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Just give Octopus a call and they will switch you over to Go, if you have not got a smart meter, they will organise one to be fitted. This will give you cheap electricity between 12.30 and 4.30 am

Mine works perfectly too. Kitchen appliances all have timers, but the car charger does not... Why are you not using the car timer if the app doesnt work for you?

The Zappi is a very good charger and does works very well with solar, battery etc. However it is a bit on the expensive side and you may take a bit of time to get used to the different settings. When I had solar panels and Zappi (1st release) in my previous house I eventually gave up on the...

My experience was a bit different. I am not sure that now I would bother with the panels and just go for a good capacity battery, charged via intelligent octopus (or similar) when not charging car and use battery during day outwith cheap rates. Definately would go for the 7kw car charger (that...

I would go 10000000% with Octopus. Intelligent works with your Zappi and other members seem to find it very effective https://octopus.energy/smart/intelligent-octopus-go/ If you would like to do your mental health irrepearable harm then BG is definately the way to go....

Not sure of the available chargers in Oz, however you should check out your costs for supplying excess power to grid from your solar panels versus costs for charging car. If (as is usual) cost of power from grid outweighs what you get for supplying power to grid then you want to look at charging...

I did a complete renovation of an older (1950s) detached house. As the house was completely sealed (well as far as possible) and very well insulated, we installed a MHR system that incuded a heat pump Specialized in ventilation systems - Genvex. Heating was helped with some u/floor electric in...

I think your issue will be whether to use eco or eco+. I did not like using eco+ as once input was below minimum (1.4kw I think) it would shut the charge down. This meant that on intermittent sunny days (most days in UK) the charge would continually start and stop, this I deemed not good for the...

First get onto Octopus go and charge your car during the 12.30 to 4.30 (AM) cheap rate. Also run your dishwasher, washing machine, tumble drier, immersion heater etc at this time. Do check carefully how effective an air source heat pump will be for you, they decrease substantially in...

Is there a control system package available that allows use of the V2L capabilities of the car into a house? It would need to supplement with grid if requirement exceeded the cars supply I assume?

Something to think about If you are getting a LR then you will have a 70 odd kw battery sitting at the side of the house with capability to give you 3kwh back into the house. There is already a seperate thread on this.

Hi Yes, it was on the more generous FIT contract, it made it worthwhile. I have a EO fitted in the new house, but have not fitted solar panels as yet, and will not until it becomes near cost effective. Similar with batteries, I doubt they will ever give payback without some type of grant. I...

I had solar panels in my last house, which we used to charge car via Zappi (type 1), also on octopus go, and have the following observations. Only effective in summer on non cloudy days, this will hugely restrict when you can charge car (forget all of winter and most of autumn and spring). I...