I can’t make this rule work. During the cycle, the dishwasher stops and absorbs 1 watt for a few seconds, then restarts. This tricks the rule and jumps to MODE_FINISHED. How can I set the rule so that if it remains at 1 watt less than 5 seconds it remains in MODE_ACTIVE and beyond 5 seconds it goes…

Use a timer or the expire binding to wait 10 seconds and recheck? 10 seconds would work if your estimate is a little low.

[image] Bruce_Osborne: Use a timer or the expire binding to wait 10 seconds and recheck Or use persistence to verify that the Item has met your condition for longer than 5s. There are lots of examples in the forum for dishwasher rules and for deboucing states. Here is a popular tutorial… …

thank you all for your help, I solved it with the persistence method

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rlkoshak (Rich Koshak) January 27, 2020, 11:23pm 3

Search the forum for “flapping” or “debounce” and you will find lots of examples of what Bruce suggested. One example is in Generic Presence Detection.