Lightning strikes are scary enough, but add the cost of an EV charging while a lightning strikes and it can cost a fortune. Again a little automation can help to protect the home and precious EV. The component used for lightning warning is the Blitzortung component. Automation:
I’m a big fan off local control and ownership of devices. Therefore we chose Enelion Wallbox Duo as our EV charger with a local available API to integrate with Home Assistant. Here is the sensor with a REST call to get part of all available information. Sensor: 1
We use OpenGarage for our garages, the integration has been a bit unstable and status has not been updating for one of our garages. Solution to the problem is an automation that restarts the integration if stuck. Automation:
How often have you not made changes that you regret on a later stage? A snapshot safeguards earlier configuration, less pain more gain. Automation:
I grew tired of my service provider changing my static public ip with short notification. Therefore I wrote this little automation as a safeguard. Automation: