Energy Dashboard - add "other" devices for monitored devices

Feature Requests
1

Hello,

I got most of my powerhungry device-groups monitored and available in the energy dashboard. What i would like is another “virtual” device called “other” devices. It should show the calculation of the total net power consumed, minus all the monitored devices.

I’m hoping it isn’t too big of a change and more people would like to see this added functionality :slightly_smiling_face:

2

So a template sensor that subtracts your devices energy from the total?

3

I’ve thought about that, but it would mean making a lot of utility_meter helpers to aggregate the daily usage which seems to be a very clumsy and inefficient way to get this done. I might do that if there’s no other way, but i’m hoping it’s a really easy to implement request.

4

You only need one that tracks the daily difference reported by the template sensor.

5

Could you give me some pointers in what would be the best way to do that?

Only thing i can think about is a template sensor that subtracts all the individual devices lifetime totals from the lifetime total from my energy meter (and adding/subtracting the total returned and solar generated). One potential problem i see is as i have my power meter recently replaced it would total to a negative number. The other problem that could arise is i have come across some power meters that don’t allow a reset of the lifetime energy used. when adding such a previously used device to this system it would give a huge negative spike.

I think it would be better to calculate the daily energy used and work from that, but i don’t see a way to do that without a utility_meter helper for each individual device and power meter.

6

Would be very curious to see how I can reach the same goal.
I am still manual calculating on the top of my head what the difference is between my dEvices with a eNergy meter attached.

7

Hi,
Exact same need for me.
I only managed total lifetime values so far and created a template sensor for “others”. It works, even if some spikes appear when devices reset.
Now I have new devices, some have daily values only, then I need to update my sensor (don’t exactly know how yet).
Your request, if done, would just be perfect !
Thanks !

8

This request is mostly filled in 24.09, which gives an insight in “untracked” energy by the hour. I’m wondering why the “individual devices total usage” graph does not contain the untracked energy. It can be emulated by setting the time range to “this week”, which sets the detail usage to days as well. So it seems a bit random it does not include this value :slight_smile: