I'm getting far too into the bloody smart meter monitoring (it's the new 'Tesla Shipping'!).
I'm on Octopus Go. I have smart plugs, set to come on at 1-3am, which charge the kids' iPads and phones, games controllers etc (not always or all of them each night, but a couple), plus a dishwasher on around the same time. It's 1hr 9mins for the eco load.
I'm waking up and checking the meter about 7am and it's saying I've spent £1.15-odd already (each day). I'm using 0.06p/hr or thereabouts at that time for whatever is on or on standby (Fridge, Microwave, etc etc).
As I understand it (and I won't tell you what my wife called me when I suggested I'd stay up till midnight for a check...), at midnight, it should reset to 0.00 (the meter, not the clock
) and probably then instantly applies the daily standing charge of 41.39p (unless I have that wrong and it would ensure my day finishes at at least that amount each day?). So how am I reaching £1.15-ish by 7am each morning? I've not worked it out yet. The app isn't too much help in terms of detail, but seems OK and as expected. Today, I can only see detail for Yesterday/Sunday (and we had 5 extra members of family staying over, having coffees and showers etc, hence the spike at 8 or 9. Not that I was counting or resenting each time the kettle went on... ).
But as you can see there's a little jump at 2am as expected. According to the smart meter, we're ending the day on about £4.50 spent.
Anything I'm missing? Worth a call to Octopus?
thanks!