Power is in W not A

[sanderlv]

I updated to the latest code and I get now Amps instead of Watt for:

      - name: ${devicename} current power
        id: ampere

But:
Power is in W
Current is in A

I noticed because I had in my old cofig:

  - platform: template
    name: ${devicename} - Current Power
    id: "power"
    unit_of_measurement: W
    lambda: return id(ampere).state * 230;

To get an idea of the consumed power, by calculating the power=current+voltage (P=UxI).

For the sake of completeness, I have this also:

  - platform: total_daily_energy
    name: "${devicename} - Day Consumption"
    power_id: "power"
    filters:
        # Multiplication factor from W to kW is 0.001
        - multiply: 0.001
        - throttle: 300s
    unit_of_measurement: kWh
    icon: mdi:clock-alert

[ervee]

I read somewhere that the wording "current power" was a bit poorly chosen. I just changed the yaml to:

...

• name: ${devicename} current Amperage
  id: ampere
  ...

Then add:

• platform: template
  name: ${devicename} - Current Power
  id: "power"
  unit_of_measurement: W
  lambda: return id(ampere).state * 230;

• platform: total_daily_energy
  name: "${devicename} - Daily Energy"
  power_id: "power"
  filters:
  # Multiplication factor from W to kW is 0.001

  • multiply: 0.001
  • throttle: 300s
    unit_of_measurement: kWh
    icon: mdi:clock-alert

And this works fine and is pretty much what you have.

Perhaps the "current power" in the default yaml example should be changed to "current draw" ?

[sanderlv]

Power is in W
Current is in A

Current Power means "current W" not A

...

[ervee]

Or A power.

Now I'm just joking but Current Power doesn't mean anything IMHO. It is just a mistake the original author made. Perhaps @ginkage is willing to change it or just create a pull request incorporating the other usefull code.
I'm not the maintainer or this repo :)

[henrykuijpers]

@ervee Current power means "Power currently" or "Power right now", expressed in watts :p