I am charging my solar battery with 3 different AC chargers which are switched with by one shelly plug for each charger .
I would like to create one automation to look at the available solar power and whether there is already one charger switched on and then decide whether to switch on an additional charger, switch a smaller charger off and a larger on etc.
The different charge levels are:
- PSU_1 only: 125W
- PSU_2 only: 225W
- PSU_3 only: 470W
- PSU_1 + PSU_2: 125W + 225W = 350W
- PSU_1 + PSU_3: 125W + 470W = 595W
- PSU_2 + PSU_3: 225W + 470W = 695W
- PSU_1 + PSU_2 + PSU_3: 125W + 225W + 470W = 820W
I created an automation with 7 options, but somehow only option 1 seems to become active. I also wonder if a pattern of every 5 seconds is smart vs. reacting to the state change of the sensor wo monitors the available solar power. I tried the numeric state of the sensor sensor.bkw_shelly_power, which is my solar system, but apparently the changes do not always trigger the actions.
Can someone look at this and advise how this can be improved in order to work?
My goal is to only charge when enough solar power is available.
alias: Solar - DEV - Ladeautomatik (7 Options)
description: ''
trigger:
- platform: time_pattern
seconds: '5'
condition:
- condition: state
entity_id: input_boolean.solar_ladeautomatik
state: 'on'
action:
- repeat:
until:
- condition: sun
before: sunset
sequence:
- choose:
- conditions:
- condition: numeric_state
entity_id: sensor.bkw_shelly_power
above: 250
below: 375
- condition: numeric_state
entity_id: sensor.hm1500_zuruck_zum_netz_watt
above: 130
below: 230
sequence:
- type: turn_on
device_id: 9922fec52f355949181aa87f2d40b008
entity_id: switch.steckdose_victron_4a_ladegeraet
domain: switch
- type: turn_off
device_id: 9fb87321921c3f7e1643536e5737ef34
entity_id: switch.steckdose_victron_8a_ladegerat
domain: switch
- type: turn_off
device_id: 83cc56bf1781bca5490be7b2e1fdb9cc
entity_id: switch.steckdose_victron_16a_ladegeraet
domain: switch
- conditions:
- condition: numeric_state
entity_id: sensor.bkw_shelly_power
above: 375
below: 500
- condition: numeric_state
entity_id: sensor.hm1500_zuruck_zum_netz_watt
above: 230
below: 355
sequence:
- type: turn_off
device_id: 9922fec52f355949181aa87f2d40b008
entity_id: switch.steckdose_victron_4a_ladegeraet
domain: switch
- type: turn_on
device_id: 9fb87321921c3f7e1643536e5737ef34
entity_id: switch.steckdose_victron_8a_ladegerat
domain: switch
- type: turn_off
device_id: 83cc56bf1781bca5490be7b2e1fdb9cc
entity_id: switch.steckdose_victron_16a_ladegeraet
domain: switch
- conditions:
- condition: numeric_state
entity_id: sensor.bkw_shelly_power
above: 500
below: 620
- condition: numeric_state
entity_id: sensor.hm1500_zuruck_zum_netz_watt
above: 355
below: 475
sequence:
- type: turn_on
device_id: 9922fec52f355949181aa87f2d40b008
entity_id: switch.steckdose_victron_4a_ladegeraet
domain: switch
- type: turn_on
device_id: 9fb87321921c3f7e1643536e5737ef34
entity_id: switch.steckdose_victron_8a_ladegerat
domain: switch
- type: turn_off
device_id: 83cc56bf1781bca5490be7b2e1fdb9cc
entity_id: switch.steckdose_victron_16a_ladegeraet
domain: switch
- conditions:
- condition: numeric_state
entity_id: sensor.bkw_shelly_power
above: 620
below: 745
- condition: numeric_state
entity_id: sensor.hm1500_zuruck_zum_netz_watt
above: 475
below: 600
sequence:
- type: turn_off
device_id: 9922fec52f355949181aa87f2d40b008
entity_id: switch.steckdose_victron_4a_ladegeraet
domain: switch
- type: turn_off
device_id: 9fb87321921c3f7e1643536e5737ef34
entity_id: switch.steckdose_victron_8a_ladegerat
domain: switch
- type: turn_on
device_id: 83cc56bf1781bca5490be7b2e1fdb9cc
entity_id: switch.steckdose_victron_16a_ladegeraet
domain: switch
- conditions:
- condition: numeric_state
entity_id: sensor.bkw_shelly_power
above: 745
below: 845
- condition: numeric_state
entity_id: sensor.hm1500_zuruck_zum_netz_watt
above: 600
below: 700
sequence:
- type: turn_on
device_id: 9922fec52f355949181aa87f2d40b008
entity_id: switch.steckdose_victron_4a_ladegeraet
domain: switch
- type: turn_off
device_id: 9fb87321921c3f7e1643536e5737ef34
entity_id: switch.steckdose_victron_8a_ladegerat
domain: switch
- type: turn_on
device_id: 83cc56bf1781bca5490be7b2e1fdb9cc
entity_id: switch.steckdose_victron_16a_ladegeraet
domain: switch
- conditions:
- condition: numeric_state
entity_id: sensor.bkw_shelly_power
above: 845
below: 970
- condition: numeric_state
entity_id: sensor.bkw_shelly_power
above: 700
below: 825
sequence:
- type: turn_off
device_id: 9922fec52f355949181aa87f2d40b008
entity_id: switch.steckdose_victron_4a_ladegeraet
domain: switch
- type: turn_on
device_id: 9fb87321921c3f7e1643536e5737ef34
entity_id: switch.steckdose_victron_8a_ladegerat
domain: switch
- type: turn_on
device_id: 83cc56bf1781bca5490be7b2e1fdb9cc
entity_id: switch.steckdose_victron_16a_ladegeraet
domain: switch
- conditions:
- condition: numeric_state
entity_id: sensor.bkw_shelly_power
above: 970
- condition: numeric_state
entity_id: sensor.hm1500_zuruck_zum_netz_watt
above: 825
sequence:
- type: turn_on
device_id: 9922fec52f355949181aa87f2d40b008
entity_id: switch.steckdose_victron_4a_ladegeraet
domain: switch
- type: turn_on
device_id: 9fb87321921c3f7e1643536e5737ef34
entity_id: switch.steckdose_victron_8a_ladegerat
domain: switch
- type: turn_on
device_id: 83cc56bf1781bca5490be7b2e1fdb9cc
entity_id: switch.steckdose_victron_16a_ladegeraet
domain: switch
mode: single