Poll a sensor every 5 seconds

[businesscat (nunya bidness)]

Here is a beautiful blueprint that will allow you to do something after any appliance finishes. It has many ui configurable values to fine tune it to every appliance and application. This will be very helpful to anyone reading this post in the future.

Notify or do something when an appliance like a dishwasher or washing machine finishes

Github Gist: https://gist.github.com/sbyx/6d8344d3575c9865657ac51915684696 Explanation This one is pretty simple. It triggers a set of user defined actions when some appliance like a dishwasher or washing machine has finished after running. It uses a power sensor to detect finishing. First we check that the thing has been started, i.e. crossing a certain power threshold for a given time. This is necessary so the action is not triggered at startup or after reloading automations. Then we detect …