Octopus Free Power Hours

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Re: Octopus Free Power Hours

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Don't forget to switch things off in 9 minutes!
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Re: Octopus Free Power Hours

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Lesson learned, must turn off discharge side before stack charge timing will kick in! :whako:

Hopefully a one time only mistake. HWT & SH's ran up fine at distance.
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Re: Octopus Free Power Hours

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Don't forget to re-programme your battery inverters back to normal like I frequently do. :?
18.7kW PV > 109MWh generated
Ripple 6.6kW Wind + 4.5kW PV > 26MWh generated
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Re: Octopus Free Power Hours

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nowty wrote: Thu Aug 15, 2024 2:42 pm Don't forget to re-programme your battery inverters back to normal like I frequently do. :?
I've done that, cheers! Felt like a right tit! :facepalm:

Weather's been honking up with us all day then suddenly I'm seeing 9kW+ incoming across the PV systems! :)

Makes up for my earlier error. Although not the beamer. :oops:

See ye for next one, hopefully be better prepared. SWMBO was well into it. Had to explain about the 24kW limit (which I don't hit) for the 100A fuse. She has really got into this! Haven't told her I ersed up the stack charge though. :lol:
19.7kW PV SE, VI, HM, EN & DW
Ripple 7kW WT & Gen to date 19MWh
42kWh LFPO4 storage
95kWh Heater storage
12kWh 210ltr HWT.
73kWh HI5
Deep insulation, air leak ct'd home
Zoned GCH & Hive 2
WBSx2
Low energy bulbs
Veg patches & fruit trees
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Re: Octopus Free Power Hours

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Joeboy wrote: Thu Aug 15, 2024 2:51 pm
nowty wrote: Thu Aug 15, 2024 2:42 pm Don't forget to re-programme your battery inverters back to normal like I frequently do. :?
I've done that, cheers! Felt like a right tit! :facepalm:

Weather's been honking up with us all day then suddenly I'm seeing 9kW+ incoming across the PV systems! :)

Makes up for my earlier error. Although not the beamer. :oops:

See ye for next one, hopefully be better prepared. SWMBO was well into it. Had to explain about the 24kW limit (which I don't hit) for the 100A fuse. She has really got into this! Haven't told her I ersed up the stack charge though. :lol:

Weather is still honking here, 1.4kWh for the whole day so far :shock: at least mid winter should yield more solar :lol:

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Re: Octopus Free Power Hours

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Forgot to charge car last night, so needed 6-8am boost to get me to work😩

Registered but didn’t get any confirmation from Octopus
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Re: Octopus Free Power Hours

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AGT wrote: Thu Aug 15, 2024 8:27 pm Forgot to charge car last night, so needed 6-8am boost to get me to work😩

Registered but didn’t get any confirmation from Octopus
Were you already a member of Octoplus (rewards programme) ?, if not you were not included in this first free power hour.

I got an email reminder just under an hour before.
18.7kW PV > 109MWh generated
Ripple 6.6kW Wind + 4.5kW PV > 26MWh generated
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Re: Octopus Free Power Hours

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nowty wrote: Thu Aug 15, 2024 8:47 pm
AGT wrote: Thu Aug 15, 2024 8:27 pm Forgot to charge car last night, so needed 6-8am boost to get me to work😩

Registered but didn’t get any confirmation from Octopus
Were you already a member of Octoplus (rewards programme) ?, if not you were not included in this first free power hour.

I got an email reminder just under an hour before.
Same here
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Re: Octopus Free Power Hours

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Yesterdays free power hour here was 19.557 kWh.

My import baseline should be zero, so if export is not taken into account I should receive a credit of 19.557 x 23.71 = £4.63

If export is being included in the baseline, thus giving me a negative baseline then the credit is likely to be nearer £6

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18.7kW PV > 109MWh generated
Ripple 6.6kW Wind + 4.5kW PV > 26MWh generated
5 Other RE Coop's
105kWh EV storage
60kWh Home battery storage
40kWh Thermal storage
GSHP + A2A HP's
Rain water use > 510 m3
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Re: Octopus Free Power Hours

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My use was 13.22kwh baseline would have averaged 400w as I had to charge an EV during a previous 1-2pm slot.
I did get a cheeky off peak slot just in case, it didn’t work as I hadn’t seen the octopus email saying I was in to the session, and it would have been peak use….
So let’s see what the credit is….
I am normally exporting between 1-2pm ( approx 4kwh)but I can’t see the baseline being negative for the purposes of this trial.
Mitsubishi Ecodan
ASHP 8.5kW x 2
12 x 460w Solar panels
9.5kWh GivEnergy
Batteries x 2
EVs x 4 210 kWh Batteries
Ripple 5.8 kW PV 0.547 kW Whitelaw Brae
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