EV tariff increases the daily tariff !

[Bam Bam]

We are on Octopus Go.

We've now replaced our boiler with an air-source heat pump, so run one of the hot water cycles during the cheap overnight.

The heat pump also doesn't let the house go below its 'set back' temperature which we have set at 18 degrees, so it does a bit of work overnight.

I like to put the dishwasher on overnight anyway, but not the washing machine as a) it is too noisy and b) I think it is best to hang up the clothes ASAP and it doesn't have an accurate timer.

Have solar and battery but on colder days the battery seems to run out in the evening. When the really cold weather comes we will either have to switch to Cosy (and miss out on the cheapest prices but get several cheap-ish slots during the day) or get an extra battery installed.

 

[Rolfe]

How big is your battery?

 

[GaryMG4]

Our washing machine has an odd timer, but I am able to set it so that the early part of the cycle (the most energy intense) occurs towards the end of the off peak time and the whole program finishes around 6:30, so the damp clothes don't sit in the machine for long.

 

[Kenp1]

Use the rinse hold on the washing machine if you are worried about creasing, and it stops this noise issue if that bothers you.

 

[Porsche944]

I am on E ON Next and I get 7.5P from midnight to 06:00 so the car is set to charge then, also despite having had our washing machine for 4 years my wife has discovered it does a delayed wash cycle. So we set that for after midnight as well. We do not got to bed early so the washing machine is 30-45 minutes. Clothes get put on hangers and hung around the house and we fire up a dehumidifier. We come down to dry clothes and around 1 1/2 litres of water which she saves and uses in the steam iron. Win Win....

 

[NikLiverpool]

I am on intelligent octopus. It's between 23:30 and 5:30.
Having 2 EVs though that quite regularly need both charging I have found out that it is quite easy to exploit it.
What I do is plugging in the car that needs more charging. This is finished by 5:30. I wake up at that time to walk the dog. I swap the cars and the cheap rate goes all the way till 7:30 or even 8:00 some times.

This allows me to spare the batteries and rump up the heat pump till we leave so then the house maintains temperature for quite a few hours before the heat pump kicks in again.

All other white appliances are also used overnight.

This way I avoid using any of the expensive daily juice even in the coldest days of winter.

Summer time with batteries and solar is happy days

 

[LenEV2016]

I am on intelligent octopus. It's between 23:30 and 5:30.
Having 2 EVs though that quite regularly need both charging I have found out that it is quite easy to exploit it.
What I do is plugging in the car that needs more charging. This is finished by 5:30. I wake up at that time to walk the dog. I swap the cars and the cheap rate goes all the way till 7:30 or even 8:00 some times.

This allows me to spare the batteries and rump up the heat pump till we leave so then the house maintains temperature for quite a few hours before the heat pump kicks in again.

All other white appliances are also used overnight.

This way I avoid using any of the expensive daily juice even in the coldest days of winter.

Summer time with batteries and solar is happy days

Not anymore with the changes coming to IOG in january, 6hrs only and any extra is full rate. been changed due to the gaming of the system that has been going on, big chat online at the moment with one of the octopus execs

 

[LenEV2016]

 

[LenEV2016]