From 2f24830db7802ac04f02e8d8a940f3a58809266a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Daniel O'Connor Date: Sun, 10 Apr 2022 19:16:41 +0930 Subject: [PATCH] Device Classes: Slightly improve the definitions of energy vs power for device classes (#1282) Co-authored-by: Franck Nijhof --- docs/core/entity/sensor.md | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/docs/core/entity/sensor.md b/docs/core/entity/sensor.md index 10e979b5..d4d16692 100644 --- a/docs/core/entity/sensor.md +++ b/docs/core/entity/sensor.md @@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ If specifying a device class, your sensor entity will need to also return the co | carbon_monoxide | ppm | Concentration of carbon monoxide. | current | A | Current | date | | Date. Requires `native_value` to be a Python `datetime.date` object, or `None`. -| energy | Wh, kWh, MWh | Energy, statistics will be stored in kWh. +| energy | Wh, kWh, MWh | Energy, statistics will be stored in kWh. Represents _power_ over _time_. Not to be confused with `power`. | frequency | Hz, kHz, MHz, GHz | Frequency | gas | m³, ft³ | Volume of gas, statistics will be stored in m³. Gas consumption measured as energy in kWh instead of a volume should be classified as energy. | humidity | % | Relative humidity