Green tech & greener living

Hello group. I’ve had my ecodan for a number of years now, has a FTC5 ctler, honeywell DT92E wireless room thermostat and solar boost. I’ve tried to optimise with compensation curve but there has been something nagging away. The zones were set up as downstairs UFH zone 1 and zone 2 upstairs, which is switched by the DT92E. Or so I thought. At night it gets too warm. Very noticeable now we’ve just switched on a couple of the UFH stations (there are 4 separate thermostats, all linked to a central manifold). I set the DT92E at 15 deg C, (so zone 2 should not heat) but the rads are still coming on. It would seem that the UFH coming on, switches zone 2 as well. Under the bonnet of the system and I’ve noticed that - The reference temp is from the main controller unit only - i.e. the controller in the airing cupboard. The wireless control box sends a signal to switch on, when temp reached, and this would appear to be all run by the 3-way valve. Within the ecodan main c

I have smart meters for both gas and electricity. However, neither is currently able to connect to OVO and hasn't done so for quite a while now. An engineer came to try to boost the signal but all his attempts failed. He said something about needing to wait for an additional bit of kit to be installed locally. How much longer do I have to wait? I really don't want to have to provide meter readings...I shouldn't have to with smart meters! 

Awakened this morning to find that the IHD showed a large energy cost despite no appliances on overnightwhich incidentally doesn’t match my energy useTried switching the IHD on/ off several occasions yet will not match the Smart meter energy cost display Also despite not setting a budget and cancelling it the display still continues to show a budget setI’m  assuming the IHD has developed a fault as can’t find any way to reset it so it matches up with the Smart Meter 

We are in a remote rural Scottish location which surprisingly qualifies for a Warmworks grant to instal solar PV. We have to have what they decide, which is “9 x 450W JA solar PV panels” on a west facing roof plus a “Duracell Bundle” battery and inverter.   I don't have any details of what these are, so can't look up what they do in detail.  We can't chose the installer. The installation will be next week - 15 & 16 September.We are on OVO’s Economy10 tariff with an Aclara SGM1416-B smart meter and storage heaters (no boiler, no gas).  1. The main question is - do we need to inform OVO that we are having panels and a battery?2. We are at home most of most days, so can often use more electricity when the sky is bright. Is that the best strategy for economy?3. I won't know until the system is installed next week whether      •    the panels can return power to the grid if the battery is full     •    the battery can be charg

I’ve just downloaded the OVO Charge app.  To add myself I had to put in mobile number and get a verification code.  It then it asked me for email address - at this point I had to start again as wasn’t getting anywhere.  It then just worked after I logged in and entered another verificatio code - so I’m not sure if the workflow is doing what it should.Also the loss of the dashboard view is not an improvement.

I have a ‘Pod Point’ Charger which ive set to ‘Manual’ and my BMW X5 50e app to ‘Charge Immediately’ (beware the app seems to set back to a random charging schedule sometimes) and it starts to charge but my OVO App still shows ‘Plug in Vehicle’ for up to 45 minutes meaning that I’m charging on full price rather than 7p/kwh. Any advice please?

I was on the Economy 10 plan which recently expired. It was perfect for my needs ie. Off peak rates for my storage heaters and water heating. It also worked well with my smart meter. OVO have recently changed me to Simpler Energy Plan that has the same peak and off peak rate of 24.56 pence. I spent about an hour on the telephone today with a call centre, presumably in India but I’m no further forward in finding a plan that offers peak and off peak rates.  The call centre informed me they don’t do Economy 10 plans now or anything similar. Can anyone assist with some advice please ?I should add I have solar panels and battery storage. Thank you. 

Had an appointment today to have my new meter fitted. I chose a single rate meter and th standard variable rate due to my set up.My old meter set up was this When the engineer arrived I asked hime what he was installing and he started talking about two rate and time switching. I said that that was not what I asked for so he got in touch with OVO and they said that off peak had to go to off peak on the new meter and peak to peak. Again I said that I dod not want that so he got in touch with a colleague from SMS who I talked to on the phone and we agreed that I could have what I wanted and the new meter was installed see below.  I’m not sure what tariff I am on yet or how to read

I submitted my last FIT reading on 17th June & have since received my statement but have no payment. It is now more than the 8 weeks so I’m wondering if I need to contact someone.

It’s been a long story… Some while ago we were offered a SMETS1 smart meter, but we delayed until a SMETS2 was available. Then an engineer came to install a SMETS2 meter, and left saying something about no signal, leave it a while. The meter is in a lower ground floor area, with a mobile signal.Finally, July 2020, new SMETS2 meter installed - not talking to the network, but wait a bit and it’ll ‘probably’ be OK. No IHD left. I thought that even if the thing couldn’t talk to Ovo at least an IHD would allow me to read the meter easily, so I requested one, which eventually arrived. Silly me, I didn’t realise that the meter - supposedly installed for MY benefit - wouldn’t talk to my home network if it couldn’t talk to OVO first.After a while we got back to Ovo who said there was nothing they could do and we would have to move our meter, at our expense (approx £250) and hope the new position had a better signal. No guarantee of that. Then I asked for a smart gas meter, reas

I’m just about to get my first EV (Xpeng G6) along with a Sync home charger. I note that on the OVO site that whilst the car is compatible to their charging option the Sync charger isn’t listed on their drop down list. Does anyone use the Sync charger with the OVO deal? If so any comments please.

