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No they are different tarrifs - the Go one is the 00:30-04:30 is the one at 5.00p kWh. The then have the Go Faster Tarrifs which are different prices and periods (options 1-3) so have the options of different times than the standard 'Go' one.

The only stumbling block was not knowing if I had a smart meter. I found a Scottish Power logo on it and took a pic of it and they have confirmed it is a smart meter so there should be no problems moving. Yes I was thinking that the 830am would be good for showers, baths, watching TV etc and charging things reading for logging on work in the morning - at which point we can then make use of the solar again. I'm going to call Octopus and see if they can get me on this tarrif

I believe Quooker is 3p a day but then we have the cube for filtered water etc which I believe is 3p a day according to the Quooker website. We aren't heavy dishwasher or laundry users. We do make sure TVs are all off overnight but we also have the treatment plant, pump etc but I'm pretty content with our general other usage but will be getting some timers to charge things when we move to Octopus and have a cheaper overnight Tarrif once they confirm if we have a smart meter or not as the wait is significant to get one installed and they put you on a higher tarrif whilst waiting for a smart meter.

I'm going to keep monitoring it weekly so I get a really clear picture of usage, especially in the colder months. We have an abundance of wood so are making us of our log burner at the moment in the evenings. Whilst the EWI isn't in I don't want to whack the temperature up, rather walking round wearing something more than a t-shirt is probably a better idea! We had builders here for two days using equipment so it's probably more than we would normally use. That said, we could never get to 2 kW a day. But we are both working from home, laptops etc. I've been looking at our solar generation on the inverter today and we have had 2.5kWh for a sunny morning and miserable, rainy afternoon.

That would account for half of the units used but not all.

Why is it drawing at all? Should it not be? Bear in mind I think at least of of this was the Tuesday when it did or tried to do the disenfectent cycle which I've now deactivated.

So having been monitoring the units for a week I now have a clearer picture. We have used a total of 339 kWh since last Friday when we took the readings at a similar time. Of this the breakdown is as follows: Heat pump 218 kWh Immersion 18 kWh 'Other' 103 kWh Some things to note - our solar got connected finally late afternoon Thursday so seems to be working now today and I can definitely monitor this over the next week too. Outside temperatures dropped Wednesday onwards and it has been a lot colder. We noticed the HP using quite a bit more over the past 48 hours than it was earlier in the week. We haven't got the house as warm as we would like and have thermostats set at 19-20. On Wednesday evening we had a powercut from 10pm through til around 5am with sporadic attempts to restore power in between so temperatures dropped in the house. It's still more than what we are hoping for but let's hope it gets better......

Ah it's working! Not a lot but it's something....

Nope - it definitely doesn't it's the 3600mtl-s and I've tried various knocking techniques with no success....

Ahhhh I read 'knocking' in the manual - I thought it was some form of technical term. I didn't realise it actually meant knocking it ?

3,840 total (12 x 320w) but the inverter will limit it to no more than 3.68kW. The DNO said we just do G98 after installation. I hope this is right as our solar got connected today!

It's gone dark so I presume the screen only works when it's generating. Another question, and this relates to the DNO form. How do we know anything over 3.68 will go to the immersion?

That makes sense as the company who did the solar design didn't include a DC isolater I just checked the invoice.

I can't see another one next to the inverter?

It's probably up the loft I presume?

@ProDave ok another idiot question our solar is now up and running. We have the inverter, Solic and the meter thingy and isolator (very technical). Is there a way of seeing how much we are getting from the solar. I'm betting it is that meter thing above the isolator which is taller than me!

Treatment plant is other end as is pumping station and is on higher ground. The soakaways run into the garden where we do have the water but with the amount of water we have had it's to be expected!

To be honest we don't particularly want to but given that (a) we still owe him money and (b) he isn't actually refusing to sort the job out I don't know if I've got a leg to stand on. What I really want to say is we will get someone else to sort the work and bill you/knock it off your bill. It's literally waiting for the next thing to go wrong I have that little faith in his work. It's not helped back the fact plumbers are few and far between here. Even our builder says he is incredibly frustrated by plumbers generally and struggles. Although this was one he told us he used, we are paying the plumber directly/contract is with him. We had little success even getting plumbers to turn up to quote. The builder is mediating at the moment!

He's probably stuck on a flooded road!

Very apt at the moment.

As you asked - the canal is fine. Roads carnage in Whitchurch. Pretty much whole of Whitchurch and bordering Wales and Cheshire had power cuts all through the night. We do however have a large pond! Ground has a dip in it which doesn't help. One for landscaping in the summer.

Thank you, I really am losing the plot today. Lack of sleep due to power outages all through the night and things coming on and off, snow, flooding and I wish the flooding was only limited to outside.... Another leaking sink by our plumber. We now have no bathroom sinks functional and a plumber who can't come as he is sick (not Covid) and a toilet that he decommissioned last week due to him fitting a faulty cistern he hasn't been back to fix. I'm tettering on the edge of telling him to not bother coming back at all, posting all the pics of his shoddy work on our local Facebook page with a plea for a reliable plumber to come forward and sort it out and send him the bill... That makes perfect sense and yes re summer that's exactly what I thought as the heat pump will have minimal use so that's when we are likely to have a lot of hot water and appliance use. Now to find the best Octopus Tarrif.

See that's what I don't understand - would the heat pump electricity requirement have priority? For example if this is using electricity then any solar would go to this first before say the washing machine? And then if it was generating a lot, if the heat pump wasn't using any, it would go to anything we would be using like the washing machine and finally the immersion. So in winter when solar is minimal it would likely go straight to the electricity the ASHP uses? This may be a really blonde question. It's been a long day....

Yep not exporting to the grid so that makes sense. Just wanted to check my thinking. I'm looking at electricity tarrifs too so wanted to make sure in addition we look at when to best make use of tarrifs that are cheaper at certain times.

This is a silly question but if we have the solar PV and we then have the ASHP and the Solic 200 which diverts excess to the immersion - does the solar immediately go to the heat pump first? Just thinking there would never be any excess particularly in winter. Or am I missing something?