Best way to automate 3 switches depending on sensor data

[sabo]

Hi. I eventually managed to get the data from my inverter and when I am exporting power to the grid switch on/off three heaters to use the solar production. However it’s not the most elegant solution and doesn’t quite work the way I would like it to and I can’t seem to get it to do what I want using the automation GUI. So just asking the brains trust here what you think would be the best way to go about it.

Scenario is:
When exporting to grid >1000 turn on switch1 (1000w) heater
when exporting to grid another 1000 (total available solar production = 2000) turn off switch 1, turn on switch 2 (2000w heater)
when exporting another 1000 turn switch 1 on again (solar production 3000w)
another 1000. switch 1 off, switch 3 on (2000w heater) (solar production 4000w)
finally, another 1000 and switch 1 on (solar production 5000w)

and turn them off in the reverse order.

I’ve got it kinda working except for the bit when export is between 1000 and 2000
automation.yaml below

- id: '1627917436517'
  alias: bedroom heater
  description: ''
  trigger:
  - platform: numeric_state
    entity_id: sensor.fronius_grid_export
    id: exporting
    above: '1000'
  action:
  - service: switch.turn_on
    target:
      device_id: 037cf4f9ac9daa817db6d2a7e499b43f
  mode: single
- id: '1627979956806'
  alias: bedroom heater off
  description: ''
  trigger:
  - platform: numeric_state
    entity_id: sensor.fronius_grid_export
    below: '1'
    id: not exportin enough
  condition:
  - condition: numeric_state
    entity_id: sensor.fronius_grid_use
    above: '1'
  action:
  - service: switch.turn_off
    target:
      device_id: 037cf4f9ac9daa817db6d2a7e499b43f
  mode: single
- id: '1627982634622'
  alias: living1 heater
  description: ''
  trigger:
  - platform: numeric_state
    entity_id: sensor.fronius_grid_export
    above: '2000'
  condition:
  - condition: device
    type: is_on
    device_id: 037cf4f9ac9daa817db6d2a7e499b43f
    entity_id: switch.bedroom
    domain: switch
  action:
  - service: switch.turn_on
    target:
      device_id: bca5e632d266af95a3d53a24d7c7b5a8
  mode: single
- id: '1627985120953'
  alias: living2 heater
  description: ''
  trigger:
  - platform: numeric_state
    entity_id: sensor.fronius_grid_export
    above: '2000'
  condition:
  - condition: device
    type: is_on
    device_id: bca5e632d266af95a3d53a24d7c7b5a8
    entity_id: switch.living_1
    domain: switch
  action:
  - service: switch.turn_on
    target:
      device_id: db623dcf0042a1d11ff64baaaf16ae4f
  mode: single
- id: '1627986966020'
  alias: living1 heater off
  description: ''
  trigger:
  - platform: numeric_state
    entity_id: sensor.fronius_grid_export
    below: '1'
  condition:
  - condition: numeric_state
    entity_id: sensor.fronius_grid_export
    below: '1'
  action:
  - service: switch.turn_off
    target:
      device_id: bca5e632d266af95a3d53a24d7c7b5a8
  mode: single
- id: '1627987108667'
  alias: living2 off
  description: ''
  trigger:
  - platform: numeric_state
    entity_id: sensor.fronius_grid_export
    below: '1'
  condition: []
  action:
  - service: switch.turn_off
    target:
      device_id:
      - db623dcf0042a1d11ff64baaaf16ae4f
  mode: single
'''
As you can see, not the most elegant and i'm sure there is a better way, but I am not sure if it should be by scripts, templates, if else esleif or what. Any advice most welcome.

[tom_l]

You already have a topic on this. Why open another one?

Turning on multiple heaters when inverter exporting to grid

Hi, during cloudy days my solar system generation is all over the place, and due to not getting any feed in tarrifs, I would rather use all of the solar I produce. So HA is all set up and I can read the sensor for grid usage, but I can’t seem to even get one switch to work when the solar export is over a certain number, let alone do what I want. The idea is, two 2000w heaters and one 1000w heater. So when export is >1000 turn on switch bedroom (1000w heater) if export is another >1000, turn of…

[sabo]

Sorry, I solved half of the initial issue, getting the sensors to work and the automation is mostly working, I thought it was enough of a different issue to post.