NSS Posted May 10, 2022 Share Posted May 10, 2022 Last week our display unit indicated that it had been updated and since then has shown a 'live' figure for kW being exported when there's excess PV rather than just showing a zero. Anyone else noticed this? Was hoping it would mean the hourly/daily/weekly export amounts would now show on our Octopus account (online) but nothing as yet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ToughButterCup Posted May 10, 2022 Share Posted May 10, 2022 soon as we get a bit 'to spare', I'll have a peek ..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NSS Posted May 10, 2022 Author Share Posted May 10, 2022 17 minutes ago, ToughButterCup said: soon as we get a bit 'to spare', I'll have a peek ..... 👍🏻 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ronny Posted May 12, 2022 Share Posted May 12, 2022 On 10/05/2022 at 09:17, NSS said: Last week our display unit indicated that it had been updated and since then has shown a 'live' figure for kW being exported when there's excess PV rather than just showing a zero. Anyone else noticed this? Was hoping it would mean the hourly/daily/weekly export amounts would now show on our Octopus account (online) but nothing as yet. I hope i understand this correctly, forgive me if i am on the wrong track. My octopus in home display will only show zero when there is excess PV. The on line account shows both usage and export amounts daily, weekly and yearly. I hope this helps. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NSS Posted May 12, 2022 Author Share Posted May 12, 2022 50 minutes ago, Ronny said: I hope i understand this correctly, forgive me if i am on the wrong track. My octopus in home display will only show zero when there is excess PV. The on line account shows both usage and export amounts daily, weekly and yearly. I hope this helps. No, you're on the right track, but seems you have the opposite info to us. Our home display now shows the amount being exported at any moment (it previously showed zero when exporting) whereas our online account only shows usage, not exports. We're on Octopus Go. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joth Posted May 12, 2022 Share Posted May 12, 2022 57 minutes ago, NSS said: We're on Octopus Go What SEG do you have for export (if any), and is it with octopus? We're on Octopus Outgoing and Octopus Go. Our in house display hasn't worked for years (since we asked for a meter move that they did as a replacement but never paired the display). But the online dashboard shows both import and export. However, I don't get paid for export automatically. Every so often I email their support and they manually copy my export numbers to the billing system and credit my account. Apparently "Octopus Outgoing and Octopus Go" is not a supported combo, I should never have been signed up into it, and hence the billing systems don't jive together Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NSS Posted May 12, 2022 Author Share Posted May 12, 2022 11 minutes ago, joth said: What SEG do you have for export (if any), and is it with octopus? No SEG, ours was one of the late FIT installs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joth Posted May 12, 2022 Share Posted May 12, 2022 50 minutes ago, NSS said: No SEG, ours was one of the late FIT installs. Is the FiT managed by Octopus too? In my experience getting the data through to the online dashboard (on Octopus and Ovo before that) was a bunch of work. The in-house display, the dashboard, and the billing systems all seem to be independently managed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NSS Posted May 12, 2022 Author Share Posted May 12, 2022 29 minutes ago, joth said: Is the FiT managed by Octopus too? In my experience getting the data through to the online dashboard (on Octopus and Ovo before that) was a bunch of work. The in-house display, the dashboard, and the billing systems all seem to be independently managed. Again, no, it's with Good Energy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ronny Posted May 13, 2022 Share Posted May 13, 2022 19 hours ago, NSS said: No, you're on the right track, but seems you have the opposite info to us. Our home display now shows the amount being exported at any moment (it previously showed zero when exporting) whereas our online account only shows usage, not exports. We're on Octopus Go. I am also on octopus go. Checked again this morning and everything is still the same. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ronny Posted May 13, 2022 Share Posted May 13, 2022 18 hours ago, joth said: What SEG do you have for export (if any), and is it with octopus? We're on Octopus Outgoing and Octopus Go. Our in house display hasn't worked for years (since we asked for a meter move that they did as a replacement but never paired the display). But the online dashboard shows both import and export. However, I don't get paid for export automatically. Every so often I email their support and they manually copy my export numbers to the billing system and credit my account. Apparently "Octopus Outgoing and Octopus Go" is not a supported combo, I should never have been signed up into it, and hence the billing systems don't jive together I am on octopus go and octopus outgoing smart export guarantee. I have only had the first bill for the export and it is separate to the octopus go bill. It is working fine for me. I have 16 panels and (at the moment) 2 batteries. As long as there is some sun during the day i only use about 4KWh and this is all at the cheap night tariff. The result is zero cost per day and this includes the standing charge. Even on a dull day, the bill is no more than 50p, so building up a big credit for the winter use. