Do you mean powerups or the new one as of tomorrow?
Powerups are great if you get them. Been running almost a year, and has been almost 90 in that time.
Most days they are within the 1pm-5pm time zone, normally 2 or 2.5 hours.
Octopus Power Ups and Free Energy Sessions
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Do you mean powerups or the new one as of tomorrow?
Powerups are great if you get them. Been running almost a year, and has been almost 90 in that time.
Most days they are within the 1pm-5pm time zone, normally 2 or 2.5 hours.
Commissario
Either, I suppose. I've just had confirmation of free electricity tomorrow between 13:00 and 14:00.
I shall be sitting in the radio shack with the wireless and the amplifier running full squirt for an hour, making contacts around the world.
Got a powerup tomorrow for 13-15:30 so no need to worry about this one for me now
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I’m in. Baseline is 0. So assume anything I use will count as over. Not much money to be saved but I’ll not charge car, water, battery as much tonight so there’s something for me to fill up tomorrow.
Soldato
Im in….zero baseline too lol
Commissario
How does one find out the baseline?
Soldato
I export solar duringthe hours of 7am and 7pm…….and im a very small user of leccy anyway
Commissario
I’m a little confused. I think I signed up for Power Ups earlier but the email suggests this is Free Electricity.
“Free Electricity... what's the catch?
During these super-green sessions, all the electricity you'd normally use will cost the same. Any extra power you use won't cost a thing. That means you can go to town on all those electricity-hungry household tasks, knowing you won't clock up a big bill afterwards.”
“Free Electricity... what's the catch?
During these super-green sessions, all the electricity you'd normally use will cost the same. Any extra power you use won't cost a thing. That means you can go to town on all those electricity-hungry household tasks, knowing you won't clock up a big bill afterwards.”
Soldato
There is no catch, they are actually telling you to use as much power as you can in that hour………
Associate
I've got the email and filled in the form but don't actually know if it has worked or not as I've had no confirmation anywhere?
Commissario
I know there’s no catch. There seem to be two schemes, that’s my confusion.
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What's the 2nd scheme (assuming the 1st is the free electric between 13:00 and 14:00 that we're all talking about?)
Soldato
Misleading naming IMO.
Power ups were region dependent I think - this new free electricity thing seems to be nationwide. Also power ups were totally free in that slot. This is just free above normal usage
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It's a shame they don't list what your baseline is in their email. They will know this per customer and could have easily included it in the email.
Commissario
Ahh ok, I get it now.
You can download your usage in Excel and get busy
Soldato
I think that's me setup for tomorrow, just need to keep an eye on things tomorrow.
I've reduced my overnight scheduled charge to 1hr, just so the battery doesn't go flat before the solar kicks in.
I'll dump battery to grid down to 45% between 11:50 and 12:50
Between 13:00 and 14:00 I'll suck in as much as possible.
After 14:00 batteries should charge to 100% by 16:00 for the flux peak export.
I've reduced my overnight scheduled charge to 1hr, just so the battery doesn't go flat before the solar kicks in.
I'll dump battery to grid down to 45% between 11:50 and 12:50
Between 13:00 and 14:00 I'll suck in as much as possible.
After 14:00 batteries should charge to 100% by 16:00 for the flux peak export.
There is a power up for those eligible and a free energy session at the same time tomorrow.
Unlike saving sessions there is no tracking you can see for powerups and as they have been going for almost a year they do not seem inclined to change that.
The free energy session is the same format, the webform.
@Feek the power up email will start with "Power-ups" the free energy one with "FYI:Fancy free energy" both come from Pete
Unlike saving sessions there is no tracking you can see for powerups and as they have been going for almost a year they do not seem inclined to change that.
The free energy session is the same format, the webform.
@Feek the power up email will start with "Power-ups" the free energy one with "FYI:Fancy free energy" both come from Pete
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