Just Joined the Intelligent Octopus Tariff

[nowty]

Hasn't it gone down now as Putin was going to increase production.

Yes but probably happened too late in the day for the poor octopus to change its charging plan.

Just noticed my car finished charging 10 mins ago so its back onto the batteries till 11:34pm cos of the smart meter running 3+ mins slow.

[John_S]

I'm on Go and i have just noticed my meter reading has been going up even with the supply to the house isolated. Only a tiny amount so I guess they must charge you for the electric the meter uses.

It I my understanding that the power for the meter, however minimal, comes from the unmetered side and not the metered side. Not sure where I read this. But recall rereading it in the last couple of months.
John

[nowty]

Luckily my actual smart meter is reading correctly at around 2.7kW but my local display has got a few decimal points wrong.

Cant wait for the bill.

I guess thats why they call it a beta tariff.

[Tinbum]

It I my understanding that the power for the meter, however minimal, comes from the unmetered side and not the metered side. Not sure where I read this. But recall rereading it in the last couple of months.
John

That's what I thought, but the isolator on the tails was off so absolutely certain nothing was connected.

[nowty]

It I my understanding that the power for the meter, however minimal, comes from the unmetered side and not the metered side. Not sure where I read this. But recall rereading it in the last couple of months.
John

That's what I thought, but the isolator on the tails was off so absolutely certain nothing was connected.

So I make that just under £1 per year extra.

[Tinbum]

Did you take into account the 4hrs at 5p a unit?

[nowty]

Did you take into account the 4hrs at 5p a unit?

Sort of, I used an average of 15p / kWh but if you are on the latest Go tariff it would be about £1.20 a year.

Its still probably within the official spec of the meters for accuracy. I wonder if your export clocks up too ?, I guess you could check the total export over a couple of months if it stays isolated for that long.

[nowty]

For the first time ever tonight at Nowty Towers, both my car chargers will be running simultaneously although starting several mins apart to prevent a local brown out.

[nowty]

3.5 hrs of extra cheap leccy tonight, we will bank that, everything on including roasting our chicken wing dinner.



Also had my first Octopus Intelligence bill, everything looks in order, including this night were I was given some extra cheap hours earlier in the evening. Had to re-programme my battery inverter to work around the extra cheap hours but with a Sunny Island, its a straight forward Sunny Portal internet page web page to update so it only takes about a minute and can be done sat at my computer.

[Stinsy]

The early evening cheap period goes against everything I thought I knew about wholesale energy prices!

I’d *LOVE* a split cheap rate period!