I want to have my Siemens dishwasher run during the hours when electricity is cheapest.
I’ve created a flow for this (though it didn’t actually start today), but the next wash cycle isn’t tomorrow—it’s the day after. Essentially, I want it to run every other day during the cheapest hours, but there doesn’t seem to be an app that supports the settings I’m looking for. Or did I just not look hard enough?
I’m using a Homey Pro Mini with a Homey Bridge.
I am not sure about an app for the cheapest hour, but for the every other day you could perhaps use the default “day/time - today is a (days)” card in the AND part of the flow. For “(days)” you select the days you want to dishwasher to run.
Let me describe it even more clearly.
Day 1:
a) Dishwasher is ready for remote start.
b) Waits for the hour with the cheapest electricity.
c) Starts the program.
Day 2: Do nothing
Day 3: Same as Day 1
Day 4: Do nothing
Day 5: Same as Day 1
Day 6: Do nothing
Day 7: Same as Day 1
Day 8: Do nothing
etc.
That is why I cannot use the ‘normal’ days
You could define a yes/no variable that indicates whether today is a dishwasher day.
At the start of each day (00:00) you set the variable via a flow: check whether the current value is Yes. If so, set it to No otherwise to Yes. This way the variable alternates between Yes → No → Yes → No etc. every subsequent day.
Then, as part of your dishwasher start flow, you check if the variable is set to Yes and only continue in that case.
