted some others down to make room, got it plumbed and plugged it into the outlet under the sink, forgetting that it's only powered when the light switch is on for the garbage disposal; so, I put my garbage disposal on a zigbee smart plug. It's been working great, until two weeks ago, when the power went out overnight. The linemen must have had some difficulty getting power restored, it flashed on and off 5-6 times in the span of 10 seconds, which put all the zigbee plugs around the house into pairing mode. When they go into pairing mode, they power their load on and off a couple of times. I'd just got the kids to go back to bed, they were freaked out by the power outage, so the garbage disposal turning itself on and off a few times right as they were falling back asleep sealed my fate to be awake with them for most of the rest of the night.
So...don't be like me. I just wanted to share my story, I'm sure others will find it as humorous as I (now) do. And no, I still haven't run a dedicated circuit for the garbage disposal.