I have recently switched to OVO Energy with an Economy 7 tariff.Shortly before, I had a multi-rate smart meter installed by my previous supplier. The off-peak times were in two blocks: 22:30–00:30 and 02:30–07:30 (times GMT; and also ignore the random switching offset). For the period 00:30–02:30, the tariff returned to the day rate.On transfer to OVO, it appears that the new tariff information sent to the meter has set the off-peak times to a single 7-hour block of 00:30–07:30 GMT (so currently an hour later due to BST).However, while the tariff times have changed, the meter’s switching times have not. Thus at 22:30, the storage heater circuit is turned on, but the meter is still charging the more expensive rate. At 00:30, when the meter starts clocking the night rate, the storage heater is switched off. Then, finally, at 02:30, the storage heater circuit comes back on and the meter continues on the night rate until 07:30.This is a prob

Since returning from a short break on 19 July every time I have set my car to charge it has charged to 100% no matter what the max was set to in the app.  While this is not a big issue, I normally charge to 80% and feel the system should do what it is meant to do.  Has anyone else experienced similar?  Might it be to do with Power Move Flex for Charge Anytime using up excess energy? 

I’ve got started with Charge Anytime, Indra Smart Pro Gen 2 and Corsa Electric. When first plugged in, charging started. I was able to charge one more time. Now I can’t get it to start. the interaction between The Vauxhall app, the Indra app, and OVO is very unclear. when I try and set a charging schedule in Indra, I get ‘Failed to create schedule…’When I  just plug the car in, I have white flashing lights on the charger. I did also have green flashing lights. As far as I am aware I have not set any other schedule or limits.  What I want to do is charge today, I can wait till OVO wants to start if necessary, but right now the process just seems to be stalled. I’ve disconnected and reconnected.  All and any advice gratefully accepted thanks Jeffrey

 Can anyone make sense of the 556kwh and 602kwh charges for me please ? I have emailed the chargeanytime team 2 times but had no reply. I have only charged my 61kwh car so do not know where them numbers came from. Amy help would be greatly appreciated  

Why today have Ovo with no notice (& on the priority services register) suddenly changed my tariff from Economy 10 to Economy 9?

This is for those seeking answers to this technology.  What is alt-han? A bridging system to allow a gas meter / ihd far far away to communicate. This is done using a mixture of bridges labelled B1 through to B4. Do I need it? If you are in a flat like me or your gas meter is far away from the comms at your home then the answer is yes. How do I get it? This is done during the install of your smart meter. However if like me you had a failed meter install from a previous provider then you can call up. However you'll need to be clear you need it when ordering otherwise you'll have a failed visit. The end result Once all communicating, your ihd and readings will operate as normal. Some pictures of modules... In order, B1 = this converts han to powerline and is installed by the electric meter. Takes its power before the meter not after it

I used ovo anytime from 1st june and app shows I have 25.69 credit for june, but today when I checked my bill update for july it only shows 8.80. When would teh rest of  savings would be added. Anyone have expriences on this 

We had a ASHP installed this year and so our storage heaters are all gone. Nothing is wired to the Economy 7 cable. OVO came and removed it/or capped it off? Our tariff is Simpler Energy Economy 7 so do we still receive the cheaper night rate? We don’t have the cable that supplied it so are assuming we now pay the day rate 24/7. Anyone know

Hi,I have an MG4.Since Monday I am getting the message in the Charge Anytime app that the car is not connected. As a result I have only been able to charge by using Boost.The charger is online and working fine. Its an Indra Smart Pro. Nether the less I have restarted it and re synced to WiFi just in case I have deleted a reinstalled the app. The car is communicating with the MG4 app.Any suggestions of what else I could try please?Ellie

I have linked my Q4 E-tron to the Charge Anytime app (bypassing the Pod Point app scheduling) but the CA App thinks my car is AWAY when its on the drive.  It can detect the car being charged but I cant find a way of adding my address to the App, although its linked to my OVO Energy account (I assume?).  How can I resolve please?  

When taking out a new tariff with boiler cover is there an age limit for the boiler?

Is anyone else having issues with anytime credit noted in the app not being credited in full to their bill. This happened to me in May, Jun and now agin July. Ohme integration was claimed to be the problem for May and Jun but told it was fixed but same again for Jul with circa £25 missing in credit. It took 6 or so calls and 3 complaints raised with a different agent each time before the May issue was resolved. 

Just had smart meter installed in April, not charged for any Electricity since April.

My Skoda Enyaq keeps losing the connection to Charge Anytime.  Skoda servers are working and the car is sharing its location in an area of strong wifi next to the Hypervolt charger. How can I make it connect so I can get the cheaper charging?