false starting trigger

[FinestDice17]

I have an issue which is randomly i get a small electric spike which causes this automation to think the dishwasher has started a cleaning cycle. Then it completes, which triggers a flashing button on my dashboard to start going off because i have it as a way to show us the dishwasher is complete. It also removes a dishwasher pod out of inventory on the finish cycle so now i have to add it back in. Is there a way to create a start timer to make sure the initial spike lasts X time before it assumes the state of the dishwasher is now "Running" vs "idle"

[leofabri]

Hi What version are you using?

[FinestDice17]

Hi What version are you using?

• Version: 2.1.1 -

[nickorr]

I'd like this too. I'm using it to monitor power load of an instant gas hot water system. I want to know when someone has a very long shower, but only if it goes longer than X minutes. So 1 minute hand washing shouldn't count. A start delay would work fine - but there could be other fixes with a script that checks active time perhaps...