How to getthe best out of Octopus Flux

Freefaller said:
Are you guys still charging your batteries in the evening when the weather is so nice?
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Not in the evening, I export down 45% in the peak period, once that's hit it exports excess solar until 7pm, by then there's not much solar and house loads are about 1kW.

Still charge between 2am and 5am, but not at full power, usually draw 21 kWh in that three hour period, which gets me to about 80% SOC.
 
I had an install done in December 2015, its on the FITS payment system, but it paid for itself last year, that was much easier to track, no battery, no time of use tariffs, and just the FITS payments four times a year. Whilst I don't get the FITS payments on the additional system I installed, I now get paid much more for all exports. I know given time it will pay for itself, just a matter of how long, but that money is spent so I'm not fussed, but then I don't have anyone that thinks I need to justify the cost. Surely you're much lower, or hopefully negative bills will go some way to justifying it.

I wonder if its something that Home Assistant could track and calculate?
 
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@Jon20 If you're on FITS and moving to being paid for exports, then you may need to send a picture of the generation meter once they have your exports set up.

@gc4170 They work via either long range radio or 2g/3g dependant on where you are, so signals can be patchy. Basically the gas meter talks to the electric meter, and the electric meter talks to the network, there is no way for the user to reset it.

Mine lost communication last year, and it took me months to get them replaced.
 
@0ldman2 My IHD never shows the correct rate, check your cost using Octopus Watch app if on Android, or Octo Aid if on Apple, they can take some time to update, sometimes late into the evening for the previous day. These apps will accurately show you daily cost including standing charge.
 
IHD only shows what the meter see's, so therefore one can conclude that the meter doesn't have the correct rate.

My Octopus app shows the same as yours, it's ludicrous that they can't show the cost.

Get either of the apps I suggested, problem solved, although you'll still need to check the Octopus app to actually see when you used electric.
 
SoliD said:
Slight change to the export rules from Octopus! no longer need MCS.

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Export Tariffs - Terms & Conditions

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That will be the day.

Welshman said:
you do

5.5 For solar, wind and micro-CHP generation assets, you should be able to demonstrate that the generation asset is suitably certified via:

(i) the Microgeneration Certification Scheme (MCS) certification
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I think we will know that bit paper means nothing, except we can actually get paid decent money for our exports. What it doesn't actually mean is it's been installed properly, or works properly. In fact I'm baffled* why they insist on it, they don't even ask for proof that the electrical installation has been signed off.

*When you add up all the systems that don't have MCS, because it's not a legal requirement, so solar can legitimately be installed without it, there must be an awful lot exported that's either not paid for at all, or they get peanuts for it, someone somewhere is profiting big time.

Unfortunately MCS is something that has managed to hang on after the FITS systems.
 
It does appear that Octopus are looking at dropping the requirement for MCS, great news if this does go through.

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I know, but apparently there is a firmware issues with some smart meters, and they don't show negative real time power readings, hence my Glow IHD display doesn't report live export power, just 0. Works fine if we're importing though.

Glow IHD display allows HA to read live data from the smart meter.
 
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