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Best hours to recharge my Tesla in San Diego?
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What rate plan are you on? Middle of the night is a decent guess but you didnt provide any information for anyone to advise different.
You're probably on one of these plans since you have no idea what the good hours are for charging
It looks like if you drive and charge a lot, the EV plan might reduce your cost
It looks like if you drive and charge a lot, the EV plan might reduce your cost
I charge between Midnight and 6:00 using EVTOU5-Residential
SDG&E plan.
SDG&E plan.
UncertainTimes
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thesmokingman
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EVTOU5 can be way cheaper depending on how much you charge the car and other household electricity uses. TOU5 charges you 14.5 cents during the evening vs. 28.5 cents on TOU2. Having more than 1 EV would definitely get you a price savings vs. TOU2 even with the flat $16 service fee. My friends with large houses and pools save a ton having TOU5. Of course, having solar clouds the calc between the two.
blackT3$!@
2021 LR Model 3
The best time to charge is when you anticipate you will need to drive a certain distance and arrive at the next charging stop with more than 0% battery remaining.
It would take 114 kwh of TOU2 charging to equate to $16.
I charge when in go below 80%. That's usually is 3X a week. I have solar & home storage battery. I believe TOU2 is better for me.That’s two complete fill ups on the EV
UncertainTimes
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If you’re not on a TOU plan then you probably don’t have a Super off peak period? Why don’t you just look at your actual bill?
Which is about two-thirds of what I typically charge in a month. TOU5 works best for me. But if one only has one BEV, and/or doesn’t drive more than a few dozen miles per week, has a small house, has solar…a different plan may be better. Everyone is different.
Also, don't forget all of the other energy that you would save $0.13 per kWh on (if you are on EV-TOU5) from midnight to 6am on the weekdays and midnight to 2pm on weekends and holidays...
But from a bigger picture perspective, the question to start from is whether you have solar or are planning it? Do you or will you generate annually what your consumption is or over generate? Then spending $16 per month for EV-TOU5 to be able to buy cheaper super off-peak energy when you are probably not buying much utility energy may not be the best choice...
Glamisduner
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Switched off tiered to EV TOU-5 years ago.. Prices sure have increased ALLOT over the last 4 years.
Just got a smart heat pump water heater so I can turn it off from 4:00-9:00 and I crank it up after midnight to a higher temperature to help with morning usage. Hoping it will save me around $1500-$2000 a year. Also a good idea to do laundry and use the dryer at night between 12:00 and 6am.
My Smart Dryer isn't so smart though and does not allow me to schedule it to run (Pretty much the only feaure I would use).
SDG&E Prices are so high I need to figure out a way to sleep durring the day and live my whole life around SDG&E's off peak hours.
Solar... Meh our system is failing after 10 years. 32 panels and we still owe $2000+ at the end of the year for a tiny 1400sqft home.
Just got a smart heat pump water heater so I can turn it off from 4:00-9:00 and I crank it up after midnight to a higher temperature to help with morning usage. Hoping it will save me around $1500-$2000 a year. Also a good idea to do laundry and use the dryer at night between 12:00 and 6am.
My Smart Dryer isn't so smart though and does not allow me to schedule it to run (Pretty much the only feaure I would use).
SDG&E Prices are so high I need to figure out a way to sleep durring the day and live my whole life around SDG&E's off peak hours.
Solar... Meh our system is failing after 10 years. 32 panels and we still owe $2000+ at the end of the year for a tiny 1400sqft home.
What is failing on your solar? Are the panels not generating much anymore? Or just specific components are failing? It shouldn't be too costly to fix any specific failing components. I've had my solar system for 8 years now and it's been awesome since we have a hot tub and at times, had 2 EV's. I think I will add some more panels this year to help offset the R1T's larger electricity needs.
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