A vast majority of household appliances consume a large amount of power and energy. In Malaysia, on average, 20 to 30 electrical household appliances are used in homes. In this modern era, people utilize household appliances with new technologies. Around 40% of Malaysia’s buildings’ energy is divided into commercial buildings and residential buildings. Statistically, residential sectors consume up to 48% of the energy globally. In Malaysia, electricity has the highest demand as it is expected to increase gradually in years to come, in line with the expansion of urbanization, rapid industrialization, and the growing population of the country. Results show that the proposed system provides 0.6% current errors for the hairdryer appliance, whereas the existing Power Monitoring and Switching (PMAS) system provides 7.8% current errors. This study provides users with an easy system to monitor and control household appliances’ power consumption using mobile applications. A mobile application (Virtuino) also accesses the data to visualize it through the graphical and numerical display. The data is recorded in cloud storage using Thing-speak. WiFi module ESP8266 is not included in the design because it is not provided in the system. The components are selected from the software library, and the simulation results are found the same as the prototype. The prototype of the proposed system is designed and developed considering Arduino UNO, a liquid crystal display (LCD), an ACS712 current sensor module, relays, and AC sources. The application’s significance is to monitor household appliances’ electricity usage using hardware and the Internet of Things (IoT) methods. Therefore, this study proposes a smart monitoring and control system (SMACS) for household appliances. However, the existing PMAS method’s error ratio is higher and does not allow for a remote monitoring system. To strengthen home electricity control, the existing systems have been examined over the years. In everyday life, electricity is necessary, and proper use is critical.

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