Generic Thermostat with conditions

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I have a garage which is pretty expensive to heat. At the moment I use the generic thermostat with an electric radiator + a temp sensor. Is there some way to use the generic thermostat with a condition?

I have set up a binary sensor that returns true of solar is generating more than 1kW. I use this for controlling my dehumidifier amongst other things, but that’s a simple on/off via a switch. What I would like is a way to set e target temperature of say 10 degrees celsius, but only heat when solar is generating electricity.

Is that possible?

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Absolutely.

There is a HACS Scheduler-Card that you can create schedules with conditions.

Eg. Set temp/mode when away/home/solarkW…

You can use any sensor including template binary sensors, helpers, etc for conditions.

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Great! I’ll check that out immediatly. Thanks a lot!

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Sure. A simple automation could do that.

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Of course, but i would like the ui of Generic Thermostat (or similar) as well.

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You would still have it. The automation simply controls its operation based on your criteria (whether solar is generating electricity).

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You’re right @123, I was thinking about this the wrong way.

This is what I ended up with:

- id: 'solar_heating'
  mode: single
  trigger:
  - platform: state
    entity_id: binary_sensor.solar_generating_power
  action:
    - service: climate.turn_{{ trigger.to_state.state }}
      target:
        entity_id: climate.garage

edit: this is my binary sensor

    solar_generating_power:
      delay_off:
        minutes: 5
      value_template: >-
        {{ ( states.sensor.power_ac_fronius_inverter.state|float > 1000 ) }}