# Flow deactivates because it's used to often

**URL:** <https://community.homey.app/t/flow-deactivates-because-its-used-to-often/136628>\
**Category:** Flows\
**Tags:** flow\
**Created:** [May 17, 2025, 11:06am UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/flow-deactivates-because-its-used-to-often/136628 "2025-05-17T11:06:43Z")\
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**Author:** ![Peter\_Kawa](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/peter_kawa/32/173848_2.png) [@Peter\_Kawa](https://community.homey.app/u/Peter_Kawa)\
**Post date:** [May 17, 2025, 4:20pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/flow-deactivates-because-its-used-to-often/136628/3 "2025-05-17T16:20:19Z")

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> [@SunBeech](#):
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> Not sure how many times the Energy Dongle probes the current power consumption

It sends updates [every second](https://community.homey.app/t/homey-energy-dongle-megathread/133816/40).  
Power is a very fluctuating value, it probably triggers the flow every second as well.

To @Anthony_Verhaeghe :

> [@Anthony\_Verhaeghe](#):
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> I don’t understand why it’s shutting itself down

It’s a mechanism to prevent Homey from running out of memory.  
It’s a pity Athom didn’t bother to send a decent and clear description to the timeline, of why exactly a flow was disabled by Homey.

So, when you only want to control things when power gets above or below zero, you’d use the “When power became greater than” / “When power became less than” trigger.

Another method is used by this neat and highly adjustable [Device Capabilities app](https://community.homey.app/t/43287) trigger card:

 ![1000049036](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/uploads/athom/original/3X/0/3/0394a020d82552e413636586e18d6bfe7fd084fc.jpeg)

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