Power Flow Card Plus 🚀

[Deckoz2302 (Brad)]

0.0.9.5, though I see there is an update for .6 now…I tried updating but nothing changed

[prototypeuk]

I love this power flow card, Is there any way to make the Card bigger because I am casting to my Google Hub and I would like it to fill the screen?

[TommySharpNZ (Tommy)]

I’m loving this card too!
My question is how do I get the moving dots to properly indicate the amount of flow… In the screenshot below my Boiler is using 3.3w and my Car Charger is using 3.6kW… The dots move at the same speed implying they are using the same power

I have been trying to use the “use_new_flow_rate_model” but it doesn’t seem to have any impact no matter what values I use.

[flixlixlix (Luca Félix)]

The use_new_flow_rate_model will only be introduced in the next version. This was my mistake, adding this to the README.md before officially implementing it.

Your other suggestion for the individual loads will also be introduced in the next version, see feat: add option for different speeds in additional loads by flixlix · Pull Request #80 · flixlix/power-flow-card-plus · GitHub.
Then you will have three options:

1. By default, the rate will be 1.66s, no matter how much power is flowing. As long as any power is flowing, and it is above the display_zero_tolerance, it will be 1.66s.

2. Secondly, you will be able to set the speed to true to use the same flow rate model used in the rest of the card, this is either the new or old one. All other values, like max_expected_power and min_flow_rate will also be calculated accordingly.

3. Lastly, you can set your own speed, by entering a custom number. This number will represent the number of seconds a dot takes to travel from one end to another. Smaller numbers equal a faster flow.

In the near future I also want to add templating functionality to this, so that you can create your own flow rate model for individual loads, based on the state of your entity.

Sorry for the inconvenience with the README.md

[flixlixlix (Luca Félix)]

This has been requested multiple times and I am very happy to see that you want this to be your only card on your dashboard .

The issue is that this card relies heavily on svgs and so it would be extremely difficult to be able to support different sizes.

I think your best bet is GitHub - thomasloven/lovelace-card-mod: 🔹 Add CSS styles to (almost) any lovelace card. Using CSS you might be able to transform: scale(2) this card, haven’t tried it though…

[flixlixlix (Luca Félix)]

What state does your sensor.co2_signal_grid_fossil_fuel_percentage sensor have?

[fireplex]

Can secondary_info entity display strings?

I am not seeing the expected state of “Paused” as per below:

individual1:
    entity: sensor.myenergi_eddi_power_charging
    icon: mdi:shower
    name: Hot Water
    display_zero: true
    secondary_info:
      entity: sensor.myenergi_eddi_status
      display_zero: true

[QuQ (Q)]

i have 2 solar inverters can solar entity be a list?

[flixlixlix (Luca Félix)]

Unfortunately no, this would add to much complexity to a niche problem.
What you can do is create a template adding the values of both sensors:

{% set solarSensor1 = states('sensor.carnaxide_solar_power_calibrated')|float %}
{% set solarSensor2 = states('sensor.carnaxide_solar_power_calibrated')|float %}

{% if solarSensor1 is number and solarSensor2 is number %}
  {{ solarSensor1 + solarSensor2 }}
{% else %}
  unavailable
{% endif %}

This template is unavailable if any of the sensors’ state is not a number

[flixlixlix (Luca Félix)]

This feature will be released in the next version of this card. It was my mistake, I updated the README before releasing the new vesion

[QuQ (Q)]

no worries thats what i have now but some icons can have 2 values was hoping to see both value to see which ones generating how much individually

[alexbeatle]

This card is amazing! Thank you for your hard work!
When do you think the water, gas and internet consumptions can be added?

[fireplex]

@flixlixlix

This feature will be released in the next version of this card. It was my mistake, I updated the README before releasing the new vesion

Thanks, much appreciated and thanks for your work on this card.

[chabro]

Hi, thank you for this nice implementation

have problem i didn´t see home consumption - didn´t find the mistake

when i click on the bubble

thank you

edit: it seems as long as home consumption < solar production - value is shown otherwise not

[Waterbessie80 (Jacques Vorster)]

Good day All

I would like to have the “Grid entity Icon” to change on a condition (lets say “Grid voltage or Grid Frequency”), which I can get from MQTT sensor from Inverter.

Would this be possible, if so I would really appreciate a point in the right direction.

  grid:
    icon: mdi:transmission-tower-import
    name: Eskom
    entity: sensor.solar_grid_watts
    consumption: sensor.solar_day_grid_total

Thank you.

[flixlixlix (Luca Félix)]

Your Battery entities should never have a negative value, only if you are using a combined entity, like this:

entities:
  battery:
    entity: sensor.battery_power

[QuQ (Q)]

can individual be a list and the highest is used? so if i want a list of sensors like oven,hot water, aircon, irrigation pump and it will show the highest running item.

[chabro]

thank you - i changed the entity but negative value shown as battery charging instead of discharging in standard power flow card

found it - sorry for that
i combining 2 different pv systems studer-innotech based island system and huawei based grid feed with home consumption both with battery - and i made a mistake building sum entities

[luwi84 (L. Wiechers)]

Hello,
I like the new Power-Flow-Card very much. Thanks!!
And I have to tell you of a simple mistake I made when trying to test the additional bubble feature.
I configured a new bubble with
individual1:
entity: GasZ1 lw-gasusage
icon: mdi:gas-burner
color: ‘#80b8ff’
unit_of_measurement: m³
name: Gas
color_icon: true

and it didn’t show up as new bubble !??!
Finally - after some braining - it occured to me that there is no power flow at all between my PV power system and the gas energy flow. So I actually was wanting an isolated bubble.
Sorry, that I overestimated the possibilities of this beautiful card.
And I hope that nobody else does the same idiotic mistake.
Best regards
Ludwig

[luwi84 (L. Wiechers)]

Sorry,
I have to correct myself:
After getting the correct identity for my gas usage,
the new bubble shows up.
Even while the connection between Home and Gas is not correct, I like this. I don’t need an extra card for the gas info.

Best regards
Ludwig