Automation-first reliability planner
Start with what you want to automate, then check whether it will run reliably
Choose a scene such as presence lighting, front door security, away mode, smart locks, energy alerts, climate comfort, or garden watering. The planner maps the devices, hubs, compatibility path, limits, reliability checklist, and Home Assistant YAML before you buy.
Use a smart plug or energy meter to detect high power use, finished cycles, or unsafe loads.
Devices you already own
Energy & plugs
Power threshold and appliance alerts
Use a smart plug or energy meter to detect high power use, finished cycles, or unsafe loads.
Local risk
high
Security scene
No
Owned matches
0
- Choose a smart plug that exposes power readings locally or reliably.
- Set a threshold based on the appliance's normal behavior.
- Use notifications before enabling automatic shutoff.
- Eve Energy
- Shelly Plus Plug US
- TP-Link Tapo P125M
- energy monitoring smart plug
- notification target
- optional Matter controller
- Not every smart plug exposes power data to every ecosystem.
- High-current appliances may require special hardware.
- Cloud-only power readings can be delayed.
These checks come before copying YAML. They reduce false triggers, stale states, manual-control conflicts, and unsafe security or power actions.
- Confirm the plug exposes live power or energy entities to your target ecosystem.
- Set thresholds from observed appliance behavior instead of copied defaults.
- Use notifications first before adding automatic shutoff actions.
- Avoid controlling high-current loads with plugs that are not rated for the appliance.
Recommended devices
alias: Alert when appliance power is high
trigger:
- platform: numeric_state
entity_id: sensor.smart_plug_power
above: 1200
action:
- service: notify.mobile_app_phone
data:
title: High power usage
message: The smart plug is reporting more than 1200 W.
mode: singleNeed a final setup and reliability path?
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