Configuration mod to send command just once (AC off)

Configuration
1

I’ve automated my (dumb, IR remote controlled) AC to turn on in cooling mode at a specific high room temperature, in dehumidification at a specific humidity and in heating mode at a specific low temperature.
Other automations turn the AC off when their set points are reached.
I’m using a WiFi to IR bridge to do that.
My problem is that the AC-off automation seems to tell the AC every 5 to 20 minutes to turn off when it is already off. It just makes a beep every time that happens.
It’s standard remote has an on-off button, so the automations don’t mimic that exactly (you can’t turn it off twice with the remote, it just turns it back on, of course).
So how can I write the automation to only execute the “off” command just once?
Here is my yaml to switch off from cooling.:

alias: AC off
description: ""
triggers:
  - trigger: state
    entity_id: sensor.lounge_t_h_temperature
conditions:
  - condition: numeric_state
    entity_id: sensor.lounge_t_h_temperature
    below: 25
actions:
  - action: scene.turn_on
    target:
      area_id: living_room
      entity_id: scene.aircon_off
    data: {}
mode: single

The “entity_id: scene.aircon_off” is a Tuya “scene” for the IR bridge…
Cheers,
Joe

2

I think using an additional condition, only allowing the automation to run if the AC is running AND the temperature is <25, would work.

3

Thanks. That makes sense!
Like this?

alias: AC off
description: ""
triggers:
  - trigger: state
    entity_id: sensor.lounge_t_h_temperature
conditions:
  - condition: numeric_state
    entity_id: sensor.lounge_t_h_temperature
    below: 25
  - condition: state
    entity_id: automation.ac_turn_on
    state: "on"
actions:
  - action: scene.turn_on
    target:
      entity_id: scene.aircon_off
    data: {}
mode: single
4

It’s still beeping when it’s off. I’m guessing that it’s being sent the “off” signal each time.
How would HA “know” that the current state was “off”? There is nothing I can see that would be able to give that feedback.

5

I intend to put a current clamp and WiFi power meter on the AC circuit in the future.
After that, I could put a condition in this yaml to check if there is a certain current being drawn by the AC, and only issue the off command if there is…?