Question about switching my diesel heater on and off

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Good day, In my garage I have a diesel heater. I switch the heater on and off using s switchbot bot to push the button on the heater control panel. Which works well. However I would like to automate and have the heater switched on for 6 hours per day. But I do not really trust the stability of the switchbot bot. And if it misses a ‘switch’ then it works the other way around.

So I am trying to find a solution here. I have thought about using an INNR switch and the look at the power consumption and if there is almost no power consumption I would know the heater is switched off and the I could activate and later deactivate. But I do not see a possibility to look at power consumption on the INNR switch . And maybe there is a better solution…

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what happens with the heater when it is on and the power is turned off and back on?
if it stays off then you can turn the heater off with a smartplug and on with the switchbot.

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No that is not possible. If the power is off and you switch it on the controller wil be on but the heater will not start. I could after a 1 minute wait have the Switchbot bot turn the heater on however. The problem with this solution is that if I remove power on the heater when it is operating it will not be able to cool down and therefore overheat… But thanks for the suggestion