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Octopus Go - British Summer Time...
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Jason71
Well-Known Member
I was wondering if we all got an hour less of the Go tariff last night since the lost hour was during the Go window?
The slot moves with the time change. it doesn't stay on GMT.
So on the day the clocks go back to get an extra hour at the cheap rate, on the day they go forward to lose and hour, so it all evens out...
So on the day the clocks go back to get an extra hour at the cheap rate, on the day they go forward to lose and hour, so it all evens out...
pdk42
Active Member
The FAQ about summertime on the Octopus web site is awful. There's about a page of waffle talking about IHDs (does anyone use these things?), but it never actually explicitly says whether the slot remains on GMT, or moves to BST. You might infer it, by this phrase:
But it's still ambiguous because if it "stays", it implies no change, which means it stays on GMT. All they had to do was mention the time zone and the times - less than half a line - but we get a page of waffle.
But it's still ambiguous because if it "stays", it implies no change, which means it stays on GMT. All they had to do was mention the time zone and the times - less than half a line - but we get a page of waffle.
... and as far as I am aware that is wrong...
Octopus make two clear statements:
"Number one and most important: no matter what your IHD says, your off-peak period stays between 00:30 and 04:30."
"This SHOULD be straightforward – but some customers have noticed that their in-home display (part of the smart meter infrastructure) shows the cheap rate kicking in at 01:30 following a clock change."
If the app is showing 1:30 then it too is wrong.
I have to say that I didn't give this a second thought
Thinking about it, I started with 'Go' last August and when DST changed in October nothing changed in my account to suggest that I should have changed my charging habits.
Which would be correct as nothing does change from the customer perspective.
pdk42
Active Member
Unfortunately, that's anything but clear. What does "Stays" mean? - does that mean stays on GMT?, or stays on local time? If it's local time, then the slot doesn't "stay" - it moves forward an hour.
A time reference without a qualifier like GMT would have to move with the local time zone, and the second statement which you didn’t quote makes it clear that if it moved to 1:30 it would be wrong....
pdk42
Active Member
All the guff on the Octopus page could be replaced with two lines:
Winter time hours: 00:30 to 04:30 GMT
Summer time hours : 00:30 to 04:30 BST
Simple.
Winter time hours: 00:30 to 04:30 GMT
Summer time hours : 00:30 to 04:30 BST
Simple.
... or just say, as they do... 00:30-04:30 ...
Sometimes we try to look for complications that don't exist.
Sometimes we try to look for complications that don't exist.
I have to say that I didn't give this a second thought
Thinking about it, I started with 'Go' last August and when DST changed in October nothing changed in my account to suggest that I should have changed my charging habits.
Exactly! It never occurred to me last time but I subsequently discovered that I didn't need to change anything anyway ... so this time when the clocks changed I was confident it would all happen without intervention ... and of course it did. Happy to recommend those golden 4 hours on Octopus!
That is ambiguous, this is what clear looks like :
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tj333
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That says off peak 9pm to 7am GMT, so tonight that off peak would start at 10pm?
(BST)
Doesn't seem clear to me!
HenryT
Active Member
True, it says what it says, but doesn't clarify what happens when clocks change during the charge period.
In terms of Go, do you take that to mean that on the nights the clocks change, there is a 3 hour and 5 hour window, depending on which way they have changed?
(As in, starts at 12.30 GMT and ends at 04.30 BST = 3 hour window as the clock jumps forward one hour at 01.00 GMT?)
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