Automation: starting the washing machine at low prices (Home Assistant)

Signature demo: the dynamic-price washing machine

A classic Leafy Energy demo scenario is a washing machine that only starts when prices are low enough. Home Assistant lets you show this in just a few lines of automation.

Required entities

• sensor.leafyenergy_current_price
• switch.washing_machine or smart_plug_washer
• Optional: input_number.max_price_per_kwh for adjustable thresholds.

Example automation (concept)

alias: Start washing machine at low price
trigger:
  - platform: numeric_state
    entity_id: sensor.leafyenergy_current_price
    below: input_number.max_price_per_kwh
condition: []
action:
  - service: switch.turn_on
    target:
      entity_id: switch.washing_machine

In a live demo you can move the threshold slider and immediately show how Home Assistant reacts to Leafy Energy price changes.