Problem with Helpers in Energy Dashboard

[haisnotthecloud]

I created two helpers that simply adds the sum of two sensors, but the energy dashboard is showing weird behavior. Any idea what I did wrong on the helpers? I’ll put the state code here.

Here’s the AC:
{{ (states(‘sensor.pro3em2_energy_meter_1_energy’)|float(3) + states(‘sensor.pro3em2_energy_meter_2_energy’) |float(3)) }}

Here’s the WH:
{{ (states(‘sensor.pro3em2_energy_meter_0_energy’)|float(3)) * 2 }}

[SJ20035]

How long have you waited after creating the helper and adding it to the Energy dashboard? I had a similar issue which resolved itself after several hours.

[haisnotthecloud]

Several days now. And it just did it again an hour ago.

[haisnotthecloud]

This thread looks relevant:

Set `last_reset` attribute if energy monitor reset value

Nope. That is only required for a sensor with a state_class of total_increasing. Even then it is updated automatically for you. If your sensor periodically resets the energy dashboard will take care of this for you if your sensor has the attributes: device_class: energy state_class: total_increasing As long as sensor.corridor_energy_monitor_total has those two attributes, and an appropriate unit_of_measurement (Wh or kWh), you can use it with the energy dashboard.