# How to switch Fibaro plug when power uage is bigger than - 800 W

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**Category:** Flows\
**Created:** [April 3, 2025, 6:56pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/how-to-switch-fibaro-plug-when-power-uage-is-bigger-than-800-w/134004 "2025-04-03T18:56:26Z")\
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**Author:** ![CPK](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/cpk/32/7934_2.png) [@CPK](https://community.homey.app/u/CPK)\
**Post date:** [April 3, 2025, 6:56pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/how-to-switch-fibaro-plug-when-power-uage-is-bigger-than-800-w/134004/1 "2025-04-03T18:56:27Z")

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Which flow must I use when I want to trigger a Fibaro plug when my power usage is more than -800 W. So if the total power usage is - 800 W or more, due to my solarpanels, I want to trigger a Fibaro plug to on. I have a P1 meter from Honewizard.  
I tried the flow in the picture, but it does not seems to work.

 ![example flow](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/uploads/athom/original/3X/a/f/afb289d3ef075450f90682d5b62e5b390a14a892.png)

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**Author:** ![robertklep](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/robertklep/32/160628_2.png) [@robertklep](https://community.homey.app/u/robertklep)\
**Post date:** [April 3, 2025, 7:00pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/how-to-switch-fibaro-plug-when-power-uage-is-bigger-than-800-w/134004/2 "2025-04-03T19:00:54Z")

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> [@CPK](#):
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> or more

“or less”

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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:** [April 3, 2025, 7:04pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/how-to-switch-fibaro-plug-when-power-uage-is-bigger-than-800-w/134004/3 "2025-04-03T19:04:14Z")

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The flow triggers when the value changes from a value higher than -800, to a value less than -800.  
When the value changes, but stays anywhere below -800, the flow won’t trigger.

I suggest to add a timeline notification card, with the power tag added to it, to see what happens

 ![1000045983](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/uploads/athom/original/3X/e/c/ece119d54b1efd1456785011cbb07b2ff13b04f5.jpeg)

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**Author:** ![CPK](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/cpk/32/7934_2.png) [@CPK](https://community.homey.app/u/CPK)\
**Post date:** [April 3, 2025, 7:11pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/how-to-switch-fibaro-plug-when-power-uage-is-bigger-than-800-w/134004/4 "2025-04-03T19:11:50Z")

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I am struggeling with the term higher or lower. I want to trigger the plug when I deliver more than 800 watt back to the grid. My current flow is in Dutch, so it says (kleiner) which is lower than - 800 W, or should I use (groter) higher than - 800 W

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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:** [April 3, 2025, 7:14pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/how-to-switch-fibaro-plug-when-power-uage-is-bigger-than-800-w/134004/5 "2025-04-03T19:14:45Z")

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-1000 is smaller / less than -800  
-400 is higher / more than -800

So to me your flow trigger is OK.