I’m getting quite confused with solar & battery used with anytime.
Is this even possible on ovo? I seem to think I might be best changing to octopus, we are looking at getting solar and a Powerwall 3 installed, we are currently using charge anytime with an indra pro and the more I look the more i’m confused if we can A: actually charge the car when excess solar, assuming we generate enough, B: use any kind of time of use tariff with anytime to charge the battery at a cheap rate C: have this battery boost addon with a Powerwall? I can’t even see battery boost any ware on my ovo page, D: Export rate prices, I think ovo will pay 12p excess for a install not done by them?
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Does ovo have a tariff for solar + battery + anytime?
+1Best answer by BobTom
Funnily enough I visited my favourite pub the other day. I had been a loyal customer for a considerable number of years, going back a long time before it changed its name. The pub is under new management now (a sort of regime change if you like).
I asked the new landlord why he was no longer serving my favourite beer and putting up all his prices.
He told me that he had ‘evolved’ the business and that if I didn’t like it, I should go elsewhere.
So I did.
+1You have near enough described my situation. I have Solar and an Indra charger for my EV and have obtained quotes for the installation of a Powerwsll.
Your Indra trickle charges but on a sunny day it will only deliver a trivial amount of electricity for your EV to supplement your grid charge.
What I suggest you will need is the ability to charge the Powerwall overnight at cheap rates (a time of use charge) to power your house from the battery during the day and similarly grid charge your EV overnight setting a schedule on your Indra to achieve this. Of course during the summer months the solar will be available to power your house with excess going to the battery.
There are helpful videos on YouTube which will assist you on this.
I wonder if anyone from OVO will be kind enough to comment on this thread as to whether the company offers a tariff that achieves what I have described above. I am not talking about the new monthly payment plans which have been the subject of considerable recent discussion.
BTW avoid ‘boost charging’ unless you have to as you will be paying the full rate (circa 25p per kWh) for your grid charge.
I think a kWh is 3.5 miles or thereabouts in OVOs newly adopted terminology.
Morning
As it stands Battery Boost can’t be used in conjunction with Charge Anytime. You can find out more on this here: https://solar-and-heating.ovo.com/blog/maximise-your-solar-savings-with-battery-boost. We are working to get the two compatible, but they’re not at the moment.
The Indra charger will be solar compatible:
I’ve reached out to the Charge Anytime team for further info, and will let you know if they get back to me. They can also be contacted via email at chargeanytime@ovo.com.
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apricate the honesty, I have been looking at octopus as they do seem to support the charger and battery combo
I was tempted to wait until my fixed contract ends as I still have electricity fairly vs switching at the moment but was hoping something will be coming in for battery!
+1Funnily enough I visited my favourite pub the other day. I had been a loyal customer for a considerable number of years, going back a long time before it changed its name. The pub is under new management now (a sort of regime change if you like).
I asked the new landlord why he was no longer serving my favourite beer and putting up all his prices.
He told me that he had ‘evolved’ the business and that if I didn’t like it, I should go elsewhere.
So I did.
If you do end up switching you’re more than welcome to remain a member of this Forum, and we’ll be sure to update everyone if there’s any changes in this space.
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