# Sensor on for x amount of time

**URL:** https://community.homey.app/t/sensor-on-for-x-amount-of-time/72315
**Category:** Flows
**Created:** [November 17, 2022, 7:54pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/sensor-on-for-x-amount-of-time/72315 "2022-11-17T19:54:00Z")
**Posts on this page:** 3
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### Author: ![JB2K](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/jb2k/32/134070_2.png) [@JB2K](https://community.homey.app/u/JB2K)
#### Post date: [November 17, 2022, 7:54pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/sensor-on-for-x-amount-of-time/72315/1 "2022-11-17T19:54:00Z")

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Does anyone know how to approach this?

like “value becomes greater then 9.9 L → FOR 5 MINUTES”

is this something that I’m missing or is there a plugin that can help

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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: [November 17, 2022, 8:16pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/sensor-on-for-x-amount-of-time/72315/2 "2022-11-17T20:16:26Z")

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This might be a start, Jeroen.

> **[Wait and Switch](https://homey.app/nl-nl/app/se.tregota.waitandswitch/Wait-and-Switch/)**
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> Switching on or off with a delay

Otherwise some construction like this is needed:

 ![Screenshot from 2022-11-17 21-24-51](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/uploads/athom/original/3X/e/b/eb5507a5dbc988f23dcd9ceee2000f3573ba4a94.png)

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### Author: ![JB2K](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/jb2k/32/134070_2.png) [@JB2K](https://community.homey.app/u/JB2K)
#### Post date: [November 17, 2022, 9:10pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/sensor-on-for-x-amount-of-time/72315/3 "2022-11-17T21:10:07Z")

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Thank You Thank You Thank You Thank You