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Solarexploits Posted May 17, 2022 Share Posted May 17, 2022 I've been on Octopus Go since last October, our display has always shown an amount exporting whenever there is surplus, it rarely shows zero, which presumably is just a fluke when incoming & outgoing happen to balance Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteamyTea Posted May 17, 2022 Share Posted May 17, 2022 4 hours ago, Solarexploits said: it rarely shows zero Or when no imports at night. I have loads of times I import nothing. Worked hard to get the house like that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ferdinand Posted July 18, 2022 Share Posted July 18, 2022 Can I bump this, and ask for an update. I have: 1 - Solar which deliver a FIT reward of around 15p per unit. 2 - Octopus on the bugger-Avro-went-bust tariff. 3 - I do not have an electric car or house batteries. 4 - No Smart meter, but considering the potential advantages. If I just switch to a Smart Meter with Octopus, without embracing a tariff which takes over or removes my FIT, will it tell me how much I am exporting? (The Octopus helpdesk man says it will only show it when using one of the special export tariffs, which sounds suspiciously like it involves losing my FIT.) @NSS are these the same as your circumstances? Thanks Ferdinand Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dillsue Posted July 18, 2022 Share Posted July 18, 2022 1 hour ago, Ferdinand said: If I just switch to a Smart Meter with Octopus, without embracing a tariff which takes over or removes my FIT, will it tell me how much I am exporting? My daughters smart meter shows export and they are on a standard price capped varable tariff with no SEG 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteamyTea Posted July 18, 2022 Share Posted July 18, 2022 9 minutes ago, Dillsue said: My daughters smart meter shows export and they are on a standard price capped varable tariff with no SEG in Money or Energy units? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dillsue Posted July 18, 2022 Share Posted July 18, 2022 13 minutes ago, SteamyTea said: in Money or Energy units? Kwh last time I saw it.....sat at the inverters 16amp limit😁 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteamyTea Posted July 18, 2022 Share Posted July 18, 2022 15 minutes ago, Dillsue said: Kwh Surprising, normally kWh. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dillsue Posted July 18, 2022 Share Posted July 18, 2022 7 minutes ago, SteamyTea said: Surprising, normally kWh. Normally?? Without trawling the forum I think its normally 3 or sometimes 2 letters, usually h, k and w with random capitalisation, if any😁 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteamyTea Posted July 18, 2022 Share Posted July 18, 2022 Just now, Dillsue said: random capitalisation Very much not random. The k is always lower case, the W always upper case, the h is usually lower case, but as it is not an SI, or even a derived unit, can be either. Convention has time as always lower case, so t for time, s for seconds. S, is allowed at the beginning of a sentence. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ferdinand Posted July 18, 2022 Share Posted July 18, 2022 Hmm. So that seems to be worth a try then. Ah. Money and Energy reminds me of past embarrassments in advertising. Nearly of Consignia plugole quality. I quite like "If you cut draughts, you cut overdrafts." "GET MORE FOR YOUR MONERGY". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dillsue Posted July 18, 2022 Share Posted July 18, 2022 1 hour ago, SteamyTea said: Very much not random. Normally, on this forum it is!😁 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteamyTea Posted July 18, 2022 Share Posted July 18, 2022 (edited) 6 minutes ago, Dillsue said: Normally, on this forum it is!😁 And that is why I pick up on it so often. If this online community wants to be taken seriously, then a good start is to use correct terminology. None talks about the joules when they talk about 'life energy', it is because they talk bollocks and can't count. Edited July 18, 2022 by SteamyTea Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dillsue Posted July 18, 2022 Share Posted July 18, 2022 1 hour ago, Ferdinand said: So that seems to be worth a try then. I think that your eleccy supplier can upload unit rates to your display so you can see what your using in £, but if you set the display to show units it will display those Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NSS Posted July 18, 2022 Author Share Posted July 18, 2022 4 hours ago, Ferdinand said: Can I bump this, and ask for an update. I have: 1 - Solar which deliver a FIT reward of around 15p per unit. 2 - Octopus on the bugger-Avro-went-bust tariff. 3 - I do not have an electric car or house batteries. 4 - No Smart meter, but considering the potential advantages. If I just switch to a Smart Meter with Octopus, without embracing a tariff which takes over or removes my FIT, will it tell me how much I am exporting? (The Octopus helpdesk man says it will only show it when using one of the special export tariffs, which sounds suspiciously like it involves losing my FIT.) @NSS are these the same as your circumstances? Thanks Ferdinand No mate, we're on Go and our FiT payments come via Good Energy. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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