Last seen: Aug 15, 2025
You’re right, @bontwoody. That is very interesting.
No, 2nd was not a one-off. No, the carbon intensity doesn’t normally peak at another time. In fact it doesn’t normally peak at any particular time. O...
You’da thunk, wouldn’t you? But that’s not borne out by the data. For instance, on 2nd September the peak carbon intensity (300g/kWh) was at 9am (abou...
Dynamic charging, yes definitely. You can get as clever as you want with a home automation system to ensure you charge at a cheaper rate than you then...
You misunderstood my point which is not surprising since I didn’t say quite what I meant. Ho, hum… What I was describing with car nuts was something...
Unfortunately no in both cases. Annual kWh used combined with a time of use tariff means the time a heat pump kicks in (particularly after someone had...
Frankly, @bontwoody, I'm not entirely convinced by either metric. If cost is one's overriding concern - and for most people it will be - the only metr...
No. You are at fault for asking for help and then not doing the (cost free) things people here have asked you to do to troubleshoot. The suggestion ...
Sadly not. Nor will you be able to use the day names Monday-Friday since they’ll be flagged as week too. Even Saturday and Sunday are recognised as ...
Being frank, I've known for a while that I could get a better return on Octopus' fixed export. Agile used to suit us since the peaks can be quite high...
@Tim441, I'm on Octopus Agile for both import and export and I've gone a different route to avoid what @toodles rightly calls "faff factor". Probably ...
I haven't a Samsung, @profzarkov, but I'd be immensely surprised if yours has been installed without making it internet-enabled and controllable via a...
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