Sounds practical and neat—just a single time‑table for all your plugs and you’re done. Start by grouping devices with similar usage patterns—lights that go on at sunset, the coffee maker at 6 a.m., the HVAC pre‑conditioner a few minutes before you return home. Then use a single smart hub or a cloud scheduler like IFTTT or Home Assistant to set a cron‑style routine. That way you avoid juggling tabs, cut the extra “on” minutes that add up to wasted kWh, and you’ll see the savings show up on your meter in no time. Just make sure to keep an eye on the logs for a week; tweak the timing a few times to make it feel seamless before you declare it finished.

Nice plan. Just remember to test edge cases, like power outages, and keep a quick backup script handy. A tiny tweak can shave off a few watts, and you'll see the savings stack up faster than you think.

That’s exactly the level of polish you need. Keep the backup script version‑controlled, and set up a simple health check that pings the hub every few minutes. If something goes sideways, the script can trigger an alert or even roll back to a known‑good schedule. Keep it all in one folder—then you’ll know where to look when you’re troubleshooting or scaling. Happy automating!