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it's not much of the guess, rather than quite simple maths, really.My Brother is just switching, but the issue for him is he was with British Gas and they came to install a smart meter but when the engineer turned up he said ... oh you're on a dual tarrif (eg economy 7) British gas can't support that on a smart meter ...... and left ..... amazing! so now he has to get Octopus to send the engineer back round again.
Regarding Intelligent vs go. I'm on go as it's 4p/kwh cheaper during the day and I generally don't need more than 4 hours charge a day. The only issue I have is that with my basic charger you can't set a time limit to stop it charging after 4:30am and (unless I'm doing it wrong) the app only has a EITHER a start charge time OR and End charge time not both .... so you have to adjust the charge percentage to guess how full it could get in those 4 hours or manually start the charge at 00:30 ..... There's also some reports of people getting strange charge behaviour with their teslas where it does a strange start/stop charging which can mean it's not actually charging for a hour of your 4 hours and then overruns.
No, but I don't see the point in charging every night as I don't do a lot of miles, I haven't charged since last Sunday and have 29% leftIs there any reason you can't plug in every night? Or every ither night?
just switched back to octopus for Go.
How do people work their charging?
I charge my Tesla to 85% and run it down to 20% which can take over a week.
Obviously with Go you get 4 hours cheaper rate but that isn't enough to go from 20 to 85%
What happens if you have some kind of emergency and suddenly you need to do a lot more miles in a day than you anticipated? Personally I think its better to just keep it topped up each day - you're still using the same amount of energy and being charged the same amount regardless, so why not?No, but I don't see the point in charging every night as I don't do a lot of miles, I haven't charged since last Sunday and have 29% left
What happens if you have some kind of emergency and suddenly you need to do a lot more miles in a day than you anticipated? Personally I think its better to just keep it topped up each day - you're still using the same amount of energy and being charged the same amount regardless, so why not?
What happens if you have some kind of emergency and suddenly you need to do a lot more miles in a day than you anticipated? Personally I think its better to just keep it topped up each day - you're still using the same amount of energy and being charged the same amount regardless, so why not?
I don't see the point of having an EV with 200+ mile range if in practice it hardly ever has enough charge onboard to do anything like that distance!
We don't have gas, so I can't comment on that.that's strange, because they always have issues with my smart meter, which they installed.
The small remote display they provide with it shows nonsense.
Gas readining is non-existing on the smart screen
electricity - kind of ok.
but then they miss one or two meter readings over long period and cannot issue you with the bill and it is never ending...
I guess so, the cost would just be more spread out rather than a lump on set daysWhat happens if you have some kind of emergency and suddenly you need to do a lot more miles in a day than you anticipated? Personally I think its better to just keep it topped up each day - you're still using the same amount of energy and being charged the same amount regardless, so why not?
Yes, a tethered charge point that makes connecting a matter of seconds would probably change most peoples approach. My own location means that it’s very easy/quick, especially as I don’t even coil/uncoil the cable… just sling it aside and plug back into its holster!Just laziness of getting the cable out the front LOL
sentHi everyone. I'm going to give Octopus a call today to join. If anyone wants to DM their referral code, they are more than welcome.
Charging once a week with half your charging on peak is going to cost you approximately £400 a year at current go rates vs twice a week all on night rate. If your time is worth more than that fair enough. Maybe invest in a second cable to leave plugged into the charge point if you have an untethered one so plugging it in is less onerous.I guess so, the cost would just be more spread out rather than a lump on set days
But with 20/25% I am never going to be in a situation where I can't reach anywhere I need to in an emergency, everything is within a couple of miles
Just laziness of getting the cable out the front LOL
time is worth more? how much time it takes to plug car twice a week? 1 minute, including walking down the stairs?Charging once a week with half your charging on peak is going to cost you approximately £400 a year at current go rates vs twice a week all on night rate. If your time is worth more than that fair enough. Maybe invest in a second cable to leave plugged into the charge point if you have an untethered one so plugging it in is less onerous.
Done - enjoy!Hi everyone, can someone please dm me an Octopus referral code.
Thank you
I have one now, thank you all.Hi everyone, can someone please dm me an Octopus referral code.
Thank you