Outlet Boost equivalent

I’d like a button on my dashboard to switch on a radiator (plugged into an IKEA outlet) for a set period of time (30 mins, 1 hour, etc), much like an immersion / water heater Boost button. Any tips on how to go about this?

Depends on what you want to do. E.g. you could create 2 helpers, an input_boolean and an input_number and use them in an automation like this:


  trigger:

  - platform: state
    entity_id: input_boolean.booster 
    from: 'off'
    to: 'on'

  condition:
  - condition: state
    entity_id: your Ikea plug
    state: 'off'

  action:

  - service: homeassistant.turn_on
    target:
      entity_id: your Ikea plug

  - delay: 
      minutes: "{{ states('input_number.booster') |int(30) }}" ## will survive reloads and restarts

  - service: homeassistant.turn_off
    target:
      entity_id: 
      - your Ikea plug
      - input_boolean.booster 

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