# ac_precool_before_peak — pre-cool the house before the summer on-peak window # # id / entity : ac_precool_before_peak -> automation.ac_pre_cool_before_peak # trigger : 12:00 local (America/New_York) # purpose : On summer work days, pre-cool before the 14:00-19:00 peak, # harder when the forecast high is hotter (>=90 -> 68, >=85 -> 70, # >=80 -> 71, below 80 -> no pre-cool). # # Summer only: pre-cooling for the WINTER evening peak (17:00-21:00) is marginal # (the daily high has already passed by then), so winter is hold+return only and # has no pre-cool. This automation self-gates on season == 'summer'. # # Graceful degradation (a broken dependency must NOT skip pre-cooling): # * workday sensor unavailable/unknown -> fall back to a plain Mon-Fri check. # * weather forecast fails or returns nothing -> assume a regular hot day # (88F -> 70F). continue_on_error covers a hard service error; the # `fc is defined and is mapping` guard covers an empty/None response. # # NOTE: templates are single-line on purpose (YAML folding can corrupt Jinja). # # v3 (2026-07-09): bounded to summer (Jun-Sep). v2 added the fallbacks. id: ac_precool_before_peak alias: AC - Pre-cool before peak description: >- v3 (2026-07-09). Summer-only. Pre-cools before the 2-7pm peak on work days. Falls back to Mon-Fri if the workday sensor fails, and to a regular pre-cool (assume 88F high -> 70F) if the weather forecast fails. Managed in git; see AUTOMATIONS.md. mode: single triggers: - trigger: time at: "12:00:00" conditions: [] actions: - action: weather.get_forecasts continue_on_error: true target: entity_id: weather.forecast_4315aspenhill data: type: daily response_variable: fc - variables: season: "{{ 'summer' if now().month in [6,7,8,9] else 'winter' }}" is_workday: "{% set wd = states('binary_sensor.workday_sensor') %}{% if wd in ['on','off'] %}{{ wd == 'on' }}{% else %}{{ now().weekday() < 5 }}{% endif %}" today_high: "{% if fc is defined and fc is mapping and 'weather.forecast_4315aspenhill' in fc and fc['weather.forecast_4315aspenhill'].forecast | default([]) | length > 0 %}{% set today = now().date() %}{% set entries = fc['weather.forecast_4315aspenhill'].forecast | selectattr('datetime') | list %}{% set match = entries | selectattr('datetime','search', today | string) | list %}{{ (match[0].temperature if match else entries[0].temperature) | float(88) }}{% else %}88{% endif %}" setpoint: "{% set h = today_high | float(88) %}{% if h >= 90 %}68{% elif h >= 85 %}70{% elif h >= 80 %}71{% else %}none{% endif %}" - if: - condition: template value_template: "{{ season == 'summer' and is_workday and setpoint != 'none' }}" then: - action: climate.set_hvac_mode target: entity_id: climate.t6_pro_z_wave_programmable_thermostat_with_smartstart data: hvac_mode: cool - action: climate.set_temperature target: entity_id: climate.t6_pro_z_wave_programmable_thermostat_with_smartstart data: temperature: "{{ setpoint | int }}"