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I doubt you'll find anything better than Intelligent Octopus Go in terms of minimising overall costs. During this winter, my highest heat pump usage ...
I had overlooked that on the Cosy rate your optimal usage profile will be different to on the Go tariffs where it's logical to fully charge the batter...
You're comparing a unit charge saving with a daily charge increase. Assuming you use at least 3kWh per day then you'll have an incremental net saving...
Immediately after hitting send on the above, I learned that the Mel Pump issue had been fixed, so I've attached the equivalent data from yesterday. O...
I occasionally see the behaviour you're describing, but have never questioned it as an issue. I just assumed it's a normal part of the cycle to switc...
Anyone else having issues getting Melpump to display their 'interactive' charts via the Share as URL option? I'm just getting a blank page, other th...
@ecoste Just returning to your post detailing your stats, as I thought it would be useful, in terms of providing some context, to provide my own syste...
I hadn't really studied the above graphs when I posted them, but the data within them is actually quite interesting. Not only do they quantify the sc...
@cathoderay Cost via Amazon was £42 for the monitoring device and £26 for a Zigbee adapter, as I didn't already have this. Having the digital display...
Yes, a compatible car will be fine to qualify for the tariff. The basic requirement is that you do a form of smart charging from it at least once eve...
I posted the details of the Frient pulse counting device in an earlier post on the thread -br />I've attached a photo of it. There's a magnetic clamp...
I didn't have those graphs but they were easy enough to create. I've done one for the tracking period (currently 102 days) along with separate graphs...
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