Octopus paid me to use electricity!

[@UpsideDownFork]

Great video! More public awareness needed around this 👍

[@TomBray-LowCarbonLifestyle]

Thanks mate!

[@erinthecat4206]

75 pence plus the value of the electricity you used (over and above normal usage) is a quite reasonable amount. Have to love this active price plunging and pay to use brought about by smart tariffs and Octopus E. For me, the 75p alone is more than I actually value of what I consume during the summer months. It is also a wonderful way as you have suggested, of changing peoples habits for usage and to become aware of what they use and when. Now, if one had a battery, it could be charged in those hours and rake in even more savings.

[@TomBray-LowCarbonLifestyle]

Hello - thanks for commenting, it is a meaningful amount and the electricity I used would have had a cost the next day so a more significant saving. It would be interesting to see Octopus' stats on how many people did something similar and how much electricity we used during that plunge!

[@erinthecat4206]

@@TomBray-LowCarbonLifestyle Yes, the one thing I haven't seen and would like to, is the nation stats on take up and cost savings for Octopus as well as customers. Maybe you can ask them via your blog?

[@examinerian]

It's the way to go - make use of what we can when it's available. I look forward to a time when this is normal, and having the smarts all fully integrate is just plug and play.

[@TomBray-LowCarbonLifestyle]

Absolutely!

[@edwardpickering9006]

You're fine with extension cables as long as they are fully unwound #induction - hope your heat pump enjoys visitors today, I would have come for a look but off to Everything Electric in Harrogate...!

[@TomBray-LowCarbonLifestyle]

Had 13 people come today, which was good! Cleaning the house took some effort though…!

[@Lewis_Standing]

Yup I've melted my dad's extension cable with a constant 10A overnight doing that. Think there was poor contact with dust and grime in one of the extensions. So ive got a heavy duty 15m cable in my boot now, has much longer contactors on the plug 🔌

[@MikeGleesonazelectrics]

Yeah you need a 13A lead, preferably with 2.5mm wires.. and always best to check terminations are tight, preferably have a resistance check done with meter or PAT tester. Should be fine then, I use them regularly for solar charging..

[@TomBray-LowCarbonLifestyle]

I guess an extension cable can be helpful in an emergency, but not for everyday charging. Although if we had a chunky extension as Mike suggests, maybe fine....!

[@MikeGleesonazelectrics]

@@TomBray-LowCarbonLifestyle it wouldn't be so difficult to permanently extend the granny lead really, crimp wires of the same size and house in a Wago box. There's also a company in Chard who makes bespoke leads up for you.. they made me an MG4 v2L lead and it was excellent.

[@kristiansnelling9576]

Whilst there is a cost to having a home EV charger installation, this needs to be part of our schema for decarbonising our personal transport. The benefits would be saving more on a plunge pricing event 😆

[@serraios1989]

Oh dear! Charging ev using extension cable..

[@patdbean]

It is ok if It the extension is rated high enough. So 13amp sustained rather than 10amp

[@TomBray-LowCarbonLifestyle]

That is helpful to understand, maybe an upgrade is needed!

[@dama054]

50kw

[@TomBray-LowCarbonLifestyle]

Hello - sorry is this referring to something in particular?

[@dama054]

@@TomBray-LowCarbonLifestyle yes you asked in your video how much electricity could you ask as in the watcher how much power you could use, my answer is 50kw

[@TomBray-LowCarbonLifestyle]

@@dama054 Wow, you could use 50 kW at home? That is a significant amount!

[@dama054]

@@TomBray-LowCarbonLifestyle I have a Nissan leaf 2013 and 70kws of home storage the only thing that limits me is my 63amp grid service