Drew57
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I also received an update re gas pricing yesterday but it's possible that nothing will change for the 12 month Beta Electricity tariffs.
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I had the same email and am in the same position with regards to having switch to IO recently from Go. However I had Octopus remove my Gas meter back in March once we had a ASHP fitted and they still only mentioned the Gas tariff!So I received an email from octopus telling me impact from the government price guarantee along with a PDF for the impact on me personally.
Not sure if it's only me, but the PDF only talks about the impact on my Gas Tariff and nothing is mentioned with regards to my IO tariff that I moved over onto about a month ago.
Should I take that to mean they are not making any changes to that tariff, and that my daily and unit charges will remain the same?
Thanks.
Mine was done by the next morning (that being, this morning, following my switch last night)Just got my Model Y today and started switch to IO. Test charge completed and have a schedule in the app. When will the tariff change on the app as it is still saying Octopus Flexible?
You have the charge limit in the Octopus app at 80%, I find that leaving this at 100% or adjusting up to this will usually provide a schedule more quickly. IO used to show a schedule within a minute or two but recently it's taken much longer, sometimes 30 minutes or more.Hi all, sorry for the question.
First time using this as IO (and only second day charging overall!). I’ve plugged my Tesla wall charger in. Because I am scheduled on the Tesla app to not start charging before 11.30pm, it’s ofcourse not yet charging.
In the Octopus app, I don’t have a schedule showing yet. It’s only been 10-15mins, should I check again in an hour and expect to see something? If I do nothing, should it just charge as expected? (Or is a confirmation required once you get a schedule?).
Thank you!
Why not wire the EV charger into the grid side fuse slots on the gateway?It’s not a no-brainer for those of us with powerwalls or similar battery storage.
Unfortunately there is no way of mapping the cheap slots to my powerwalls, so if one of those slots happens to be outside the 2330-0530 the car will be fed from the battery and not cheap grid electricity…
If they could integrate properly then I might consider it (although I’m still reading lots of posts reporting odd charging behaviours and increased vampire drain).
Thanks. Yeah it took about 30mins to show up in the end.You have the charge limit in the Octopus app at 80%, I find that leaving this at 100% or adjusting up to this will usually provide a schedule more quickly. IO used to show a schedule within a minute or two but recently it's taken much longer, sometimes 30 minutes or more.
I'm not sure how many others have success in blocking a scheduled charge start time before 23.30 though.
I prefer to leave everything up to IO except after initially plugging in... as soon as the charge reaches 8kWh within a few seconds (as shown on the Zappi) I then stop charging via the Tesla app.
Can't the Powerwall block discharge?It’s not a no-brainer for those of us with powerwalls or similar battery storage.
Unfortunately there is no way of mapping the cheap slots to my powerwalls, so if one of those slots happens to be outside the 2330-0530 the car will be fed from the battery and not cheap grid electricity…
If they could integrate properly then I might consider it (although I’m still reading lots of posts reporting odd charging behaviours and increased vampire drain).
Yes 100% in the Octopus app & whatever you need in the Tesla app (mine is normally 90%)I had heard it was best to go with 80% limit on charges for daily use, and 100% for longer trips. Or am I misunderstanding? (Set 100% in IO and keep at 80% on the Tesla app?). Thanks
Na not right! I have tried both. Setting 100% in IO app and 60% on car does work and it does 'game' the system to give you extra time slots during the day but it also wakes the car up every hour to replenish any losses and finishes up costing a few pounds at peak rate without gaining much charge. I spoke to IO about it. Setting 60 on car and 60 on app is ideal but I don't want to keep doubling effort daily so I set 90% on car and 60% in IO app. Alls well untill IO does not stop the charge then it continues up to 90% (car setting) at peak rate hence why I asked at the start if anyone else had been affected Tuesday am. I have noticed though it often seems short when I leave because doing it this way does not replenish the losses at peak rate which is fair enough.It's giving you 100% of whatever the car is asking for. If you have it at 80% then it will give you 80% of what is set on the car... if that is also 80% then you will get 80% of 80%! (I don't have IO but this has come up before and does make sense.)
Set app to 100%, set car to whatever you want and then turn IO off when it has finished.Na not right! I have tried both. Setting 100% in IO app and 60% on car does work and it does 'game' the system to give you extra time slots during the day but it also wakes the car up every hour to replenish any losses and finishes up costing a few pounds at peak rate without gaining much charge. I spoke to IO about it. Setting 60 on car and 60 on app is ideal but I don't want to keep doubling effort daily so I set 90% on car and 60% in IO app. Alls well untill IO does not stop the charge then it continues up to 90% (car setting) at peak rate hence why I asked at the start if anyone else had been affected Tuesday am. I have noticed though it often seems short when I leave because doing it this way does not replenish the losses at peak rate which is fair enough.
I have to wake up at 5:30 do I? I will show you a graph of this to prove my point.Set app to 100%, set car to whatever you want and then turn IO off when it has finished.
IO doesn't wake the car or cost you anything at peak rate.
I'm on Go currently and considering IO, is this a standard screen from IO or another app?First scheduled charge last night and now the savings are really kicking in. View attachment 856025
Saved £8 by charging at the cheap rate. Cost just over a pound to go from 65% to 90% (long trip today
Just trying to wrap my head around this, but does this cause an issue? As long as the slot is before 2330, then even if from the battery come 2330, the battery will just charge to full prior to 0530 right? I guess it is an issue if it schedules after 0530, but that's solvable by telling IO it needs to be ready for 0515 or so?It’s not a no-brainer for those of us with powerwalls or similar battery storage.
Unfortunately there is no way of mapping the cheap slots to my powerwalls, so if one of those slots happens to be outside the 2330-0530 the car will be fed from the battery and not cheap grid electricity…
If they could integrate properly then I might consider it (although I’m still reading lots of posts reporting odd charging behaviours and increased vampire drain).