EV and Air Source Heat Pump!

Reed_Richards

Yes, you ought to be able to divide your gas kWh by 3 to get your electricity kWh when using the heat pump.  Hopefully you will find that the divisor works out to be a bit more (3 point something) when you actually get that heat pump.

cathyem1

Thank you.

My actual figures are

Electric 3317.4 kWh and this includes charging
Gas 6428 /3 = 2142.66 kWh

Total 5460.06 kWh

I also have solar thermal water heating, which means I hardly need to use the boiler in the summer months (when the sun actually shines in the UK 😉)

I'll work out the Octopus and Eon tariffs.

michaels

Also take a look at Tomato - probably even cheaper as long as you have a smets2 smart meter.

Another option is Octopus intelligent go that you can get if you have a compatible car or charger - I purchased an ohme go charger (plug in) which in theory gives access to this tariff.

cathyem1

Thank you, I was looking at Tomato too. Wondering what their customer service is like.
Yes, we have a smets2 smart meter, but we don't have a suitable charger for Intelligent Octopus Go and the saving we’d make with that tariff doesn't really equal the outlay of changing the charger.
Tomato appear to have a longer cheap overnight period to get our hot water and charging done. Lots to think about. I'm feeling a comparison spreadsheet coming on 😉

Reed_Richards

Tomato is offering some really good prices but there isn't much confidence it will keep going so you need to research a second choice in case it doesn't.  Also, if you have solar panels both Octopus and Eon Next offer good rates for export payments for their import customers whereas you can't use Tomato for export payments.  

cathyem1

I will bear that in mind - thank you. I do not have solar panels unfortunately.

michaels

Reed_Richards said:

Tomato is offering some really good prices but there isn't much confidence it will keep going so you need to research a second choice in case it doesn't.  Also, if you have solar panels both Octopus and Eon Next offer good rates for export payments for their import customers whereas you can't use Tomato for export payments.  

I understand that has changed and tomato now offer a low seg (7p?) and as part of the sign up you have to transfer your export to them, even if you are currently still on deemed export.

michaels

cathyem1 said:

Thank you, I was looking at Tomato too. Wondering what their customer service is like.
Yes, we have a smets2 smart meter, but we don't have a suitable charger for Intelligent Octopus Go and the saving we’d make with that tariff doesn't really equal the outlay of changing the charger.
Tomato appear to have a longer cheap overnight period to get our hot water and charging done. Lots to think about. I'm feeling a comparison spreadsheet coming on 😉

I purchased of ebay an ohme go plug in charger which is I think compatible with IOG so would obviously just need to plug it in every now and then if I did go onto that tariff.

cathyem1

I am now a customer of Tomato Energy. I will see how it goes.

My tariff is
01.00 to 06.00 5p kWh
06.00 to 09.30 23.26p kWh
09.30 to 11.30 14.04p kWh
11.30 to 20.30 23.26p kWh
20.30 to 22.30 14.04p kWh
22.30 to 01,00 23.26p kWh

all inclusive of VAT

Standing charge 42.86p per day

michaels

cathyem1 said:

I am now a customer of Tomato Energy. I will see how it goes.

My tariff is
01.00 to 06.00 5p kWh
06.00 to 09.30 23.26p kWh
09.30 to 11.30 14.04p kWh
11.30 to 20.30 23.26p kWh
20.30 to 22.30 14.04p kWh
22.30 to 01,00 23.26p kWh

all inclusive of VAT

Standing charge 42.86p per day

Could you not have got midnight to 6AM - I don't think they check up if you claim EV, PV, battery etc?