Octopus Agile

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Weekend is showing potential, although I shan't hold my breath until at least Friday.

greenbee

NedS said:

Disappointing overnight pricing tonight, our minimum is 9.93p - was hoping for better than that.

Probably because I signed up this morning and my switch went live at midday!

EssexHebridean

I’ll take that overnight - I need to run the WM and DW anyway - it might as well be at half the cost it would have been on the old fix! 

Officer_Dibble

freehugs_2 said:

Slinky said:

We have one of these:

https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0BTCPBQ7N?ref=nb_sb_ss_w_as-reorder_k2_1_6&amp=&crid=3EWJALJL0WPZW&amp=&sprefix=immers

Hi, we just have a manual switch for our immersion, which I'd like to replace - how easy is it to replace the switch yourself for one of these? Just like any switch, or do you need a sparky?

Check out the 1* Amazon reviews for this - looking at it I was sceptical about it handling the claimed 40 amps and it looks like I'm right - several reports of it burning out. Not safe, not certified and shouldn't be on sale. The Timeguard one is (as far as I remember) a straightforward like-for-like replacement of a normal fused spur - just make sure everything's nice and tight what with the load being high.

RavingMad

Bit grim tomorrow. Mrs wants to do a bedding wash but I'll try and put her off until the weekend when it's forecasted dry too

debitcardmayhem

I feel there will be little wind into next wind, and gas prices appear on an upward trend.

RavingMad

Based on the Emoncms forecast, the weekend should have been favourable. Had family round for Sunday dinner so most of the cooking was done during peak time too

Not looking forward to prices this week.  Anyone contemplating switching?

northernstar007

my 1st month on agile, i have been very careful at peak times inc washing during the night with no solar or batterys
so far avg price 15p kwh for oct in the NE which is 1 of the highest rates in the country so i'm happy with that

RavingMad

northernstar007 said:

my 1st month on agile, i have been very careful at peak times inc washing during the night with no solar or batterys
so far avg price 15p kwh for oct in the NE which is 1 of the highest rates in the country so i'm happy with that

My monthly avg is 15p too but that's skewed by 3 days of taking advantage of negative energy prices 

silverwhistle

RavingMad said:

My monthly avg is 15p too but that's skewed by 3 days of taking advantage of negative energy prices 

But that's the whole point! If you don't take advantage of lower prices it won't work!

Last month my average was 9.3, and this crept up to 10.25p last week. This week will obviously be worse, but you can only determine if it works for oneself over a longer period.

I've got solar and an EV, with the former taking the edge off during the day (currently 220w spare going in to the immersion) and the latter enabling me to take advantage of the price drops. Other people's situations will be different but at the moment it seems to be working for me. I sometimes forget how expensive SVR is compared with what I'm paying overall.