Working out tariffs to include household goods
Discussion
Excited to say I've got an ID.3 coming this week and an Ohme charger next week!
Lots of different tariffs out there at the mo but most have a day rate far higher than currently on; if I switch to a EV tariff I suppose could delay dishwashers/washing machine/etc till the off peak times but anyone aware of a good website for comparing the options?
Trying to work out if it's worth changing to an EV plan as work from home most days.
Lots of different tariffs out there at the mo but most have a day rate far higher than currently on; if I switch to a EV tariff I suppose could delay dishwashers/washing machine/etc till the off peak times but anyone aware of a good website for comparing the options?
Trying to work out if it's worth changing to an EV plan as work from home most days.
No simple answers IMHO.
To get a real answer, you need to understand what you want to use and plumb that into the different tariffs.
Have you got hour by hour smart meter data to put into a spreadsheet?
If your WM and wish-dosher are recent there should be a figure for kWh per cycle?
Then you have to wonder if there's a value in not having your washing festering in the machine from 4AM until you get up and put it on the line.
Or being woken up by the machine at 2 and 3 AM.
Our mid-range washing machine supposedly uses 0.65 kWh per cycle.
Save 20p by running it in the dark hours, and waste how much because your cotton stuff is left wet for 5 hours every time?
If your £20 cotton shirts don't last so long, the saving on electricity may be false?
When you properly look at where the energy goes, you may find it's mostly the fridge and freezer which you can't do much about?
To get a real answer, you need to understand what you want to use and plumb that into the different tariffs.
Have you got hour by hour smart meter data to put into a spreadsheet?
If your WM and wish-dosher are recent there should be a figure for kWh per cycle?
Then you have to wonder if there's a value in not having your washing festering in the machine from 4AM until you get up and put it on the line.
Or being woken up by the machine at 2 and 3 AM.
Our mid-range washing machine supposedly uses 0.65 kWh per cycle.
Save 20p by running it in the dark hours, and waste how much because your cotton stuff is left wet for 5 hours every time?
If your £20 cotton shirts don't last so long, the saving on electricity may be false?
When you properly look at where the energy goes, you may find it's mostly the fridge and freezer which you can't do much about?
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