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Just had a couple of emails (both my son and I are on Octopus) and we’re getting a free 1hr’s worth of electricity tomorrow from 1pm to 2pm
So that’ll be 7.5kWh going into the car as well as the washing machine and dishwasher both on!
For anyone on Octopus who hasn’t had an email I’ve foud a direct link, just pop your account number in 🙂
h ttps://octopus.typeform.com/to/xUHlI2xy#kid=site
For some reason the link doesn’t show properly ???
So, copy and paste it into your browser and take out the space I’ve put in “h ttps”Please excuse spelling/typos. Apart from being a clot it turns out I had one on my cerebellum that's now causing various problems!
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Free electricity when the grid is greenest
Yup you heard us right. We will let you know anywhere from a few hours to a day ahead when the Free Electricity Sessions will happen via email, you let us know you’re taking part by ….. ………………………………………………clicking the opt in button ………Turns out, people like free electricity ðŸ«
Due to overwhelming interest, we’ve had to start a new signup form.
Sign up to take part in Free Electricity (including Thursday’s session) here:Â https://forms.gle/ZBYeu9ye3xx9ArbeA
If you signed up on our original form, there’s no need to reenter your details on the new form.
So, I transfered to Octopus over the weekend and my electric has only gone over today.
This morning I joined Octoplus and filled in the said form for free electric. The bummer is, I don’t think I’m eligible for todays session as per below. However, I need to charge car and put washing on, so will try just in case!
“if you’re already a member of Octoplus, you’ll be able to take part in our first session on August 15th.
For new Octoplus members, we’ll need to run a few checks first – so you’ll receive notifications of future sessions as soon as you are a member.“
There will be more sessions so hopefuilly you can get some free electrons then 🙂
Cars on a quick charge, Skoda App says charging at 6kW (which is what it always says) and the new Ohme App says it’s at 7.54kW so I may just get a free 27-30 miles worth 🙂
It’s also an Octopus “Greener Day” so the car will be on a full charge tonight and I’ll get a few free Octopoints for charging today.Update – Almost foprgot to stop the charge so went 10mins over!, 28 miles of range added according to the Skoda App.
Dishwasher’s doing a 1hr quick wash and I did a 40min quickwash of some clothes last night at 7p/kW so they’re in the tubmle dryer, 30m on high then 30m on low and all done 🙂
On top of all that it’s been a busy day, took my son home (been here a week) via shopping trips to Tesco, Iceland and Lidl (so he’s stocked up!) and had 4 deliveries this afternoon!. I have about 90mins for a cup of tea and a biscuit then have one of my club members coming at 3pm for help with a couple of his rifles. Then taking him to the indoor range tonight to check them out.
Whoever said I’d have a nice quiet retirement must have been taking happy pills!!
Please excuse spelling/typos. Apart from being a clot it turns out I had one on my cerebellum that's now causing various problems!
Isn’t it only free electricity over and above your usual usage?
All free for an hour!
When the time comes, use more electricity to maximise the freeness: do the vacuuming, turn the dishwasher or washing machine on, make lunch (or an early dinner), charge your EV, run your heat pump or immersion heater, you name it!
It’s free above your normal usage for that time of the day, they compare your recent activity (hence the need for a smart meter).
In my case the electricty use for the whole of Thursday last week was only about £1.50 including the 69p standing charge. I’ll not get a lot back but as they say, every little helps 🙂
Please excuse spelling/typos. Apart from being a clot it turns out I had one on my cerebellum that's now causing various problems!
It’s free above your normal usage for that time of the day, they compare your recent activity (hence the need for a smart meter). In my case the electricty use for the whole of Thursday last week was only about £1.50 including the 69p standing charge. I’ll not get a lot back but as they say, every little helps
If you got 5 tomorrow, can you take pic of writing on the CT clamp, that came with the charger please. It should also be fairly snug around the cable with little play.
I think/know when my parents charger was installed, they installed a a large CT clamp non Ohme supplied medium clamp suitable for 25mm tails, hence why its charging at 3.7kW and no CT reading in the app!
@kezo Not sure if that post was for me or KJ35 on the Ohme charging thread but here it is 🙂
Please excuse spelling/typos. Apart from being a clot it turns out I had one on my cerebellum that's now causing various problems!
@Phaedra it was for you mate but, was refering to the info on the actual CT clamp above the “Click” Henley block 🙂
@kezo Oops! brain not working yet!, here you go,
Please excuse spelling/typos. Apart from being a clot it turns out I had one on my cerebellum that's now causing various problems!
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