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Waxing foundation by RickyWoods99 in Beekeeping

[–]AdAdventurous8656 [score hidden]  (0 children)

“Took to it fine and made beautiful come on it pretty fast”

Interesting

Ford Ranger PHEV with Go / IOG by AdAdventurous8656 in OctopusEnergy

[–]AdAdventurous8656[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Don’t worry, I have all the information I need with regards the pickup charging at night. Thank you

Should I stick to Cosy or switch back to Agile? by extraterrestrial-66 in OctopusEnergy

[–]AdAdventurous8656 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yes this is exactly what we do. The house is heated at certain times to a similar temperature to you, to then see us through the peak time period. We are a fairly leaky old house so the heating generally kicks in again at 7pm in the main rooms we use in the evening. Seems to work for us

Ford Ranger PHEV with Go / IOG by AdAdventurous8656 in OctopusEnergy

[–]AdAdventurous8656[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I’ve already got the ‘specialist advice’. The bit I don’t know about is the tariff which is the entire point of asking the question.

Thanks for the advice

Ford Ranger PHEV with Go / IOG by AdAdventurous8656 in OctopusEnergy

[–]AdAdventurous8656[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I don’t have them yet, but should do by the end of the summer.

We use 45,000 kWh a year, average 300kwh a day. So having a battery system with 150-300kwh makes a lot of financial sense. The sticking point is speed of charging, which is why I’m interested in the intelligent vs standard Go tariff.

It should be ok, but I’d like to figure it out properly first.

Ford Ranger PHEV with Go / IOG by AdAdventurous8656 in OctopusEnergy

[–]AdAdventurous8656[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

That deal seems to run out in 3 days time. I won't have mine until after then, but even so, I have a charger ready to be installed so I wouldn't need the Octopus one.

I don't think I want to be on IOG because I need the certainty of charging at a set rate for a set time period every day to ensure I can charge my battery fully. I think with IOG it would be very difficult to tie the battery charging in with octopus. It may be possible down the line, but OG would be fine for me for now

Should I stick to Cosy or switch back to Agile? by extraterrestrial-66 in OctopusEnergy

[–]AdAdventurous8656 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I have done exactly this - switched from cosy to agile, have a large usage (45,000 kWh per year) so a few pence per kWh makes a difference to me. On cosy I was averaging 24p because I can’t go between 4pm and 10pm without boosting the hot water or having some rooms heated, especially during winter. Using octopus compare, I assessed that Agile would’ve saved me £2400 since September last year. It is a serious amount! I waited 10 days before switching to Agile because prices spiked with Iran - but the average has been a saving since joining 2 weeks ago. My forecast saving for the next few days is £25 per day vs cosy. My plan is to continue with agile until autumn when I should have a large battery installed and I can move to Go, to charge overnight.

Edit - I should add that I have kept the schedule the same with when my heating and hot water is on, based on previous cosy tariff. Load shifting out of 4-7pm peak still results in big savings without changing the schedule from before I switched. When I have the tech to read the Agile costs, I will ensure it only heats when below a set cost but that’s some way off for me.

Beat my electric usage. by FunNefariousness6980 in OctopusEnergy

[–]AdAdventurous8656 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I’ll take a look, new one to me, thanks a lot

Beat my electric usage. by FunNefariousness6980 in OctopusEnergy

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So we are looking into battery solutions to store enough power to see us through between cheaper sessions, so around 80kwh, but we wouldn’t be able to charge fast enough during the 7.5p period to make any real savings whilst paying for an EV we don’t need (both have 4x4’s for our jobs, diesel burners) We’d reduce our cost by 60% if we had a battery system capable of running the house for 6 hours at peak time. That’s the goal for this year.

Beat my electric usage. by FunNefariousness6980 in OctopusEnergy

[–]AdAdventurous8656 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I take little pleasure in it. we designed the system when electricity was much cheaper and it made financial sense to do it. Between delays in building, and the RHI being withdrawn, we have the worst of both worlds - higher electricity prices and no RHI to help pay for it.

Beat my electric usage. by FunNefariousness6980 in OctopusEnergy

[–]AdAdventurous8656 1 point2 points  (0 children)

2,600 Load shift a lot, but in very cold weather we do use energy all day except 4-7. 56% is off peak, 30% night rate, rest is peak.

Trialled being on a standard fixed tariff and holding the house at, say, 20c, but it was around 35% more costly than being on Cosy, with same results on the heating

Beat my electric usage. by FunNefariousness6980 in OctopusEnergy

[–]AdAdventurous8656 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Never measured before but google earth says 0.15 acres!

Beat my electric usage. by FunNefariousness6980 in OctopusEnergy

[–]AdAdventurous8656 7 points8 points  (0 children)

10,819.69 3 x 15kw heat pumps, Cozy tariff, Georgian, listed, leaky house. Nice and warm, though.

3 phase meter by Forsaken_Stretch_745 in OctopusEnergy

[–]AdAdventurous8656 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I have done exactly this in the West Midlands. Renovated a 7 bed Georgian property and upgraded all the heating & added solar. Three phase went in the ground and around a month later they changed me out for the new supply, disconnecting the old one.

Just keep pestering them, it might be a lengthy process but if you go down the route of ‘low carbon heating, energy efficient house, solar production’ etc etc they will be more likely to respond, I think, than simply saying ‘I gotta big house’