# Starting cooker hood when hob is on? **URL:** \ **Category:** Questions & Help\ **Created:** [June 20, 2019, 9:13am UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/starting-cooker-hood-when-hob-is-on/14604 "2019-06-20T09:13:49Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![vaderag](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/vaderag/32/150_2.png) [@vaderag](https://community.homey.app/u/vaderag)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2019, 9:13am UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/starting-cooker-hood-when-hob-is-on/14604/1 "2019-06-20T09:13:49Z")
I see that some companies are starting to come out with ‘connected’ hobs and hoods, but none seem to be in the style that i need (integrated hood) I’m wondering if anyone has found a way to connect these? In principle i feel you could use a a power measurement plug and a switch on the hood, but problem seems to be that induction hobs pull far more power than these things are rated to? Thoughts? ---
**Author:** ![robertklep](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/robertklep/32/160628_2.png) [@robertklep](https://community.homey.app/u/robertklep)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2019, 11:03am UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/starting-cooker-hood-when-hob-is-on/14604/2 "2019-06-20T11:03:17Z")
Not sure if it exists as a ready-to-go product, but there are cheap clamp meters (like [this one](https://www.aliexpress.com/item/32955367740.html)) that can measure currents up to 100A. You’d need to add additional hardware like an ESP8266 running Homeyduino or something similar, though, so it’s far from being an out-of-the-box product. ---
**Author:** ![vaderag](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/vaderag/32/150_2.png) [@vaderag](https://community.homey.app/u/vaderag)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2019, 11:20am UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/starting-cooker-hood-when-hob-is-on/14604/3 "2019-06-20T11:20:21Z")
Hmm - that’s a good idea. Is there a guide somewhere for the homeyduino side of things? ---
**Author:** ![robertklep](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/robertklep/32/160628_2.png) [@robertklep](https://community.homey.app/u/robertklep)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2019, 11:53am UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/starting-cooker-hood-when-hob-is-on/14604/4 "2019-06-20T11:53:39Z")
> **[athombv/com.athom.homeyduino](https://github.com/athombv/com.athom.homeyduino)** > > Homeyduino is an Homey app which allows you to easily connect your own Arduino projects to homey - athombv/com.athom.homeyduino It does require some programming though 😅 ---
**Author:** ![vaderag](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/vaderag/32/150_2.png) [@vaderag](https://community.homey.app/u/vaderag)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2019, 12:20pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/starting-cooker-hood-when-hob-is-on/14604/5 "2019-06-20T12:20:05Z")
Oh dear. Well, sounds like a project for when i have more time perhaps!! I guess for now the long story short is that i _could_ get this working, so don’t need to worry too much about getting (or not) one of the pre-connected things If anyone else knows an off the shelf solution i’d love to hear!! ---
**Author:** ![Jamie](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/jamie/32/5274_2.png) [@Jamie](https://community.homey.app/u/Jamie)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2019, 5:13pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/starting-cooker-hood-when-hob-is-on/14604/6 "2019-06-20T17:13:48Z")
When it comes to software, technically _anything_ is possible, and you _could_ do it. But generally either time, effort of cost will make it not worth it. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![vaderag](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/vaderag/32/150_2.png) [@vaderag](https://community.homey.app/u/vaderag)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2019, 11:47am UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/starting-cooker-hood-when-hob-is-on/14604/7 "2019-09-27T11:47:07Z")
So, my hob now purchased is 32A… is there anything that can be added inline or is a power clamp of some sort the only way? I’ve seen 16A Sonoff i think for example but cant find anything 32A rated