Thank you for this automation, @Blacky. Very useful for our washing machine and tumble dryer.
I initially had trouble getting it working due to misreading the description of the triggering power sensor.
Version 3.9 describes the trigger sensor as follows; “Please enter the power sensor entity that measures the live current draw of the appliance.” And being electrically challenged, I chose the smart plug’s current draw (amps), not power draw (watts.) The automation refused to run, leaving me scratching my head with a wrench until I realised my error and swithced over to the device power.
I’ve forked the source gist and made some suggested verbiage changes that should help safeguard against this user confusion in the future. Zero changes to the logic or config.
I have a question regarding the service cycle: Once it has been reached and I get the additional line in my notification, should the value automatically be reset to 0 again? I noticed it will always send the notification and the counter is not reset, but I am not sure it should happen automatically or if a manual reset is required by design. Perhaps somebody could tell me if this is by design or not? Thanks!
thank you for all your automations they are great.
I have a question about using this automation with my dishwasher.
The “ECO” program has a runtime of approx 235 mins and it has a period of passive drying which can run over 120mins. During this time the wattage reading from my smart plug shows 0W.
You will need to manually reset it when you do the service… similar like a service light in your car, once you service it you then reset the light to OFF.
You need to look at the pattern of your power sensor and then work out a way that works best. You may need to use the Repeat Count or a longer End - Power Time Delay or maybe both.
Understandable
I use this awesome blueprint (thanks!) for washer, dryer, dishwasher, shoe dryer, 3dprinter and phev. But as sone as the notification with usage and cost is read its gone in space, it would be cool if it could be saved in a helper/entity/list/db. The high score would probably be an automation reading the helper/entity.
I need to make a gameafication at home to use all machines smarter by the family
First of all I really love this blueprint - it’s super neat and works really well!
Was just wondering if there were any plans to add support for Home Assistant notifications (not just devices themselves) - I use Pushbullet and Supernotify and this would be useful.
Max.
EDIT: Just saw Custom Actions (somehow I missed it!), will give those a go