From a719fb843a8db0c1fef46a02eac044f2bd90835a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Fabian Affolter <fabian@affolter-engineering.ch>
Date: Fri, 29 Jan 2016 11:14:34 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] Add example (thanks @pavoni)

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 source/_components/sensor.template.markdown | 21 +++++++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 21 insertions(+)

diff --git a/source/_components/sensor.template.markdown b/source/_components/sensor.template.markdown
index 094492e2771..f4533c3b3d9 100644
--- a/source/_components/sensor.template.markdown
+++ b/source/_components/sensor.template.markdown
@@ -34,3 +34,24 @@ Configuration variables:
   - **unit_of_measurement** (*Optional*): Defines the units of measurement of the sensor, if any.
   - **value_template** (*Optional*): Defines a [template](/getting-started/templating/) to extract a value from the payload.
 
+
+## {% linkable_title Examples %}
+
+In this section you find some real life examples of how to use this sensor.
+
+### {% linkable_title Sun angle %}
+
+This example shows the sun angle in the forntend. 
+
+```yaml
+sensor:
+  platform: template
+  sensors:
+      solar_angle:
+        value_template: '{{ "%+.1f"|format(states.sun.sun.attributes.elevation) }}'
+        friendly_name: 'Sun Angle'
+        unit_of_measurement: '°'
+```
+
+
+