So I was just looking for a way to log when my AC runs, and I noticed that the hvac_action attribute says ‘idle’ when it’s not running, and just completely disappears when the AC turns on. Is this happening for anyone else on their thermostat? I’m looking at the states page.
I’m running 0.96. Not sure if this is related to this version because of all the changes in the climate component or if this is how it’s always been.
That was it. I just updated it and it now shows ‘cooling’ when it’s cooling. Now I have to figure out how to make some kind of sensor or report that can tell me how many hours it runs in an hour.
Hi, this is my thermostat component (see image). I want to tack heating time, but i’m not sure how to write the device_class section and the value_template. When heating is running i can see hvac_action change from ‘idle’ to ‘heating’… How should i use this in value_template and device_class?
Thank you