A NOT SO short update on our British Gas Hive EV charger installation.

Guys, do any of you work from Home? I have to as I’m now disabled which means most of my expenses are down to daytime use especially for electricity. Add to that I don’t use my car as much as I used to so cheap charging doesn’t balance it out. What works for me is a reasonable standing charge and a minimum daily rate so I use Octopus tracker. I used to be on their ‘Go faster’ tariff but now find I’ve saved at least 35% on my previous costs. Do wish I could go back to work though and switch off the gas heating and other base electrics that I need on 24/7 now…
Hate BG BTW they screwed me over a boiler service some time ago to the tune of £300 now they’re like EVRI -a company I’ll never again deal with!
 
Spinynorman said:
Guys, do any of you work from Home? I have to as I’m now disabled which means most of my expenses are down to daytime use especially for electricity. Add to that I don’t use my car as much as I used to so cheap charging doesn’t balance it out. What works for me is a reasonable standing charge and a minimum daily rate so I use Octopus tracker. I used to be on their ‘Go faster’ tariff but now find I’ve saved at least 35% on my previous costs. Do wish I could go back to work though and switch off the gas heating and other base electrics that I need on 24/7 now…
Hate BG BTW they screwed me over a boiler service some time ago to the tune of £300 now they’re like EVRI -a company I’ll never again deal with!
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I'm now retired so like you I'm at home most of the time. I also have rheumatoid arthritis so I probably have the house warmer than some.
I set up a spreadsheet using my annual consumption of gas and electricity so I could easily compare the various tariffs available.
I also worked out by taking meter readings before and after using the washing machine, bread maker etc. how much I could power shift onto the cheaper rates. For my circumstances E.on next Drive worked out best especially as the cheap tariff runs from midnight to 7am.
 
Spinynorman said:
Guys, do any of you work from Home? I have to as I’m now disabled which means most of my expenses are down to daytime use especially for electricity. Add to that I don’t use my car as much as I used to so cheap charging doesn’t balance it out. What works for me is a reasonable standing charge and a minimum daily rate so I use Octopus tracker. I used to be on their ‘Go faster’ tariff but now find I’ve saved at least 35% on my previous costs. Do wish I could go back to work though and switch off the gas heating and other base electrics that I need on 24/7 now…
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I'm at home most of the time and well into my autumnal years, I too have heating on most of the time. My approach is perhaps different to most, I have installed battery storage system so that I can store electricity at 7.5 p/kWh. I use this to operate air conditioning units through the day which keeps me warm (or cool) at very reasonable rate (less than 2p per kWh of heat). It's a bit involved to setup initially but then straight forward to use once done.

Spinynorman said:
Hate BG BTW they screwed me over a boiler service some time ago to the tune of £300 now they’re like EVRI -a company I’ll never again deal with!
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Yep, totally agree with you on this, theyre a dreadful company.
 
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DBedford said:
A NOT SO short update on our British Gas Hive EV charger installation.

David
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British Gas Hive are a total joke. Ordered mine 6 months before the car arrived. A similar run-around. 12 months after the car arrived I am still using the granny charger! To be honest that covers my usage so I have stopped chasing as I found I don't need to spend £700 for a faster charger.
 
Went onto BG EV tariff and it took nearly 6 months for them to get the smart meter (which was only 7 months old) to work and for me to get cheap electricity overnight. It cost them £350 in compensation once I got the Ombudsman involved.
 
Deep purple said:
Went onto BG EV tariff and it took nearly 6 months for them to get the smart meter (which was only 7 months old) to work and for me to get cheap electricity overnight. It cost them £350 in compensation once I got the Ombudsman involved.
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I cant for the life of me understand why people still go to BG, some people even after horrendous experience still promote them, incredible. Cut, run and go to Octopus a.s.a.p.
 
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