Complex meter set up- Why can't I be Economy 7?

First I’ve heard the term “THTC” so that’s something to look into.  Thanks.

The Ovo reps I spoke to completely struggled to understand the concept of storage heating in the first place so they’re heads would probably explode if I brought that up 😂

I can't be certain as there are various setups.

But what I said still holds. Am surprised you have been put on a tariff for that meter setup rather than a standard tariff

It may not speed things up in terms of switching the meter but you may be able to get a more appropriate tariff for your setup in the short term.

I also suggest you speak to neighbours and see what setup they have or have switched from in case that helps inform what to do.

It looks like THTC night-time rates are almost as expensive as my current any-time rate and the normal unit-rate on the THTC tariff is FAR higher rendering the entire plan utterly pointless.

Hi all. I joined this forum to ask if OVO have a better tariff than Economy7 with Octopus.

Until a week ago I had two dual-rate meters ie each had two registers with a Radio TeleSwitch which triggered the second register for the seven night hours at 00:30 (01:30 in the summer).

I pushed to get a Smart Meter as I have read that the BBC are turning off the RTS signal at the end of March so the meters wouldn’t register the night use  

One of the two meters fed a Nightstor (thermal store) - a cabinet of ceramic bricks that charge up at the cheap rate and the heat is then used in a traditional wet pumped radiator system  

There is a modern day version - look up ZEB zero emission boiler  

I am still on E7 and the Smart Meter has a “5th port” which powers on at the lower rate time to charge the Nightstore. 
 

So today I phoned Octopus to see what tariff I could have with a lower cost than the 16p/ kWh E7 as they advertise tariffs as low as 7.5p - but it seems you have to own an Electric Vehicle to have those tariffs even though I have a similar need of up to 60 kWh which I can take in three hours  

I spotted this thread so thought to contribute here 

I don’t have any THTC or RTS setups myself as I’m on regular flat-rate with a Smart Meter. However, as some of the other forum volunteers know, one of my forum specialities is metering related stuff. The RTS Shutdown is something I’ve been watching over closely and I do indeed ask OVO to give me regular updates about what’s happening - this helps me give the right advice and - where needed - update my own content accordingly. The forum moderators also help me with that task as well - you’ll sometimes see their notes on my comments for that reason.

Hi again

So does anyone know please of a tariff that is a lower night rate than Economy7 ?

I need it for about four hours and don’t mind when that is as long as its the meter “5th port” that powers on for the period

Here is my before and after ...

 thanks

Apologies @Sallen1 , but there aren’t any I know of unfortunately.

Thanks - just one more thought though

If I had an Electric Vehicle and got one of those sub-10p/kWh tariffs, would I be able to charge up my thermal store at the same time ?

Not guaranteed. While you’d definitely be allowed to charge up the thermal store on the standard rate no problemo, the EV rate might be restricted to EV’s only.