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Master Switch

Concept · In development

Local-first household power control

Your house.
Your rules.

One industrial red button by the front door. The starter kit is simple: one press and every connected adapter is off. This house shows the future ecosystem.

Future ecosystem conceptInteractive simulation · not a live installation

BEDROOMOFFICELIVINGKITCHENENTRY
Aggregate load indicator: moderate.
Ecosystem mode

Home. Normal operation. Every participating node is enabled. 12 of 12 nodes powered, drawing 4,425 watts in this simulation. Aggregate load indicator: moderate.

Node manifest

Future ecosystem concept · simulated values · Home mode · 12 of 12 powered

  • Hall light12 WEntryOn in Away
  • Router9 WEntryOn in Away
  • Refrigerator85 WKitchenOn in Away
  • Pendant lights36 WKitchenOff in Away
  • Dishwasher650 WKitchenOn in Away
  • Coffee machine1,200 WKitchenOff in Away
  • Floor lamp40 WLivingOff in Away
  • Aquarium35 WLivingOn in Away
  • Television110 WLivingOff in Away
  • Bedside lamp8 WBedroomOff in Away
  • Space heater2,000 WBedroomOff in Away
  • Workstation240 WOfficeOff in Away

01 Control

Control without the complications.

Master Switch is being designed around a physical action, not an account. One button by the front door talks directly to the nodes in your home, on your own premises. Nothing has to leave the building for the lights to go out.

Cloud · not in the loop

Master controllerLocal link · stays on your premisesNodes
  • No mandatory cloud

    Designed to keep working with the internet down, or with no internet connection at all.

  • No app required

    The button is the interface. Nobody needs a phone, a login or a tutorial to leave the house.

  • No subscription

    Hardware you own. Its core function is not planned to depend on a recurring fee.

02 Feedback

See the power.

Each participating node is planned to measure its load in real time and show it exactly where it is drawn: one ring of colour on the socket itself, changing as the load changes. Glance across a room and know what is working hard.

One socket · one indicator · four states

Energy, not faults

The ring shows how much power a node is drawing, nothing else. It is not an electrical fault, safety or protection indicator. Thresholds shown here are illustrative and will be defined during development.

03 Starter kit

Start small. Expand anywhere.

The first product is deliberately simple: one Master controller, three plug-in adapters, one button. From there it is meant to grow with the house, not replace it.

V1Starter kit · initial product directionConcept illustration · not final hardware
Aggregate load indicator: low.
Kit load

1,550W

Aggregate · Low
Adapters on

03/ 03

One press switches every connected adapter off. Press again and they are all back on.

03 / 15 adapters

  • Kit 01Coffee machine1,200 W
  • Kit 02Television110 W
  • Kit 03Workstation240 W

V1 has no modes and no per-outlet settings: every adapter switches together. Anything that must stay powered, such as a refrigerator, an aquarium or the router, simply stays on an ordinary outlet, without an adapter.

Illustrative build with example appliances and wattages. Each ring shows that one appliance's simulated draw. The light on the Master controller summarises consumption across all powered adapters on its own, wider scale; that power is drawn at the outlets, not through the controller, which only coordinates them.

  • 1 ×

    Master controller

    The red button by the front door.

  • 3 ×

    Schuko energy-monitoring adapters

    Switch, measure and indicate, right at the socket.

  • +

    Additional adapters

    Compatible nodes, added one socket at a time.

  1. V1 · Initial product direction

    Starter kit

    One Master controller and three plug-in Schuko adapters. One press switches every connected adapter off; the next switches them all back on.

  2. V1 · Expansion

    More adapters

    Further compatible adapters join the same controller. The same single button, the same simple on and off.

  3. V2 · Future product direction

    Control what stays on

    Selective AWAY behaviour, a KILL command, and V2 adapters and integrated wall outlets with local configuration. Exploratory: not built or validated.

    See the concept

04 Future direction

Beyond the switch.

Control what stays on.

The starter kit switches everything together. A possible second generation would let each node decide for itself what happens when the house goes to Away, and add Kill: the one command no setting can override.

V2Future ecosystem conceptExploratory · not built or validated

V2 in-wall outlet

Refrigerator

85 W

Away · stays on

A built-in socket with the same local Away logic and a discreet control in the faceplate: the permanent, integrated direction.

V2 adapter

Coffee machine

1,200 W

Away · switches off

A plug-in Schuko adapter with power measurement, the RGB ring, and a small Away switch on the device itself.

Flip the Away switch on each device, then change the mode.

Ecosystem mode

The same mode as the house at the top of the page.

Demo load

1,285W

Nodes on

02/ 02

Home. Both nodes are enabled.

Future concept: local Away configuration on adapters and integrated outlets is under exploration. Neither device has been prototyped or validated, and these drawings do not show a final design. An app could offer a second way to manage the system, but core control would not depend on a cloud connection.

Aggregate load indicator: low.

Master Switch.Your house.
Your rules.