Last seen: Feb 24, 2026
@scalextrix I apologise if I offended you, or wasted your time. This is a 100 page thread on electricity price predictions and everyone will have...
@majordennisbloodnok It is pretty much impossible for Agile to beat (even with HA automation) an EV tariff when averaged out if you have an EV and ...
@scalextrix Adding a Heat Pump will rotate your electricity meter at a rapid rate in the cooler wetter months without much solar to slow it down. ...
@toodles Not really. I've been on an EV tariff for over 5 years without an EV. Only with Octopus and EON. No swapping required, other than moving t...
@toodles This is where I'm coming from Toodles. 7.1mwh's equates to less than £500 at an overnight rate. We buy all our electricity at that rat...
@toodles On some of the so called EV tariffs, you don't need an EV to sign up (including the one I'm on).
@old_scientist This is correct I asked myself this question. if I invest in renewable heating, electricity generation and storage what are my ri...
@majordennisbloodnok If you have a HP for me you should have battery storage if you can, so it's not necessarily one or the other, you really shoul...
In the summer months looking at our data our batteries are discharging about 11kwh a day. In the winter they are discharging about 25kwh a day and w...
@scalextrix I'm not convinced that solar panels in the UK are a "guaranteed payback", especially with a Heat Pump. How much electricity will you ...
@vanq If you have an EV and battery storage why would you not use an EV tariff? Surely its way cheaper and more convenient?
@editor More kWh for my hard earned cash was the priority. Our 45kwh of storage should meet our HP needs and the rest of the house load, other t...
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