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Free public charging charging is mostly disappearing now.
From what I can see;
- Where it’s still in place it‘s heavily abused by the freeloaders
- A total lottery on charging availability, due to point 1.
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Free public charging charging is mostly disappearing now.
From what I can see;
So Spring has finally arrived and the Solar production has starting to ramp up.
I start the day with my home storage battery at 82%
I've already got the washing machine & dishwasher on. I'll get the car plugged in after the school run and the water heating will likely start after lunch.
With half a day of sun i'm now running 'off grid' and 'off gas', with some free EV miles in there too
I start the day with my home storage battery at 82%
I've already got the washing machine & dishwasher on. I'll get the car plugged in after the school run and the water heating will likely start after lunch.
With half a day of sun i'm now running 'off grid' and 'off gas', with some free EV miles in there too
So Spring has finally arrived and the Solar production has starting to ramp up.
I start the day with my home storage battery at 82%
I've already got the washing machine & dishwasher on. I'll get the car plugged in after the school run and the water heating will likely start after lunch.
With half a day of sun i'm now running 'off grid' and 'off gas', with some free EV miles in there too
I've now got an image in my head of your house turning into a weird rube goldberg machine as you try to figure out nw and creative wasted to waste your free electricity.
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The max the inverter can supply is the max (its typically higher than the headline number, 10% or so but may drop back over time as it gets warm).
So if you have a 7kw charger and a 5kw capable inverter your going to be capped at 5kw from solar+battery typically.
Can get a little different if its not a hybrid but a solar with its own inverter and a AC couple battery with its own inverter. Potentially more supply there if the systems are all capable of talking together.
I have a habit of always being late to the party with deals/offers/promos despite monitoring HUKD often. For once I seemed to have actually managed to benefit from one and managed to get on the Octopus tracker before they started the waiting list. It's just straight out of the box instantly saving us loads at the moment.
whole thing is weird .. govt had put aside/expected £5BN to cover Bulb, what ?, additional cost to purchaser for energy that hadn't been hedged, above the EPG cap, they are financing for all consumers,
and, with gas price drop , unhedged energy is cheaper so govt expects to get £1.2Bn profit from buyer instead ?
so, generally, the hedging has cost all consumers lots of money, but no one anticipated the warm winter&lpg re-stock rates (hindsight's a great thing)
article I'd read https://www.reuters.com/business/en...akeover-rival-unlawful-court-told-2023-02-28/
Charging from solar -> Currently using 3-pin plug which maxes at about 2.3 kW. This works great when WFH, usually get 6+ hours if the sun is good, which is about 40 miles of range per day into the EV battery.
Longer term i'll buy a new wall charger to replace my Pod Point (7Kw) which diverts the solar excess to the car - e.g. Like the Zappi does
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Free public charging charging is not disappearing in my City I used last week @ocean retail park
and pod point is 32p for 50 KWH much better then instavolt 75p -50KWH chargers rip-off
Pod Point | Cost of Charging an Electric Car
A complete guide on how much it costs to charge an electric car in the UK at home, work and on the go.
pod-point.com
And There are thousands of free electric car charge points in the UK, often located in supermarkets, shopping centres, public car parks, hotels and sometimes service stations.
EV: Charging
Want to understand a little more about electric car charging? We've created the ultimate guide on everything you need to know about electric car charging points
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People with Octopus, check your payment amount, they seem to be upping monthly payments as the Gov payment is over.
They increased my payment 3 fold to just under £100, even with over £600 credit on the account, and use less than £25 a month.
They increased my payment 3 fold to just under £100, even with over £600 credit on the account, and use less than £25 a month.
Free public charging charging is not disappearing in my City I used last week @ocean retail park
Pod Point | Cost of Charging an Electric Car
A complete guide on how much it costs to charge an electric car in the UK at home, work and on the go.
And There are thousands of free electric car charge points in the UK, often located in supermarkets, shopping centres, public car parks, hotels and sometimes service stations.
EV: Charging
Want to understand a little more about electric car charging? We've created the ultimate guide on everything you need to know about electric car charging pointswww.edfenergy.com
I know free charging exists, but it's disappearing e.g. PodPoint / VW stopped the Tesco free Pod Point charging last year.
Most free chargers remaining are at Hotel's and the others can't be relied upon due to the freeloader's blocking them 24/7.
I know someone that specifically goes to a local hotel and leaves their Tesla there all day charging whilst walking home to continue working. It was always going to be abused so I can see public "free" points going away as well.
What's funny is they're fairly well off - I mean they drive a Tesla ffs - and just do not need to do this. Strange.
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Thats handy thanks
Just checked mine and they added £67 to it as well. They owe me £800 as it is (deliberate on my part) so I don't want another £67 added to my payments!
Most won't notice until they see their payment has gone up, bit late then as they have the money.
Indeed sneaky buggers. My payments will drop further as the benefits of my solar kicks in
Yes. But if you have a Solar compatible charger, they typically have 3 modes:
Full speed @ 7kw
Eco which will charge the car at 1.4kw or higher if more solar is available up to the max export. If you don’t have 1.4kw from the solar, it will pull from the grid.
Eco plus: only pulls from excess solar and needs a minimum of 1.4kw before it kicks on and uses zero grid.
The latter two modes use a CT clamp to monitor your export and matches accordingly.
I used to be a bulb customer and would submit my meter readings on 15th month and 24th month
Now I have been moved over to octopus they seem to sending me emails about weekly charge, wha's this about ?
I submit my readings on the same dates
15th month and 24th with octopus
Now I have been moved over to octopus they seem to sending me emails about weekly charge, wha's this about ?
I submit my readings on the same dates
15th month and 24th with octopus
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