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flashg1 / TeslaSolarCharger

Home Assistant smart charger Blueprint to charge Tesla car using surplus solar electricity.
MIT License
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Dynamic pricing charging #14

Open patatman opened 9 months ago

patatman commented 9 months ago

Hi there, and thanks for creating this awesome blueprint.

Lately I've switched to a dynamic contract, and would love to add the possibility to charge the car when the price is at a certain point. I'm thinking about adding it to your blueprint, and setting a PR. But I'm not sure if this messes to much with your original intent of this blueprint.

Let me know if your open to this change, or if I can better fork this into my own blueprint.

patatman commented 9 months ago

Thinking about this a bit longer, and it might be easier to create a new automation that: Trigger: When hourly price changes

Choose 1: Condition: When price is below or equal to set maximum Action: Set charge amps to max Action: toggles the "charge from grid" switch on. Action: Trigger your script.

Choose 2: Condition: When price is above to set maximum Action: toggles the "charge from grid" switch off.