Home Assistant : Q&A, Tips & Tricks, Your Configs

[w1tw0lf]

Each has their own use case and setup that works for them.

The main reason for me having real time updates that is to prevent system overload. Most of my main power hungry devices are monitored, for example: geyser, stove, diswasher(steaming has high usage). Planning on adding monitoring on kettle and microwave. My entire house runs on essentials, nothing on aux load. With my 8kw system, it can peak past 8kw for 10s before reset. Created automations so that if the system reaches 7,8kw it switches of non essentials like the geyser. I also try to run my geyser of solar mainly, with the same automations if the pv generation is less than house usage, it switches the geyser off.

In 60s, I would have lost power twice or more times if it peaks pass the max out put. It did happened in the 1st week, but managed to solve with the above.

 

[AfricanTech]

Each has their own use case and setup that works for them.

The main reason for me having real time updates that is to prevent system overload. Most of my main power hungry devices are monitored, for example: geyser, stove, diswasher(steaming has high usage). Planning on adding monitoring on kettle and microwave. My entire house runs on essentials, nothing on aux load. With my 8kw system, it can peak past 8kw for 10s before reset. Created automations so that if the system reaches 7,8kw it switches of non essentials like the geyser. I also try to run my geyser of solar mainly, with the same automations if the pv generation is less than house usage, it switches the geyser off.

In 60s, I would have lost power twice or more times if it peaks pass the max out put. It did happened in the 1st week, but managed to solve with the above.

I do the same.

If power draw peaks past a set number for more than 5 seconds then I switch the relevant high draw appliances off and back on 10 minutes later.

Regularly saves tripping when the geyser happens to be heating at the same time that a kettle and microwave are switched on. All automatic and 'invisible' to everyone while I get a notifications on my phone for when it is switched off and back on.

With a 1 minute delay I wouldn't be able to do the above.

 

[Speedster]

Each has their own use case and setup that works for them.

The main reason for me having real time updates that is to prevent system overload. Most of my main power hungry devices are monitored, for example: geyser, stove, diswasher(steaming has high usage). Planning on adding monitoring on kettle and microwave. My entire house runs on essentials, nothing on aux load. With my 8kw system, it can peak past 8kw for 10s before reset. Created automations so that if the system reaches 7,8kw it switches of non essentials like the geyser. I also try to run my geyser of solar mainly, with the same automations if the pv generation is less than house usage, it switches the geyser off.

In 60s, I would have lost power twice or more times if it peaks pass the max out put. It did happened in the 1st week, but managed to solve with the above.

Most certainly. There is definitely a use case for instant data. There is also a case where 60 seconds is more than sufficient.