hi new to home assistant and getting hooked already. after some tips to solve the following, i have a solar panel connected to a victron controller with an esp32 for home assistant to read the data ive got that working ok i would like a battery charger to take over and switch on between 2 set batte…

Yes, but being new sometimes a simpler automation that does one thing might be a better starting point. [image] The Home Assistant Cookbook - Index Community Guides A collection of posts on how to perform common tasks and deal with common problems. This Guide …

thanks for the reply i think it might be best with 2 as you say untill i get the hang of things

Those two numeric_state triggers need the value to actually cross the line while the automation is loaded. If Home Assistant restarts while the battery is already sitting at 10.8 V, the “below 11” trigger has nothing to cross, so the charger never comes on. What I ended up doing instead, on three de…

Another way than timed polling is to trigger at home assistant start and have the voltage as condition (as well as a second trigger with the voltage).

That is simpler and it does cover the restart case. The one it still misses is a reload: I changed a threshold on one of mine yesterday and used automation.reload instead of restarting, and a homeassistant start trigger would not have fired there. Small thing, but that is the exact moment you have j…

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Yes, but being new sometimes a simpler automation that does one thing might be a better starting point.