Octopus Agile

greenbee

EssexHebridean said:

Agree about not using mechanical type things purely to use energy even when it is free or negative - but it is a great time to do things like a WM 90° wash to clean its internals! 

We were out all day yesterday on a pals birthday pub crawl and I only checked the prices when we got in by fluke - glad I did though! DW emptied and run on a hot wash with white vinegar, WM run with towels (annoyingly the last clothing run needed was done earlier on in the day!) and set to tumble those as well - and it’s now tumbling again to finish them off with drying. MrEH set the bread maker up to bake a loaf overnight which I have just taken out so the place smells amazing too! I need to raid the freezer in a bit to see if there is anything I can stick in the oven later really although we’re out this afternoon so that might not work. MrEH put the lights and underfloor heating on in the garden office overnight too - although with the way that retains heat since the door was replaced I suspect that hasn’t used as much as he might have though it had!  Bathroom U/F has been on too so cosy underfoot when I went in there first thing! 

Once MrEH is up I’ll get the bedding stripped - that can wash this afternoon on the cheapest slots - might even get it line dried this evening by sticking it out as soon as we get home. 

So far we are 11kWh used and 9p of credit showing - I’ll take that! 

Agree - I discharged the battery last night, and then put some laundry on ready for when I got up. That's now in the TD and the next load is in (this is all laundry I've been ignoring - lots of towels that benefit from a hot wash and TD, and some bedding for a hot wash and line-dry). The battery top-up is timed for the 4 best slots, and the immersion has a 5-hour slot programmed (I had a lovely hot bath last night!). There's some cooking to do, descaling of the kettle/coffee maker, the DW to run once some of the cooking is done (unfortunately the DW I inherited here has a fault on the hot cycle), and the cooker self-clean programme to look up and run to coincide with the 3-3.30pm slot somehow.

What I have, however, discovered is that even on an overcast day like today, without using electric heating (which I don't really need right now), just the WM & TD aren't even using all the solar. So it might be time to look at moving back to Flux for the higher peak export rates. 

Bendo

wrf12345 said:

Can we conclude from the lack of s/c charge change that Octopus does not want really low users on the tariff, perhaps as they can't make up the profit when prices are high?

No. You can't conclude anything.  What works for some users won't be the same as for you.  Look at your own data and make you own choices. 

And for some where SC went up rather than down, no change was beneficial . 

MikeyPGT

Well that's the standing charge for today covered - house will be getting hoovered this afternoon and the rest of the bedding still to wash 

WibbleBaaaaaa

wrf12345 said:

Can we conclude from the lack of s/c charge change that Octopus does not want really low users on the tariff, perhaps as they can't make up the profit when prices are high?

At 64p sc and being a low user Agile is now of no use to me, as the SC just kills stone dead any savings, which has been verified by the octoapp over the last month, plus with tracker i no longer need to timeshift anymore, but i assume octopus have kept the sc this high as they do not really want anyone on agile that does not have battery or solar, with the later no doubt negating such a high sc totally.

Effician

WibbleBaaaaaa said:

wrf12345 said:

Can we conclude from the lack of s/c charge change that Octopus does not want really low users on the tariff, perhaps as they can't make up the profit when prices are high?

 i assume octopus have kept the sc this high as they do not really want anyone on agile that does not have battery or solar, with the later no doubt negating such a high sc totally.

No battery or solar here & working out great.  As said earlier just signed up for another year even though the S/C has gone up a penny , nothing better out there for us tariff wise.

Netexporter

I've switched off the solar as there seems to be more sun than interval. In fact I'm seeing the highest irradiance of the year, so far, at over 950W/m2 for brief intervals.

GingerTim

Looking good for tomorrow, too - if not quite as good as today.

QrizB

Netexporter said:

I've switched off the solar as there seems to be more sun than interval. In fact I'm seeing the highest irradiance of the year, so far, at over 950W/m2 for brief intervals.

There have been occasional posts where the more sceptical forum members have wondered how we'll cope with increasing domestic PV generation during periods of low wholesale prices.

You've just illustrated how the market works to manage this

Netexporter

Exactly. I'm reducing supply and increasing demand to stop the grid frying and trousering cash for my trouble!

Whether I'd have trousered more from just carrying on as normal, is another matter. Assuming it is a Hawaii day, then my Agile payback target is about £3, so I doubt I'll break even. Still, it's the thought that counts!

NedS

Netexporter said:

Exactly. I'm reducing supply and increasing demand to stop the grid frying and trousering cash for my trouble!

Whether I'd have trousered more from just carrying on as normal, is another matter. Assuming it is a Hawaii day, then my Agile payback target is about £3, so I doubt I'll break even. Still, it's the thought that counts!

Same here, I figured I'd need to consume in excess of 12kWh just to break even relative to the SEG I'd be giving up, so we've gone for a more targeted approach today of just trying to maximise our usage (re everything on) for a few most lucrative 30min slots, rather than trying to max out everything all day and fry the consumer unit. Hopefully it's cloudy in those highly negative slots.