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Yes they are. Was simply asking if they were the new LFP type or the older Lithium Ion type. Probably, I should have said “the older Li Ion type” to be crystal clear. But you’ve very helpfully cleared it up. 😉

Haha. Yep, well I don’t need telepathy if the car is over 23% when I arrive home, which is 99.5% of the time. I only need apathy, which I’m excellent at. 👍🏻 The other 0.5% of the time I admit I look and make adjustments 🧐 😂 I find it works really well, especially for the wife, who is 0%...

Have you got LFP batteries in your MY performance? Or are they Lithium Ion (same as my 2022 LR model Y? (I suspect they are Li Ion still, same as the earlier MY LR). LFP batteries have a pretty flat voltage over the usable range, so it’s hard for the BMS to know an exact % figure without fairly...

Hi, Top tip: If you have a normal 7kW charger and the IOG integration is with the Tesla and want a hassle free 80% every morning; 1) Set the “off peak end time” in the TESLA app to 05:30. (And 80% or more) 2) Set the “ready by time” in the OCTOPUS app to 05:30. And 80%. Doing this stops the...

I guess it’s the std 3.68 + an extra 5. I got 10.12 kW export approved but think I’m the only one with panels on our street so far.

Yeah, these “smart” meters can be a bit dodgy. I’ve had them replaced at least 3 times. Took ages of messing about. They worked for a week or two then didn’t . The last ones seem ok after they added the extra aerial on the electric meter, despite the signal being good before! I guess them...

I think for a most of the year “all electric house” you’re doing very well TBH. 👍🏻 Don’t forget that’s all your car fuel as well. It isn’t easy with these big old solid wall properties. We’ve been effectively 100% off peak usage since end of June last year, and even exporting a (tiny) bit of...

we use quite a lot of gas, so it’s worth a try, we’ve got gas CH, cooker and a couple of gas fires. Even when we ‘don’t use any’ in the summer it’s still about £3 a day - presumably for hot water cylinder heating. Since joining Octopus flexible; Aug £89 Sept £88 Oct £165 Nov £340 Dec £370 Jan...

You’ll probably need to email them or call them.

Thanks @spon88 @Drew57 Much appreciated. Presumably there is less chance of it spiking up in summer? Sent the email to swap. Should have done that 9 months ago 😅 Better late than never.

What’s the average price on the Octopus gas tracker? Would you say it’s a lot cheaper than the standard Octopus gas tariff I’ve been on since switching to Octopus last summer? I’m guilty of ignoring the gas costs as I’ve been mainly focussed on my electricity

IO is linked to our car.

My IO charging is working fine still. I haven’t updated anything yet. I haven’t received any requests to update anything either. What is all this talk of virtual keys ? Is this some kind of update required that we all need to do? Or just specific to some cars/ people? And if an update is...

Sounds like you’ve been having fun 😜 This translates to….. “You have granted Octopus Energy access to your Tesla account Access granted on: 21. March 2024 Octopus Energy now has access to: Vehicle data Vehicle real-time data, location, authorisation for upgrades, supercharger nearby...

Despite the Octopus email. My Tesla smart charged fine overnight (car integration).

Well there is a lot to be said for that. Setting the off peak end time shouldn’t interfere though.

👆🏻This. A mild annoyance but still workable. This is prevented using the 05:30 “off peak end” time in the Tesla app instead of a 23:30 start charge time. Up to 15-20 mins isn’t much but if it’s X mins of house battery at 7kW or at peak cost, it adds up if you plug in every day. And it seems...

Ah, yes, sorry I misunderstood you. I thought you meant it overrides the 05:30 IO “stop time” (- the “Ready by” time) and gave you extra slots afterwards. Just re-read your post and it makes sense now. I think you’ve inadvertently reminded me of why I set an (05:30) end time in the Tesla app...

Ah, yes, sorry I misunderstood you. I thought you meant it overrides the 05:30 IO “stop time” (- the “Ready by” time) and gave you extra slots afterwards. Just re-read your post and it makes sense now. I think you’ve inadvertently reminded me of why I set an (05:30) end time in the Tesla app...

Hi @Drew57, Good point. Not required as current tariffs stand(?). Only 1 or possibly 2 apps to fiddle with now. Where I am, IO definitely seems to have a preference for selecting the later slots in the off peak period up until 05:00 or 05:30 rather than earlier slots (if the whole period isn’t...

I’ve never seen IO “override the 05:30 stop”. If 05:30 “Ready by” time is set in the Octopus app, it has never charged the car past that time. And if you have “off peak end time set to 05:30 in the car as well, even if you did set the Octopus “ready by” time after 05:30, or it “overrides the...

That’s some BIG mirrors 10 KM wide 😳

Lunar Panels? Between 1020pm and 0030am I was generating 1w from the full moon on my East facing array of 8 panels (none from the others, unless I was asleep by then). Anyone else get this? Made me chuckle. 🤭

Yeah, I had that. Emailed them and they were back 2 mins after receiving their reply !

