Smart Meter

[nicebloke1]

The Angela Rippon advert on TV appears to be forever on. Offering rewards for using off peak electricity. The questions are, do you use off peak electricity, if so how much of a reward have you noticed if anything, or dont you know?

[bhg481]

We don't use off-peak electricty. I can only see two uses for it; charging an electric car and using white appliances (washing machine, dishwasher etc). Using any of these things when you are in bed is too big a fire-risk for my liking, so it's not worth the saving.

[davebro3]

I don't bother with it but your provider usually tells you when they will charge less for your usage (dates/times). Seems a bit sporadic so you have to be alert to take advantage.

[davebro3]

ps - not noticed it with Octopus but Shell used to credit you some way for reducing your usage at peak times.

[Quenched]

Does anyone know when off peak times are? I certainly don't.

I thought off peak was at night when everyone is in bed sleeping. 

I'm certainly not going to do the hedge trimming at night. 

[Buenchico]

>>> "Does anyone know when off peak times are?"

You're coming at it the wrong way round.  The schemes referred to here work by persuading people NOT to use energy during key peak periods, rather than by pushing them towards any specific other periods.  

The times of those 'key peak periods' vary between companies.  Further, they could be fixed or vary each day (with customers being advised by text messages or emails as to when that day's peak period will be).  However they're generally likely to start at around 4pm (on weekdays only) and end somewhere between 7pm and 9pm.
https://www.moneysavingexpert.com/news/2022/10/octopus-ovo-energy-pay-to-cut-electricity-use/

 

[Quenched]

Buenchico, 

Ok point taken, but with the way our lives are so busy today, do we really want to be constantly concidering all these things?

 

For the record as someone mentioned in an earlier thread, I do actually know someone who left the tumble drier on at night to save electricity but we're lucky to get the household out before they burnt alive. 

Its even more lucky they didn't have smoke alarms, but heard crackling from in the kitchen. 

 

 

[nicebloke1]

I didnt see any washing hanging out to dry in Angelas garden, unless she puts it out at night.

[barry1010]

I use the tumble dryer, dishwasher and washing machine off peak.

The slow cooker and bread maker too, but that has always been for convenience, not for money saving 

 

[albaqwerty]

No, we don't use it, have no idea if we have it!

(If this is the advert where Angela tells Albert no-one wants to see him do the splits, imo it doesn't work well on the radio as Albert sounds like a meerkat)

[nicebloke1]

Thats fine barry, but part my question was, how much of a reward/ money do you know you save?

[nicebloke1]

I wonder how much their paying Angie to hedge trim in her eveving dress. 

[barry1010]

As we have always used off peak it is difficult to say, but a considerable amount. Tumble dryers are power hungry and we do a lot of washing at high temperatures. All tariffs are different, we save around 40% by using off peak.  Of course that is not  of the whole bill but a 40% savings per use.

[davebro3]

I seriously doubt if Ms Rippon is as flexible as the advert makes her out to be.🙄