I have a smart meter with Economy 7 will RTS affect my set up?

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I have looked and i have been recommend economy 7 but ovo don't seem to be doing new economy 7 at moment. Is anyone else.

I got smart multi plugs, halogen oven, slow cooker, air fryer, led bulbs, house c epc. Just is ovo, not doing economy 7 at moment an ovo thing or a general market thing. 

Oh didn't see your reply there. Was looking at some infared panel radiators they seem very effcient. This is why for autumn and winter I had Economy 7 recommended to charge up infa red when solar not as good and reduce costs. Ovo don't seem to be doing economy 7 at mo.

The suggestion I was given was solar battery working in spring and summer to help with household going electric, helping to significantly lower electric bills. Then use battery storage in autumn and winter powered by economy 7 to heat house with infared heaters as they seem quite efficient. As Economy 7 plus a little solar in autumn winter would lower bills rather then using all fully peak rates to heat electric radiators whivh be more than gas. Be cheaper not to bother going electric with heating if don't at same time get cheapest electricity would it not.

Is Economy 7 with infared radiators not best way to heat house with infared radiator in winter powered by off peak Economy 7. 

Is solar battery storage a good idea. 

If you going to do it, do you not need to go all the way.

Disabled household bills on average 20% higher then Non Disabled as in house all day.

Thanks for your replies and time. My disability is brain injury impacting on reasoning and judgement So I am aware I might be wrong on this. Any help most appreciated.

Oh OK that seems important so lets check this, so sounds like advice was wrong.

 If I went for these cheaper new electric retention storage heaters rather then the more expensive effcient infared heaters. Economy 7 might be OK as the storage heaters take longer to charge. 

But if I get more expensive effcient infared heaters they charge up so quickly making it cheaper to avoid Economy 7 and stick with a normal fixed rate and hope solar helps the infared heaters out a little, along with house epc c, plus lower time to charge infared costing less then longer to charge storage heaters. 

Would you go infared heaters if you have solar panels which Get feed in tariff, house epc c,.

Would you get a VAT free solar battery storage. Or am I over thinking my higher bills caused by disability and people trying to get me to spend money.

A couple of words about night storage heaters (NSH) running on an Economy 7 tariff:

• They are not particularly good as the sole heat source for someone who is at home all day, particularly if you need to stay warm. They may get good and hot overnight, but in my experience they’ve run out of steam before sunset if they’re pumping out heat all day. Modern, well-insulated NSH might be better at saving up the heat for use after getting home from work than my old ones, but I’m not convinced they would provide adequate heating even then.
• Any additional heating required - e.g. radiant or convector heaters - would gobble electricity at the higher tariff. This extra cost could well outweigh any saving achieved by charging the NSH at the lower tariff. 
• While solar panels and batteries would mitigate these shortcomings some of the time, it’s the rest of the time - the coldest part of the year when the sun’s not providing the energy you need - when you would see the higher costs.
• If you have gas, this might still be the best heating option for you.
    

I’m also at home all day, but I’ve managed to survive this winter not heating the house at all during the day, but wrapping up really warm and using an electric blanket when necessary - ‘heat the human, not the house’ as some wise man said. To misquote Pooh, Nobody knows how cold my nose is growing, but my toes are nice and warm!