Run automation after HA starts up

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Hi.

I am fairly new to Home Assistant and my knowledge on YAML is very limited. I do just about everything in the UI. I can however follow simple yaml code fairly easily

Here is my scenario. In South Africa we struggle with load shedding and I have set automations to switch off certain lights and appliances during load shedding. I have installed a Tuya loading sheeding detector which is a modified garage opener. HA then detects that the mains power has been cut. If my battery backup system last the period of load shedding then I have no problem. However if my batteries run out and i lose power completely for a time and then comes back on the my automation just sits and do not trigger.

I run HA on an Intel NUC and its set to power up automatically when power comes back.

How do i get automation to look for return of power and trigger automatically or alternatively to continally check for power availabilty.

Would appreciate some help.

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One way is to trigger the automation on restart:

  - alias: "Homeassistant restart"
    id: ha_restart
    description: "runs only on restart"
    initial_state: true # ensure automation is turned on when restarting HA
    trigger:
      - platform: homeassistant
        event: start
    condition: []
    action:
      ...
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Below is the automation. I am not that good at YAML. Can you please check if correct.
Many thanks

alias: Garage Fride on After Total Power out
description: “”
trigger:

  • platform: state
    entity_id:
    • switch.garage_fridge_plugs_switch_1
      from: unavailable
      to: “off”
      for:
      hours: 0
      minutes: 0
      seconds: 30
      condition:
  • condition: state
    entity_id: cover.load_shedding_dectector_door
    state: “off”
    for:
    hours: 0
    minutes: 0
    seconds: 10
    action:
  • type: turn_on
    device_id: 17399db52cf717cde47a46b28322178c
    entity_id: switch.garage_fridge_plugs_switch_1
    domain: switch
    mode: single