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Aye thats another way to explain it. Not at all, thank you

Understood. It's really that most energy suppliers have two ranges, peak and off peak and Tomato have added a third range kind of mid peak or a discounted period during the conventional peak time. I feel it's useful for many, not for me because I only run on the 5p off peak rate :D

What typo did I make? I’m not arguing, merely explaining my viewpoint, I didn’t think the weird tag was called for. You have to remember, I’m a Yorkshireman and:- “Tha can allus tell a Yorkshireman but tha can’t tellim much” 😂😂😂😂

Where on earth do you get that idea from? The discounted rate is for the 2 x 2 hour periods. 09:30 to 11:30 and 22:00 to midnight. I would suggest that the later one may be useful to people who have electric heating and want to boost the temperature a little before bed, electric shower before...

I cant think how they would differentiate the car charge load from the house load other than by the car itself or the EVSE. You absolutely should do this, it works so much better and none of the potential downsides (flat 12v battery etc). When I changed my i3 over to Zappi integration, the...

The last I read was theyd managed to get to around 40 seconds with better than unity power gain. They are certainly making progress.

Maybe you wouldn't but most other energy companies do. It's certainly some of the lower demand times during the peak time sector. Well, you know where to look o_O

Theres a video on Youtube somewhere of an American modular power station that could be transported by half a dozen lorries or so and provided a substantial amount of power from it's nuclear reactor, this was all back in 1962, surely we can do better by now?

They have indeed and until early 2023 it was unsustainable reaction and needed more energy in than came out. That has all changed now, reactions of several seconds are sustainable and more energy comes out than goes in to the process. I have to take my hat off to the scientists that develop...

They use 2 x 2 hour periods where the grid demand isn't as high as the max daily demand. They use 09:30 to 11:30 and 22:00 to midnight to discount the peal price to 13.37p. I would guess that people that don't have solar / battery it will be quite attractive for washing machine, tumble dryer...

The problem with people who are anti-vax is there actions endanger everyone else by allowing the viruses to survive. Pure coincidence, I just received my invitation for my Covid Booster, Flu and first shingles *** which i have accepted without question. I'm grateful that these drugs are made...

Very true, we have a massive solar farm being constructed here in Lincolnshire and they have now included a massive battery system too. A great project which I did support during meetings which lots of locals objected to. The problem with Hydrogen is it's only 30% efficient, you only get 30% of...

And thats not what was said. Octopus can communicate with SOME cars not all and can stop and start charging as required. They can also communicate with SOME wallboxes and control them in the same way. They do receive data but it cant be used for billing purposes because the devices measuring...

EVSE (wallboxes) and EV's that are approved for use with Intelligent Octopus GO have an API that can be accessed by Octopus. They can adjust mode of operation - charge, charge stop etc. They can see data from the box relating to voltage and charge current and thereby give you some data as a...

Yep, all valid points and I agree. On my doorstep the UK's first experimental Nuclear Fusion plant is being constructed. Fusion will be a good solution IF they can get it to work correctly, no radioactivity at all and loads of energy.

They can see some data but they cannot use it for invoicing, yes they can discount with it but they couldn't charge a premium for it. If for example the government changed the VAT rules for EV charging only this data could not be used for this purpose. Sarcasm not needed really, people do mis...

I used to have that kind of belief too. I spent some time working with an old guy in his 80's, 'George'. We were having a brew and a bacon buttie whilst at a model flying event and the subject got round to power generation. I made a similar statement to what you've just said and I couldn't...

No they dont, they can see 'some' data but it's not reliable, calibrated or can be used.

In my experience, Octopus although they claim it's grid balancing in practice it really isnt. Some of my extra slots were given during periods of high demand on the grid. I just feel it's marketing guff.

Tomato do NOT integrate with your EV or EVSE. You simply set timers on either your charger or your car to charge from 00:00 to 06:00. Job done. This is a real pain for anyone who charges house batteries too. Octopus do occasionally give some off peak slots during peak times. Tomato give you 4...