Integration sensor shows Wh instead of kWh

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You have to split that up. First step is to get both values to the same unit. Afterwards you can calculate with them.

One way would be like that:

sensor:
  - platform: template
    sensors:
      sensor1:
        friendly_name: production
        unit_of_measurement: Wh
        value_template: "{{ states('sensor.hauxtonenvoy_today_s_energy_production') | float * 1000 }}"
      solcast_latest_today_forecast:
        friendly_name: "Solcast Latest Today Forecast"
        unit_of_measurement: kWh
        value_template: "{{ states('sensor1') + states('sensor.solcast_forecast') }}"

or, to work with unit_prefix, something like this:

sensor:
  - platform: template
    sensors:
      sensor1:
        friendly_name: production
        unit_of_measurement: Wh
        value_template: "{{ states('sensor.hauxtonenvoy_today_s_energy_production') }}"
        unit_prefix: k
      solcast_latest_today_forecast:
        friendly_name: "Solcast Latest Today Forecast"
        unit_of_measurement: kWh
        value_template: "{{ states('sensor1') + states('sensor.solcast_forecast') }}"

Both not tested and written on-the-fly, you should name the sensor correctly and use it as an example, not a copy&paste code, please. :slight_smile: I haven’t used unit_prefix myself, but should work, as the documentation states. :slight_smile:

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Thanx @paddy0174

I had a further play last night and managed to get the Wh in to kWh so that was one step forward. I created a separate .yaml fine for the conversion and addition of both kWh values. Still not quite there yet as the ‘sensor.solcast_latest_today_forecast’ is just displaying the two kWh values side by side…maybe something to do with using a template…?

Example:
Value #1: 6.52
Value #2: 12.50
sensor.solcast_latest_today_forecast output: 6.5212.50

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Yes, the errors are the points where you can learn from.

I was struggling with the sensors too cause they did not seem to work. They only showed 0,00 and I could not believe that after an hour suddenly the energy show 0,01 or 10 Wh burned cause the couch meters only a lamp and an echo show

The example is rounding to early with round 2. Round 4 would be better for newbies to see that their code was right cause it took over an 1hour till I saw a change and result.
I had already struggled a lot till I found out how to get my sensor right “integrated” and here s a list of trial and errors cause I came across this thread due to my google search for “platform integration wh” in the hope to find a code that would.

Here is a list of trials but the first one is the right one. I had started to try with a “direct” access to the tuya plug with source: switch.couch.current_consumption"
And the then I went the attribute way and so on till I found that I simpy had to use my power sensor which I had created before for the Lovelace card to show the W graphs not the Wh which is the area below that graph, therefore the Riemann integration.

    source:      sensor.power_couch
    round:       3
    # source:    "{{ state_attr ('switch.couch', 'current_consumption') }}"
    # source:    sensor.switch.couch.current_consumption
    # source:    state_attr ('switch.couch', 'current_consumption')
    # source:    sensor.switch.couch
    # source:    state_attr ('switch.couch', 'current_consumption')
    # source:    switch.couch.current_consumption

But how can I structure my code better cause every sensor now needs its own
“- platform integration” line - I tried to work like in the template section and added sensors: but that brought an error. I have a dozen of these plugs and that looks ugly

sensor: 
  - platform:    integration
    name:        energy_spent_buero 
    source:      sensor.power_buero
    round:       3

  - platform:    integration
    name:        energy_spent_couch
    source:      sensor.power_couch
    round:       3

  - platform:    integration
    name:        energy_spent_kuehlung
    source:      sensor.power_kuehlung
    round:       3

Thanks a lot !

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You’ll have to deal with the uglyness. Those lines are required and there’s no way to condense the info.

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OK, thanks - I had thought I am missing something and I can live with that.
I had thought that the platform lines can be reduced like in sensors / template section and that I was missing something.

Thanks again for the fast response.

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A post was split to a new topic: Shed door template sensor help

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You are in a wrong sport I guess cause this is about energy consumption Wh and kWh , not about open door sensors or temperature.

And a screenshot is crap compared to code - all that code before and after is missing.

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Wrong sport my bad didn’t know we were playing sports here.

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Now you have find the right spot or sport to find the help needed ! :grinning:

I hope it will be solved soon.