Energy Source Question

Configuration Frontend
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Since I am still not very experienced with electricity, I have a question.
I am starting to configure the energy dashboard and have a meter that measures all the energy used in the house. My problem is that I still don’t know what to put as a source.
The device that measures consumption has created two sensors.
the first is called
“sensor.potenza_attiva_prelevata_istantanea” and has the following attributes:

state_class: measurement
unit_of_measurement: W
device_class: power
friendly_name: Potenza Attiva Prelevata Istantanea

The second is called “sensor.potenza_istantanea_energy” and has the following attributes:

state_class: total_increasing
source: sensor.potenza_attiva_prelevata_istante
unit_of_measurement: kWh
device_class: energy
icon: mdi:lightning-bolt
friendly_name: Potenza Istantanea energy.

Which of the two should I put as a source in the “energy-source” card?

2

When you try, you’ll see it will only accept the second, unit kWh.

3

My doubt is coming from the fact i can as source put both sensors…
Strange, but true…

4

That should not happen according to this:

Also many people here wrongly expect power sensors to show up when they don’t and ask questions here about that. Are you sure it isn’t another similarly named entity?

5

Ok, i will check and try to find a solution…

6

Just put in the right one :slight_smile: Takes an hour or so to show data.

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