Setup pulse meter or pulse counter

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As I understand it, the pulse_counter and pulse_meter are similar, but not the same. In this post the differences are nicely explained.
Also, the pulse_counter has more options to tweak the set-up, like count_mode and use_pcnt for ESP32 hardware support.
I am using the pulse_counter for my water meter sensor.

Some small remarks to you code:

    filters:
      - multiply: 0.6 # (60s/100 pulses per kWh)

The value 0.6 is correct, but the remark should be something like:

    filters:
      - multiply: 0.6 # (60 minutes per hour / 100 pulses per kWh)

I think this is also wrong on the ESPHome Pulse Counter Documentation page.

    total:
      name: 'Energy'
      ------
      filters:
        - multiply: 0.001

This multiply value probably has to 0.01 in your case because your sensor delivers 100 pulses per kWh.

I think this is correct if you want to set the counter to 9000 kWh with 100 pulses per kWh.

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