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  • MouldyOldDough
    MouldyOldDough Posts: 2,684 Forumite
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    QrizB said:
    It's worth finding. 28 watts is 0.7kWh per day, roughly one-fifth of the OPs entire electricity use.

    Exactly my concern

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  • MeteredOut
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    MouldyOldDough said:
    Qyburn said:
    MouldyOldDough said:
    Unimpressed with the home mini

    To start with - I expected it to show todays usage as a graph - it only shows data from 2 days ago !
    It should show today's use, for example ..



    Not today's or yesterdays - latest available is 2 days ago - both gas and electricity
    I will ask Octopus what's going on
    They won't (be able to) tell you. They'll say to check by turning things off and on.
  • debitcardmayhem
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    edited 23 December 2024 at 4:53PM
    What device are you running the app on?
    4.8kWp 12x400W Longhi 9.6 kWh battery Giv-hy 5.0 Inverter, WSW facing Essex . Aint no sunshine ☀️ Octopus gas fixed dec 24 @ 5.74 tracker again+ Octopus Intelligent Flux leccy
  • tim_p
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    WiFi router? (needed to run the Mini?)
  • Gerry1
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    Switch everything off at the consumer unit and count the metrology light flashes described in the Meter Sanity Test.
  • MouldyOldDough
    MouldyOldDough Posts: 2,684 Forumite
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    tim_p said:
    WiFi router? (needed to run the Mini?)
    Yes but that draws a tiny amount too
    I guess that the sky box and router together must equate to around 20 watts?
    It just seemed rather a lot to me!! 

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  • MouldyOldDough
    MouldyOldDough Posts: 2,684 Forumite
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    debitcardmayhem said:
    What device are you running the app on?
    A tablet and a phone as well as a laptop (on battery) 

    If I was half as smart as I think I am - I'd be twice as smart as I REALLY am.
  • FreeBear
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    MouldyOldDough said:
    tim_p said:
    WiFi router? (needed to run the Mini?)
    Yes but that draws a tiny amount too
    https://www.ispreview.co.uk/index.php/2024/03/the-2024-electricity-costs-of-big-uk-isp-home-broadband-routers.html suggests 6-10Wh depending on load (pure wifi uses quite a bit more power than a hard wired connection).
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  • MouldyOldDough
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    edited 7 January at 10:46AM
    Update :
    The home mini has now been running for over two weeks and still is over 24 hours behind with electricity  readings and 48 hours behind with gas !!
    It does show "live consumption" accurately.
    Octopus told me to move the device closer to the meter - but the green LED is lit on it already and the live reading being correct - so not a signal issue and we have no sockets closer (it is 12 feet away as the octopus swims)
    Anyone got any further suggestions ?
    For example - this morning (07 Jan) - it still hows yesterdays electricity thus...


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  • northernstar007
    northernstar007 Posts: 1,029 Forumite
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    MouldyOldDough try the app on your phone rather than the website 
    on the app does give live usage 
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