Octopus Energy - cheap overnight charging

[endoman]

25p for my 55kWh last night. Agile and Ohme are a great combo.

[Delta5]

My first 3 agile months with a little bit of time shifting - washer/dryer and charging, even with an electric oven have given me a blended average rate of 8.75p per Kw/h vs 14.07 for their standard rate.

Last nights car charge cost under a pound for 55kw/h, would have been less but the api is playing up, and didn't stop charging when asked.

You do need to be able to avoid using power 4pm to 7 pm peak rate, many won’t be able to do that and be better off on a different tarrif. The SSE tariff just deducts around £12 a month up to a the equivalent of 8000 miles for free off peak but no indication of standard rate online, certainly worth a look if the charger timer operates correctly. For some reason you can’t use it for storage heaters.

[Al's Ipace]

I'm with Octopus Go, with a Pod Point charger. Got fed up with the Jag pre conditioning/timed charging so installed this.....



Works easily with it's app and now I reliably charge at 5p between 0.30am and 05.30am. Can now even charge over two days to take advantage of the low fix overnight 5p rate.

[SLOOP JOHN B]

Mwright 35 I have just used your referral code

[russyj]

I'm with Octopus Go, with a Pod Point charger. Got fed up with the Jag pre conditioning/timed charging so installed this.....



Works easily with it's app and now I reliably charge at 5p between 0.30am and 05.30am. Can now even charge over two days to take advantage of the low fix overnight 5p rate.

Hi Al,

Some of the reviews say the WiFi is a bit weak, do you mind sharing how far you are from your router? Really interested in this!

Thanks!

[Al's Ipace]

I'm with Octopus Go, with a Pod Point charger. Got fed up with the Jag pre conditioning/timed charging so installed this.....



Works easily with it's app and now I reliably charge at 5p between 0.30am and 05.30am. Can now even charge over two days to take advantage of the low fix overnight 5p rate.

Hi Al,

Some of the reviews say the WiFi is a bit weak, do you mind sharing how far you are from your router? Really interested in this!

Thanks!

I have a Sky router and the router is about 5m away from the unit. The Wi-Fi has to go through two brick walls as well. The app does say weak Wi-Fi when connecting. I has never lost connection and it works well. If you have a problem you could always add a Wi-Fi booster.

[electric beagle]

Can anyone who works heavily from home and who consumes both gas and electricity without any solar or home battery comment on the break even point for switching to a cheaper off peak supply?

I don't do an awful lot of miles in the car and not at all sure that it makes sense to switch from my current 12.9p flat rate.

[sunnyjoe]

Can anyone who works heavily from home and who consumes both gas and electricity without any solar or home battery comment on the break even point for switching to a cheaper off peak supply?

I don't do an awful lot of miles in the car and not at all sure that it makes sense to switch from my current 12.9p flat rate.

I fit your description above and I am on Octopus Agile. I don't do many miles because working from home currently. For the month ending 23 October my average electricity price was 10.3p/kWh

[electric beagle]

Can anyone who works heavily from home and who consumes both gas and electricity without any solar or home battery comment on the break even point for switching to a cheaper off peak supply?

I don't do an awful lot of miles in the car and not at all sure that it makes sense to switch from my current 12.9p flat rate.

I fit your description above and I am on Octopus Agile. I don't do many miles because working from home currently. For the month ending 23 October my average electricity price was 10.3p/kWh

So you have normal usage during the expensive peak window but avoid heavy load I assume like cooking, tumble dryer etc?

What is the gas price?

[ChrisMc]

Can anyone who works heavily from home and who consumes both gas and electricity without any solar or home battery comment on the break even point for switching to a cheaper off peak supply?

I don't do an awful lot of miles in the car and not at all sure that it makes sense to switch from my current 12.9p flat rate.

Personally, if you don't do a lot of mileage then you are probably as well off as you can get paying only 12.9p / KwH, assuming that is 24/7. Octopus Go drops to ca. £0.05p between 00:00 and 04:30hrs, but is around £0.17p / KwH at other times, another supplier I have is £0.19p / KwH at peak times and £0.09p / KwH between 00.00hrs and 07:00 am so your rate of 12.9 seems pretty good to me. Depends of course on your usage and peak hours etc.