November; 7.42p average. December 7.81p average. I Had two days where we ran out of battery in the evening one in December and one in Jan. It was when the temp suddenly dropped and the electric floors had to work much harder in the morning. Also the car defrosting/ pre-heating stole a lot of...

Shouldn’t do. No need to tell them. I’ve done it about 3 or 4 times already. Sometimes it just disconnects itself.

Did you try removing and re-connecting the car as a device?

Sandwiches and come at 6:31pm ?

Another Octopus savings session tonight 5:30pm —> 6:30pm £2.25 per kW

I’ve had this about 3 or 4 times. Sometimes it’s charged normally but other times the CB on our charger has tripped. Not sure why. Maybe overloaded something.

You could try disconnecting the car as a device in the octopus app and re- adding it. You can have the Octopus app on two phones at the same time. Just log in using the same credentials on your phone. Whoever makes the last change it should reflect on both Octopus apps Also with 2 users on the...

I I think this is a very close call. Particularly if you have an ASHP. If you have enough to last the whole day on batteries in the winter then IOG would appear to be much better on the face of things, with the 15p export. And 7.5p import. Because your average import price is always going to...

I was pondering drilling a hole between the rear light to the charge port and stuffing some fibre optic cables between the two but thought it a bit extreme. Might solve the condensation problem in the rear lights as well !

Good to know. I think mine would be useless in the mode where the light stays on dim all night and bright with movement. But the mode where it only comes on for 30 seconds should be good all year round as well. 💪🏼 Switched mine on last night (impatient !) Worked great (one day in 😂). Except...

yep. Agree. There was some charge in it when purchased. But today; overcast and raining not ideal. The light comes on for 30 seconds when motion is detected near the charge port/ bin area in the PIR only mode, which means usage will be minimal. Eventually I guess it’ll get replace with a hard...

You and me both. This is a 2 screw “quick fix”. That’s why I reckon it’ll only last a year. Gonna try the “easter egg” ten press trick tonight whilst I’m waiting 2 days to charge the solar light. Of course this is only a solution if you have the Tesla “Wall Connector”.

On a side note, open your charge port, get your charger close to the hole, and click the button ten times fast…hidden Easter egg in there :)

I’ve gone for a small solar powered security light from B&Q as a quick fix - £15. Screwed it to the house wall. Use it in PIR mode only. Not sure how good it’ll be (says charge it for at least 2 days before using). It’s quite bright though. Time will tell, I reckon if it lasts longer than a...

0.6mm thick. Can be cut to suitable shape. Not tried it. http://lightec.de/en/produktinfo_slimlight_mkf.html

883.6kWh in July 77.6kWh in December. 2,600kWh generated in 6 months. 1,442kWh exported (after change in export prices, previously sent to car or batteries) 500kWh given to the grid for free in first 2 months (awaiting export MPAN set up) Octopus Savings sessions £97. (5 out of 8 sessions)...

Sounds like you’ve been busy

That’s really useful. Remind me, how many panels do you have / kW size of array and are all your panels south facing? So far, with my tri-directional 11.34kW arrays (N, S, E) I’ve got this for about 5 and a half months use (need to brush up on my table pasting skills). If my April, May, June...

Is the GivEnergy warranty different if a battery physically breaks/ just stops working? (I assume the inverters warranty is for a full replacement or repair, or extra contribution to the next generation model available, especially as I bought the extended 10 year warranty, to later find out it’s...

It says in brackets that the 8.2 and 9.5 (100% DOD models, I assume) are exempt from the throughput limit - “fair use”? Which makes sense, otherwise they’d be limited to the same number of cycles as well. But the rest is correct. I’d forgotten most of that, so not really a great warranty after...

Yeah, you FIT guys are lucky. Also the higher export rate might not be around for ever, then I’ll be reverting back to “export as little as possible” mode again.

I’m just going on the fact that it’s a 10 year unlimited cycle warranty, so I’ll use it to the max, to get maximum savings over that period and whatever capacity degradation there is after the warranty expires. Well, it is what it is. It might be 20% it might be 30%. Might be totally different...

Yes I see your point and actually I do now compare it using the existing cheap rate car charging to get a more honest answer for that part. It’s how you quantify the battery savings from “importing to export it later” and solar generally that’s a bit more subjective. You can look at it many...

Yes I do 7.5p. I’m including that as a saving, compared to the (Octopus) SVR I was on pre Tesla and solar. Because that’s what I would be paying. If I want to separate that and compare savings on the current IOG dual rate then I deduct the number of kW that went into the car and/ or house...

Yeah, I use my monthly kW usage from the bill and multiply it by 31p. Then I subtract what I actually paid. Thats my Savings. Job done.

Mine took 4 weeks for the DNO to supply the export MPAN and Octopus to do their stuff. If that helps (which I know it won’t!). Just got to wait….