Octopus go tariffs?

[mutanthands]

So the exact costs where as follows:
Solar 4.8 KW of panels (11 panels 385watts each) and a 5.2 KW/h battery was £10795. I've ordered an additional battery at £3300 - it was supposed to be installed yesterday but problems on the previous job meant the sparky couldn't get over. Charging two batteries up overnight means I can run the house all day most of the time. The other option is Tesla Powerwall but they have long lead times and pretty pricey..

Just as a heads up on the stats:

Installed Mid October - I charge the battery overnight.
205kw/h generated
70 kw/h exported

In Nov so far
77.4 kw/h generated
2.3 kw/h exported

I wasn't entirely happy with the location of some of the panels but the installer said wait until you have done a summer and then see, I expect based on the sunny days in October that I will be filling up everything and sending power to the grid too..

As I want to keep my house for a good decade I will probably install some air conditioners next year as well to heat and cool the downstairs - need to do some investigation on this and detach from Gas use as much as possible.

I have a Zappi V2 car charger, which is great but it can't work out if energy oil coming from battery storage or solar panels. It has a trickle charge and full charge as well as top up in the app.

Hope this helps.

Hugely helpful, massive thanks for taking the time to reply in detail.

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[Nickj]

Well, no roll over 2nd year! Notice came about 3 weeks out. Going to be a bit painful ! Still works out about £500 cheaper overall staying with ‘go’ than the 35p for all hours.

 

[Midlifecrisis]

Interesting to see the current offers. Either I am going mad (possible) or you have posted the same screenshot image 3 times

 

[Nickj]

Interesting to see the current offers. Either I am going mad (possible) or you have posted the same screenshot image 3 times

May have. Edited so should be just the one now

 

[Midlifecrisis]

So which option are you going for? The Go tariff again?

 

[Nickj]

So which option are you going for? The Go tariff again?

that’s the plan. Ran the numbers and on current usage was the better option although will be a bit a painful running the heating at 44p a kW! Saved about £500 a year vs 35p for all hours.

I’m going to call them and see if ‘ intelligent’ may be available as this has a slightly cheaper off peak rate at 0.10p but for more hours. Says not available for Taycan although lists Audi e tron gt. Wonder if it would still be compatible ?

 

[Fish Fingers]

that’s the plan. Ran the numbers and on current usage was the better option although will be a bit a painful running the heating at 44p a kW! Saved about £500 a year vs 35p for all hours.

I’m going to call them and see if ‘ intelligent’ may be available as this has a slightly cheaper off peak rate at 0.10p but for more hours. Says not available for Taycan although lists Audi e tron gt. Wonder if it would still be compatible ?

Let us know what they say.
I was wondering too why the Taycan isn't listed.

 

[Fish Fingers]

Well, no roll over 2nd year! Notice came about 3 weeks out. Going to be a bit painful ! Still works out about £500 cheaper overall staying with ‘go’ than the 35p for all hours.

Its interesting that your split between off peak / on peak is similar to ours - about 40/60.

 

[mcr21]

I think we must have a phantom and 2 or 3 vampires at our house. Usage never seems to go down, whatever we turn off!!

Maybe Colin Robinson, the famous energy vampire featured In What We Do in The Shadows.

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