Managing electricity usage for an appliance

An apparatus comprising:

• at least one processor associated with a connector arrangement for interconnecting an appliance with a power supply;
• and
• a computer readable storage medium having computer readable program code embodied therewith and executable by the at least one processor, the computer readable program code comprising:
• computer readable program code configured to identify, with respect to the appliance connected to the power supply, at least one of:
• an appliance category, a current operating state of the appliance, and a current standby state of the appliance;
• and
• computer readable program code configured to, in response to the identifying of the at least one of:
• an appliance category, an appliance operating state and an appliance standby state:
• detect at least one of:
• anomalous appliance behavior and deficient power quality;
• and
• undertake a control action relative to the detection of the at least one of:
• anomalous appliance behavior and deficient power quality.

A computer program product comprising:

• a computer readable storage medium having computer readable program code embodied therewith, the computer readable program code comprising:
• computer readable program code configured to identify, with respect to an appliance connected to a power supply, at least one of:
• an appliance category, a current operating state of the appliance, and a current standby state of the appliance;
• and
• computer readable program code configured to, in response to the identifying of the at least one of:
• an appliance category, an appliance operating state and an appliance standby state:
• detect at least one of:
• anomalous appliance behavior and deficient power quality;
• and
• undertake a control action relative to the detection of the at least one of:
• anomalous appliance behavior and deficient power quality.

A method comprising:

• prior to an initial period of operation of an appliance, storing in memory a first set of characteristics of the appliance;
• during an initial period of operation of the appliance, learning a second set of characteristics of the appliance;
• during subsequent operation of the appliance:
• detecting an adverse operating condition of the appliance;
• and
• based on the first set of characteristics, the second set of characteristics and the detected adverse operating condition, determining a corrective action to be taken with regard to the appliance, the corrective action comprising at least one of:
• switching off the appliance and warning a user of the detected adverse operating condition.