Turn on lamp if cloudy

[aqus555]

@KTibow

- alias: light on lamp led if cloudy outside
  trigger:
  - platform: time_pattern
    minutes: /10
  condition:
  - condition: state
    entity_id: sun.sun
    state: above_horizon
  - platform: numeric_state
    entity_id: sensor.openweathermap_cloud_coverage
    above: '20'
  action:
  - service: light.turn_on
    entity_id:
    - light.82726627c82b96ce8f48

now get this

Configuration invalid

                      Invalid config for [automation]: Unexpected value for condition: 'None'. Expected numeric_state, state, sun, template, time, zone, and, or, not, device @ data['condition'][1]. Got None. (See /config/configuration.yaml, line 69).

[KTibow (Kendell R)]

Oh, I meant change just the platform part, keep the part at the end.

[aqus555]

sorry should have seen that also

Ok configuration is valid now let’s see what happens.

Thanks for your help much appreciated

[Jonah1970 (Mark)]

Hi, just came across this thread and thought of a potential problem with your approach … If you are using a weather service to determine when it is cloudy then this might not always be accurate as they tend to give a generalised result for a certain area (e.g. it might say cloudy when it it sunny over your home due to a break in the clouds).

If you do run into problems then you could consider using a Lux sensor to measure the actual light level and use this to trigger your automation.