Octopus Saving Session

rjmachin

Raxiel said:

Do we know when the adjustment period is?

5am to 8am

Alnat1

Always 1-4 hours before the event so 5am-8am this time.

I reckon national grid have realised people know how to play the game now and also are aware that it's more difficult early in the morning. Not so many are going to be up "batch cooking" at 5am. They have committed to run a certain number of tests and it probably costs them less in rewards with the morning sessions.

badger09

You’re probably right. 

It’s a very early start for someone who isn’t a morning person😊. 

I think I’ve set washing machine up for a delayed start but never done it before, it’s an old machine & instructions are filed away somewhere. Hope to fit in 2 or 3 loads & possibly some drying. 

Much too early to think about cooking though. 

masonic

Alnat1 said:

Always 1-4 hours before the event so 5am-8am this time.

I reckon national grid have realised people know how to play the game now and also are aware that it's more difficult early in the morning. Not so many are going to be up "batch cooking" at 5am. They have committed to run a certain number of tests and it probably costs them less in rewards with the morning sessions.

It suits me better, just means I get up half an hour earlier than normal and I'm at home for most of the in-day adjustment period. Only drawback is that my usage is normally quite high as this overlaps my Go Faster off-peak rate.

_Sam_

I prep the batch cooking, washing machine, the car, in advance in the evening. Then wake up few minutes before 5, load the oven and turn everything on. For us it is about 1 hour earlier start than normal, but suitably rewarded with a £30 or so 

ballisticbrian

GO!!!! ... or rather... stop.

gadgetmind

I managed 31.45kWh in that three hours and it will be zero for 9AM to 10AM. No energy taken that wouldn't have been drawn anyway, and most of it saved for later in batteries. 

_Sam_

ballisticbrian said:

GO!!!! ... or rather... stop.

Exactly, GO was at 5am.... 

razord

Weird... another Anticipated Requirement Notice just published for tomorrow. I wouldn't get excited for this one though, I'd imagine it's a limited onboarding test so Octopus won't take part given we've already had our 2 for the month - we'll find out for sure at 2:30pm.

Raxiel

Well, the oven was overdue a Pyro, the dishwasher was ready for a 65°c cycle, there was one load of laundry left to do, and there's enough wind in the north sea to blow away concerns about running up the meter on dirty energy. So we started the session already on what I'd consider a bad day for import

And then thanks to the sun shining we ended the session on exactly the same amount.

Just a shame they don't consider export. We probably managed a full kWh during the hour.