Delay telegram message but only if still needed

Configuration
1

The automation below tells me if a smartplug is using more than 275 Watts.

I am trying to avoid that i will get Telegram messages all the time.

I am trying to build in a delay. So i would like a Telegram after the first 5 minutes and after that after every hour the smart plug is still using more than 275 watts. At the moment i will get the Telegram after a hour even if the watts are below 275 after 10 minutes.

If i don’t use a delay i will get a Telegram constantly as long as the plug uses more than 275 watts.

alias: Zolder - Verbruik hoger dan 275 Watt (standaard verbruik)
description: ""
trigger:
  - type: power
    platform: device
    device_id: a03bad515956885c71b8a35fc09756fb
    entity_id: sensor.zolder_smartplug_active_power_3
    domain: sensor
    above: 275
    for:
      hours: 0
      minutes: 5
      seconds: 0
condition: []
action:
  - repeat:
      until:
        - type: is_power
          condition: device
          device_id: a03bad515956885c71b8a35fc09756fb
          entity_id: sensor.zolder_smartplug_active_power_3
          domain: sensor
          below: 275
      sequence:
        - delay: "01:00:00"
        - service: notify.telegram_bericht_nick
          data:
            title: "!!!!!ZOLDER verbruik hoger dan 275 Watt!!!!!"
            message: Servers of WIN11CLT01 aanlaten staan?
mode: single
trace:
  stored_traces: 50
2

Put the delay after the notification, but be advised that long-running automations such as this is often not preferred, since a reload (if this automation was modified) or restart (of HA) could interrupt it.

3

The help here often makes so much sense, but also often not sure how to do that.

Could you show me how?

4

Do you have a better way to do it?

5 
        - service: notify.telegram_bericht_nick
          data:
            title: "!!!!!ZOLDER verbruik hoger dan 275 Watt!!!!!"
            message: Servers of WIN11CLT01 aanlaten staan?
        - delay: "01:00:00"
6

Think I would use an alert for this rather than such a long delay. If your happy using a long delay then you could place a condition under your above delay to check the watts before sending the message.

7

Okee it looked at an Alert and that sounds like a better option. But how do i change it from an on/off script to above x watts ?

# Example configuration.yaml entry
alert:
  garage_door:
    name: Garage is open
    entity_id: input_boolean.garage_door
    state: "on"   # Optional, 'on' is the default value
    repeat:
      - 15
      - 30
      - 60
    can_acknowledge: true  # Optional, default is true
    skip_first: true  # Optional, false is the default
    notifiers:
      - ryans_phone
      - kristens_phone
8

You can create a template binary sensor as described in the documentation I linked to:

OR
You could create a threshold sensor that would achieve the same results: