From a86926a98a64e6b5f73f2b4045acb96d4fd95898 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Fabian Affolter <fabian@affolter-engineering.ch>
Date: Fri, 1 Dec 2017 09:10:56 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] Add template example

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 source/_components/switch.mystrom.markdown | 17 +++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 17 insertions(+)

diff --git a/source/_components/switch.mystrom.markdown b/source/_components/switch.mystrom.markdown
index 7c81252bfc9..6fafcbbb783 100644
--- a/source/_components/switch.mystrom.markdown
+++ b/source/_components/switch.mystrom.markdown
@@ -53,3 +53,20 @@ or change its state:
 $ curl -G -X GET http://IP_ADDRESS/relay -d 'state=1'
 ```
 
+### {% linkable_title Get the current power consumption %}
+
+The switch is measuring the current power consumption. To expose this as a sensor use a [`template` sensor](/components/sensor.template/).
+
+{% raw %}
+```yaml
+# Example configuration.yaml entry
+sensor:
+  - platform: template
+    sensors:
+      power:
+        friendly_name: "Current Power"
+        unit_of_measurement: "W"
+        value_template: "{{ states.switch.office.attributes.current_power_w }}"
+```
+{% endraw %}
+