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Now there's a question I hadn't thought to ask. I'm in the same boat and so for every kWh I use between 13:00 and 15:00 I will be "charged" -0.46p (...
Even more than that, depending on the wholesale price during these sessions, the scheme will at worst cost Octopus very little and at best make them s...
A bit of miscommunication I think, @iantelescope. @jamespa was questioning what use the modbus interface would be if you weren't sure you'd get a Home...
...or another third party monitoring and/or controlling device. Home Assistant or OpenHAB spring to mind, but even home-grown python scripts would be ...
Agreed, @toodles, and for anyone on a fixed tariff it makes sense. The point I was making, though, is that despite the offer sounding good in theory w...
I agree. Octopus is a company being run according to some pretty ethical principles but still as a going commercial concern. The fact they are the suc...
…and there I can agree, @johnmo. You’re describing a textbook case of simplifying a problem to understand it better and it’s sound advice. Mine was on...
Whilst you're correct in your technical thinking, @johnmo, I'd still inject a word of caution. Any means of heating one's house and domestic water i...
Ouch. Taxi !!!
’Fraid I can’t agree, @johnmo. What the article says may seem really obvious but we only need to look at the many many examples of badly finished ins...
Yes, I assumed it'd be cost that removed underground cables from consideration. As for the rest of your post I'm going to ignore the obvious comment...
😎 @derek-m Badoom, tsh.
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