That's the issue with them as far as I'm aware? Government don't want to put subsidies on those unlike air to water because of the fact they can cool, so people will basically start using more electricity in summer. Personally I think the sun shines more in summer so people could just use their solar to run their AC if they have it.
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That's the issue with them as far as I'm aware? Government don't want to put subsidies on those unlike air to water because of the fact they can cool, so people will basically start using more electricity in summer. Personally I think the sun shines more in summer so people could just use their solar to run their AC if they have it.
It’s only an issue from the incentive perspective but it typically costs less to install, a lot less in fact. The incentives for air to water only bring it in line with air to air due to a lot of the re-work needed for air to water.
Air to air Multi-splits can even heat hot water cylinders now which was the age old issue with going full air to air. You used to need a separate solution for hot water, usually an immersion but that isn’t the case anymore and you can use the heat pump to do it.
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Soldato
What are the running costs like?
Permabanned
Mine uses about 600w give or take but it’ll cycle on and off so it isn’t constantly drawing that power.
We turn it on when we get in from work and you can see where it cycles on and off, it’s drawing 0.9kWh when it on but that total house power draw.
Compared to a oil filled radiator or similar it’s far more efficient.
Soldato
I've never had much luck with Octopus and emails for some reason but phone and twitter have both worked well.
Caporegime
People too scared to speak with people these days.
Soldato
I rang and they send you a link… turns out it’s the generic join octopus rather than the specific tarriff. Quite tedious
Soldato
You have to join first, then they can flip your tariff.
Not that hard just wait for your switch date and they can change your tariff over same day.
I looked at Eon vrs Octopus as I'm currently with eon and daily prices were the same and unit prices very slightly cheaper with Octopus.
As I already have over 300 quid in the bank with eon I just decided to stay with them on a variable rate.
After watching the news this morning I'm hopeful I've made the right decision as energy unit wholesale prices seem to be coming down..... Watch this space
As I already have over 300 quid in the bank with eon I just decided to stay with them on a variable rate.
After watching the news this morning I'm hopeful I've made the right decision as energy unit wholesale prices seem to be coming down..... Watch this space
Soldato
Am I right in thinking the Octopus rates reset daily (so are a day average), so there's not an advantage to using power at certain times?
Associate
Which, tracker? Yes, it's set per day.
Agile for electricity is set in half hour increments.
Soldato
Are you looking at the tracker prices properly here?
Not the standard variable ones.
I am paying 7.17p/kWh today for gas vs 10.4p/kWh on the standard variable tariffs. Prices can be seen here (changes daily): http://mysmartenergy.uk/Tracker/Southern-England
The fixed rate options were over a grand more than I'm currently playing. Yours is much lower than mine
Caporegime
Currently I reckon I am saving about 30% on the per unit price being on the tracker. That probably comes down to 25% if you consider the standing charge. That’s a big saving
Soldato
Is the standing charge different? I thought it was the same when I looked
Soldato
No, standing charge is the same, just when you see a 30% drop in the variable costs, it results in an overall ~25% drop due to the standing charge taking up a decent chunk of the total cost