How many watts are you using during Demand Flexibility Event 21/2 5:30-6:30PM

pete-20-11

0W or slightly over that depending on rounding 😄

running from battery and avoiding heavy loads like ovens. 

vic_sf49

Well done on that.

The weird thing is, I was running on about 36w during the previous session too (background + light), but Octopus said I'd saved 100%. So I figured it wasn't worth resetting clocks on appliances, if running at 30w ish, counts as a 100% saving.

(No, I don't understand the 2 pages of maths to work it out properly, and my guesstimate on £££ savings, is usually within 50p.)

Mstty

Our biggest layout was the emergency 1.5 hour event £54.36 as they paid £4 per kWh saved.

For tonight's we expect £24-25

We missed the first 5 events as we were not chosen by Eon next and had to sign up to another organisation to take part (loop) however expect to earn over £200 by the end or put another way 10% of our energy cost for the year.

SuzeQStan

Nothing to say but just WOW - I’m giving up this Shell flex malarkey!

Mstty

SuzeQStan said:

Nothing to say but just WOW - I’m giving up this Shell flex malarkey!

Opt out of shell and join Hugo or loop.

Some will have earned £400+ back by the end and some £600 I suspect looking at the high earners.

vic_sf49

I went from £1.02 before I knew how it worked, to £46.28 for the live session on 24th Jan (£40.78 profit after factoring in extra electric costs.)

I missed the first 5 sessions I think it was, as I was with BG to start with (with a non smart, smart meter), before I switched to Octopus, which fixed the meter problem immediately.

Shall have to wait for Bright App to update over night with my electric usage, to guesstimate today's earnings.

Mstty

vic_sf49 said:

I went from £1.02 before I knew how it worked, to £46.28 for the live session on 24th Jan (£40.78 profit after factoring in extra electric costs.)

I missed the first 5 sessions I think it was, as I was with BG to start with (with a non smart, smart meter), before I switched to Octopus, which fixed the meter problem immediately.

Shall have to wait for Bright App to update over night with my electric usage, to guesstimate today's earnings.

I like bright and it's layout but have to say the loop all by 6pm had already updated the 1:30-4:30pm in day adjustment period so it's worth trying as well.

vic_sf49

Mstty said:

vic_sf49 said:

I went from £1.02 before I knew how it worked, to £46.28 for the live session on 24th Jan (£40.78 profit after factoring in extra electric costs.)

I missed the first 5 sessions I think it was, as I was with BG to start with (with a non smart, smart meter), before I switched to Octopus, which fixed the meter problem immediately.

Shall have to wait for Bright App to update over night with my electric usage, to guesstimate today's earnings.

I like bright and it's layout but have to say the loop all by 6pm had already updated the 1:30-4:30pm in day adjustment period so it's worth trying as well.

I did try it for a bit already actually, as I'd seen it mentioned on here quite a bit... probably by you. 

I loved how fast it updated, but I just didn't like it as much as Bright. I also had to keep force closing it, so got rid.

TheElectricCow

Typically for the sessions I'll cut down to 0w, although on this one I was a little on the slow side switching things off so will probably have a small amount of usage right at the start - not likely to have any notable impact on savings though. 

Did one event where I just cut the power on the CU, but have since been switching everything off at the wall manually for the sessions so that the coffee machine and oven can still have power to keep their clocks running. The consumption of these two combined in their idle modes is so low they seem to have no measurable power draw, so even with them left on the meter still registers 0w used.

brewerdave

This whole process seems bonkers to me - burn loads of electrical energy in the day , then switch off virtually everything for an hour or so in the evening to earn most of your monthly bill back !!