Its Actually ideling a Lot at the end too, drying dishes I think
So these settings didnāt work?
Start - Appliance Power Setpoint = 200
Start - Power Time Delay = 1
Running - Dead Zone = 15
End - Appliance Power Setpoint = 200
End - Power Time Delay = 1
Blacky 
Im most cases it works here
you will be able to get it right.Some feedback from me today. After a few days of checking everything is going great. Many thanks for that!
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Hi, great projects!
Iām using it to monitor an electric car charging cycle and Iād like to summarise the consumption of the battery after the charging ends. This way I can be notified if the car did not charge fully. Would you consider adding the kWh consumption into the tool? This would be a very popular addition to the tool and should not be difficult to implement by using the energy sensors already on many power monitors. Thanks!
Thanks for your kind words.
How would the kWh work. If you could give me an example to better understand.
Blacky
Yes, for sure.
Here is a Shelly device which monitors my EV charger. It presents the sensor āsensor.shellyem_charger_channel_1_energyā which is the energy reading in kWh and the instantaneous power sensor (W) below it.
You could read this energy value at the start of an appliance session, then read it again at the end of the session and subtract the latter from the former. Example: 11,354.06kWh minus 11,364.06 = 10.00kWh in this session.
Some power monitoring devices do not have cumulative energy sensors so in that case the user would need to create a Riemann sum integral sensor one using a helper.
I know you can get this information in the HA energy tab. Have you explored this? You will need to add this entity into energy under energy device.
Blacky
Hi, yes I sure have! I have solar panels and imports and exports shown as well as my various household devices, but none of these show the āsession useā of energy as they only calculate for a whole day.
Developing the concept of what this improvement to your blueprint can do: say for example you had a solar battery and it was a dull day - so your available energy is limited. As appliances then complete their sessions over the course of the day you would be able to see their power demands and be more aware of when some devices unexpectedly consume more power, or appliances run automatically and consume power. Itās the possibility of getting that data/information into you had via a pop-up notification which is so exciting here!
Thatās what makes having the energy consumption per session shown by this blueprint so attractive.
O okay, another one of the community ask for this similar thing as I can see it on my list. What about cost?
Blacky
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Any chance of allowing this to be used with a vibration sensor rather than a power monitor? My dryer uses a 240v plug like my oven, and I canāt find any power monitoring plugs that work with it. I looked into CT clamp sensors, butā¦ 
I donāt have the time currently to wrap my mind around that. So I just slapped a vibration sensor on it.
Thanks for your suggestion I will put it on the list. Currently the development is focused on power.
Blacky
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Hi again, Iām 50/50 whether thatās as beneficial as just being able to see the kWh consumption to be honest but cost could be important to some people.
Itās a very simple calculation to perform if the energy calculation is reported in kWh, you just multiply the kWh valve by the price per unit. Example: 1kWh of electricity = 0.30c, then consuming 4.5kWh during an appliance session would be 1.35, etc.
I think you will like the next release. Stay tuned.
EDIT: Hope you like the update, would you be so kind to test it and let us know how it goes. Thanks.
Blacky
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FAQ - How to create a number helper
Required: We use number helpers to record the start and end kWh of your current sensor. This must be a completely independent number helper. One for the start and one for the end. Below shows you how to create a number helper and the settings.
Optional: We also use a number helper for your electricity rate, as you may use it in more than one automation. If your rate changes, you can adjust all your automatons in one location through the UI. If you are not using the cost feature then you donāt need to create this helper.
How to create a number helper:
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Go to Settings > Devices & Services > click on the āHelpersā tab / click ā+ CREATE HELPERā and select āNumberā.
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Enter in the name you would like to call your number helper and select an icon if you like.
- Change the min / max = For start and end number helpers you have to set the max to a higer value than you will ever have. I recommend setting it to 10 million (10,000,000 that is 7 zeros). If you need to set it higher then just keep adding zeros. For electricity rate see below for the settings I used.
- Display mode = I am not using it as a slider in the UI so I selected āInput fieldā.
- Step size = recommend you set it to ā0.01ā
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Your done. Now just add the number helper into your automation correct input.
Below is an example of my Electricity Rate number helper.
Electricity Rate in the UI
Enjoy
Blacky
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New Feature 
- Power Tracking Option - This feature can include power information in your end notify message, or you can choose to only update the start and end helpers for use in your custom actions. The end notify options are to receive either the total kWh used in the cycle or the total kWh used along with an estimated cost for the cycle
Maintenance 
- Update to my new layout.
- We have updated a lot of input descriptions to better help understand what they do.
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Hello, I like the look of this automation. I am using a simple one for my washer and dryer at the moment. I would like to try this, but my current dryer automation is triggered by an exhaust temp sensor i built. Your blueprint appears to look for power. Would a temperature sensor entity be compatible with your blueprint?
Love this ! thanks
An option to continue flashing or flash āxā minutes/times or Flash Until [entity pressed] would be a great addition ? thanks Blacky !