Help with "Charge Tesla automation"

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Can I please have a code snippet of someones charging automation?

The fact the car turns the charging switch on everytime I plug in the charger cable confuses me a bit.

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I have some automations to only charge during the day (when my solar is producing). Here’s one I use to turn off charging if I plug it in outside of those ours:

- id: tesla_plugged_in
  alias: Tesla plugged in
  description: When the tesla is plugged in at night, turn off charging
  trigger:
  - entity_id: binary_sensor.tesla_charger_sensor
    from: 'off'
    platform: state
    to: 'on'
  condition:
  - after: '16:28'
    condition: time
  action:
  - delay: 00:01:00
  - entity_id: switch.tesla_charger_switch
    service: switch.turn_off

I added the delay to be safe with it getting the charging started up. I can share other examples around this, but they are pretty straightforward.

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yes please, share!

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Here’s what I use to turn charging on and off around the times my solar is producing:

- id: turn_off_car_charging
  alias: Turn off car charging
  description: Turn off car charging in the evening
  trigger:
  - at: '16:30:00'
    platform: time
  condition:
  - condition: state
    entity_id: switch.tesla_charger_switch
    state: 'on'
  action:
  - entity_id: switch.tesla_charger_switch
    service: switch.turn_off
- id: turn_on_car_charging
  alias: Turn on car charging
  description: Turn on car charging in the morning
  trigger:
  - at: 09:00:00
    platform: time
  condition:
  - condition: state
    entity_id: binary_sensor.tesla_charger_sensor
    state: 'on'
  action:
  - entity_id: switch.tesla_charger_switch
    service: switch.turn_on
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Do you have a switch for the Tesla charger then? I integrated the Tesla wall charger but I just see sensors and binary_sensors.

Thanks!

6

You can’t control the wall charger with home assistant (or anything for that matter). You need to use the car API (assuming that you have a Tesla vehicle) to control it’s charging.

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Is there no way to use the wall connector (Gen3) APIs to start/stop charging, or to adjust charging amps?
I am charging a non-tesla, and the non-tesla has a poor API/HA integration so i am trying to use the wall connector APIs.