Hi - I am a new user and getting to grips with the low and high peak rates times with Octopus.
How do I stop my batteries from Discharging in the morning - I am concerned that on cloudy winter days, I will have no battery power left when the high peak rate kicks ks in at 4pm?
Today for example, my battery charge has gone from 81% down to 35% already and it's only 11.30am. It's a cloudy day and very little solar being produced.
many thanks
Gillian
How to stop Battery Discharging in morning
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Dave Foster
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A lot of people on Octopus Flux switch to Octopus Go in October and switch back to it in March for this reason.
The Octopus GO terms say you need an EV but there are no checks when signing up (unlike Intelligent GO which you must have an EV).
Anyway to answer your question, assuming you are using the low peak tariff between 2am and 5am to charge the batteries, you can hold the discharge if needed as well.
If you are using the normal charge periods (rather than the scheduler which is more complex) you would set charge period 1 from 2am to 5am with charge from grid enabled, and then with charge period 2 you would set (for example) 9am to 12am with the charge from grid switch turned off. What this does is to instruct the inverter not to discharge the batteries in the charge period you have set.
The Octopus GO terms say you need an EV but there are no checks when signing up (unlike Intelligent GO which you must have an EV).
Anyway to answer your question, assuming you are using the low peak tariff between 2am and 5am to charge the batteries, you can hold the discharge if needed as well.
If you are using the normal charge periods (rather than the scheduler which is more complex) you would set charge period 1 from 2am to 5am with charge from grid enabled, and then with charge period 2 you would set (for example) 9am to 12am with the charge from grid switch turned off. What this does is to instruct the inverter not to discharge the batteries in the charge period you have set.
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WyndStryke
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The option I'm planning to go for is E-on Next Drive, which is 6.7p/kWh from 00:00-07:00, and you can export at 16.5p/kWh. That would let you still be fully charged at 7am. If the problem is that the battery is not large enough for a full day, and if you have enough available cash, maybe another battery module would help.
The downside with E-on is that the tariffs are annual, unlike octopus where you can swap monthly. For a year-round tariff, Drive seems to be reasonable, however.
The downside with E-on is that the tariffs are annual, unlike octopus where you can swap monthly. For a year-round tariff, Drive seems to be reasonable, however.
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DaleBennett
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Thank you both - excellent advice on both fronts.