Electric Kiwi
Electric Kiwi
This integration uses the official Electric Kiwi API
Configuration
To add the Electric Kiwi hub to your Home Assistant instance, use this My button:
Manual configuration steps
If the above My button doesn’t work, you can also perform the following steps manually:
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Browse to your Home Assistant instance.
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In the bottom right corner, select the
Add Integration button. -
From the list, select Electric Kiwi.
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Follow the instructions on screen to complete the setup.
The configuration uses client_id
and client_secret
provided to Home Assistant, so all you need to do is install the integration and authenticate using your account credentials.
Supported functionality
The integration provides sensor
entities with account balances, billing, and hour of free power start and end time. It also provides a select
entity to change the hour of free power.
Use cases
This integration can be used as part of an automation, for example, to turn on/off appliances automatically.
Example automations
Run the heat pump during the hour of free power
alias: "Turn on expensive heat pump"
description: "Turn on the heat pump when the hour of free power starts"
triggers:
- at: sensor.hour_of_free_power_start
trigger: time
actions:
- action: climate.turn_on
target:
entity_id: climate.heat_pump
data: {}
alias: "Turn off expensive heat pump"
description: "Turn off the heat pump when the hour of free power ends"
triggers:
- at: sensor.hour_of_free_power_end
trigger: time
actions:
- action: climate.turn_off
target:
entity_id: climate.heat_pump
data: {}
Remove integration
This integration follows standard integration removal, no extra steps are required.
To remove an integration instance from Home Assistant
- Go to Settings > Devices & services and select the integration card.
- From the list of devices, select the integration instance you want to remove.
- Next to the entry, select the three-dot
menu. Then, select Delete.