Octopus Agile: Force Discharge Prior to Charge

[jamalehal]

Hi all,

New user to solar here, just had the system installed yesterday, now waiting for the paperwork to be done so I finally get paid for all the kW going to the grid!
I'm already an Octopus customer and was planning to switch tariff to Agile import and flat rate export.

I'm aware that Fox has the ability to integrate with Agile and force discharge.

With the flat rate export I can make 15p / kWh at any time.
I can figure out how to set the battery to force charge whenever the price drops below 15p.
What I would love to do is set the battery to force discharge ~1 hours before the low price window... This would allow me to maximise my solar profit

I've seen some tutorials that show how to set a price or time window to sell, this isn't exactly what I'm looking for.

Is this possible?

Thanks,
James

[Will]

I believe this will all be solved when the Octopus intelligent Flux support is released, as you'll get real time data from the octopus API and your buy/sell rates will be respected.

I wouldn't personally recommend dumping power and then recharging as you'll be unlikely to be making any profit for the battery wear.