thehatfox@lemmy.world to United KingdomEnglish · 9 months agoSmart meter figures: Nearly four million not working properlywww.bbc.co.ukexternal-linkmessage-square14fedilinkarrow-up140arrow-down10
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minus-squareHeartyBeast@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up2·9 months agoI’m on Octopus Agile. They were paying me to use electricity the other day
minus-squarejabjoelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·edit-29 months agoYou got a house battery? If I had a largish house battery I’d certainly move to that and automate the battery use by electricity costs. ;-)
minus-squareHeartyBeast@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up1·9 months agoYup I have solar panels and a 5kWh battery. The panels don’t do much in the winter, but the batteries have proved their worth with the tariff. I have a few other automations like the immersion heater coming on when prices go negative
minus-squarejabjoelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·9 months agoI did maths on a battery with my current tarrif, but agile probably means I should revisit. What I really want is a nice big second life EV battery.
I’m on Octopus Agile. They were paying me to use electricity the other day
You got a house battery? If I had a largish house battery I’d certainly move to that and automate the battery use by electricity costs. ;-)
Yup I have solar panels and a 5kWh battery. The panels don’t do much in the winter, but the batteries have proved their worth with the tariff. I have a few other automations like the immersion heater coming on when prices go negative
I did maths on a battery with my current tarrif, but agile probably means I should revisit. What I really want is a nice big second life EV battery.