Alright.. I got this to work, but was still getting undesired results. This whole experience has been tough being that I previously knew very little about programming. More of the hands on kind of guy.
That said, I’d like to thank the OH Community for the help I’ve received.. without the community this adventure would have come to a halt quickly. Again, thanks for being patient, pointing me in the right direction, and forcing me to think!
My solution was to remove the temptimer and replaced with the expire binding. Thanks @vzorglub for suggesting I use the expire binding for the lockout.. it’s what led me to use it for other purposes. Works great!
Now.. I would like to keep track of the hours that the AC is on for the day, week, and month. I found this thread…Generator hours counter, but noticed it’s pretty old. I get that I would need to have some variables to keep track of when the ac turned on and when it turned off. What I’m not sure of is whether or not I’d have to use any of the imports??