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Home assistant uses some weird “code in YAML” syntax. Chances are, the author could have written a virtual binary sensor by making one that turns on off according to the meter. I found that chatGPT makes writing these yaml files significantly better and faster.

mbirth on April 3, 2024 [–]

No need for YAML, you can add binary sensors from the “Helper” tab of any device’s entities list.

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