Automating Storage Heaters with Weather Data: My Success Story

General
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After spending quite some time struggling to work out how to get the days forecast high temperature using OpenWeather I finally realised if I use Accuweather they have a min and max for each daily forecast! I’ve now managed to automate the timings for our old storage heaters based on the days max temp. The automation switches on the fused spur at a certain time. Not sure if I’ve got the timings quite right yet, will need a little tweaking!

python
alias: Upstairs SH Timings
description: Upstairs SH Timings using Local Tuya and weather forecast
trigger:

  • platform: time
    at: “01:30:00”
    condition:
    action:
  • choose:
    • conditions:
      • condition: numeric_state
        entity_id: sensor.home_realfeel_temperature_max_0d
        above: -20
        below: 5
        sequence:
        • delay: hours: 1 minutes: 11 seconds: 0 milliseconds: 0
        • service: homeassistant.turn_on
          data: {}
          target:
          entity_id: switch.localtuya_upstairs_sh_group
    • conditions:
      • condition: numeric_state
        entity_id: sensor.home_realfeel_temperature_max_0d
        above: 4.9
        below: 10
        sequence:
        • delay: hours: 2 minutes: 11 seconds: 0 milliseconds: 0
        • service: homeassistant.turn_on
          data: {}
          target:
          entity_id: switch.localtuya_upstairs_sh_group
    • conditions:
      • condition: numeric_state
        entity_id: sensor.home_realfeel_temperature_max_0d
        above: 9.9
        below: 13
        sequence:
        • delay: hours: 3 minutes: 11 seconds: 0 milliseconds: 0
        • service: homeassistant.turn_on
          data: {}
          target:
          entity_id: switch.localtuya_upstairs_sh_group
    • conditions:
      • condition: numeric_state
        entity_id: sensor.home_realfeel_temperature_max_0d
        above: 12.9
        below: 15
        sequence:
        • delay: hours: 4 minutes: 11 seconds: 0 milliseconds: 0
        • service: homeassistant.turn_on
          data: {}
          target:
          entity_id: switch.localtuya_upstairs_sh_group
          mode: single