Hi all, Firstly, apologies for this being in UK and Ireland rather than the dedicated Energy section but it's rather UK specific.
Wondering how you folks with a similar setup to ours have your App configured.
SETUP:
- 5.9kW of Solar, Tesla Powerwall 2 and we will be on Octopus Agile soon (smart meter fitted today).
- Nissan Leaf as a second car and a Model 3 arriving in a fortnight.
- two adults working from home so able to charge cars, washing etc daytimes if we have excess
Rather than being a dumb 'questioner' I've looked at setting up my peak and off-peak times and studied the pricing examples from Octopus. Based on this I've used the attached screen grab as my base settings. I've made the assumption that the off peak is best set to night-time hours. Because you can toggle the off-peak on or off, leaving it on would appear to create a third price between these hours as a kind of 'No Man's Land' area where anything goes, if available. As a winter setting in Lancs, I wonder if this may be a good option but it is a presumption.
Because of limited solar on many winter days in the UK I've opted for cost saving mode over balanced as an attempt to force Powerwall charging off peak during the winter months when it's hard to get the Powerwall full.
I've mimicked the weekday settings on the weekend settings as I see little difference between the two but I'll be monitoring it.
I'd be interested in how anyone with a similar setup and lifestyle has their app configured with the Agile Octopus Tariff specifically.
Wondering how you folks with a similar setup to ours have your App configured.
SETUP:
- 5.9kW of Solar, Tesla Powerwall 2 and we will be on Octopus Agile soon (smart meter fitted today).
- Nissan Leaf as a second car and a Model 3 arriving in a fortnight.
- two adults working from home so able to charge cars, washing etc daytimes if we have excess
Rather than being a dumb 'questioner' I've looked at setting up my peak and off-peak times and studied the pricing examples from Octopus. Based on this I've used the attached screen grab as my base settings. I've made the assumption that the off peak is best set to night-time hours. Because you can toggle the off-peak on or off, leaving it on would appear to create a third price between these hours as a kind of 'No Man's Land' area where anything goes, if available. As a winter setting in Lancs, I wonder if this may be a good option but it is a presumption.
Because of limited solar on many winter days in the UK I've opted for cost saving mode over balanced as an attempt to force Powerwall charging off peak during the winter months when it's hard to get the Powerwall full.
I've mimicked the weekday settings on the weekend settings as I see little difference between the two but I'll be monitoring it.
I'd be interested in how anyone with a similar setup and lifestyle has their app configured with the Agile Octopus Tariff specifically.
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