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The switch to Octopus completes in a couple of days and then onto the Agile tariff a few days later. I feel slightly disappointed in myself that I’m actually quite excited.
My intention is that we exploit the advance knowledge of cheaper rates as fully as we can. We both work from home, so that which doesn’t have a timer or smart functionality can be tuned on manually.
To that end, our central heating is a wet underfloor system married to an air source heat pump. Upstairs the same system supplies traditional wall radiators. We have Tado smart room thermostats.
It takes a while and a lot of kWhs for the heat to come through the screed floor from absolute cold, so the advice from the manufacturers (Joule & Samsung) is to keep the house at a constant temperature.
Stats are all set to 19 which works well for us.
So, currently the system turns on and off when it needs to regardless of time.
Does anyone here with Agile have a similar heating setup perhaps?
Given Agile offers advance knowledge of variable rates at half hourly intervals within any 24 hour period, have you found it’s cheaper to set up your stats so the heating can only come on at certain times?
Or, given such a setup could mean the system might be starting from a colder temperature, each time it’s allowed to fire up, have you found it’s having to draw that more power to reach the demanded temperature that it negates any saving over running it so the house is at a constant temperature?
The same question also applies to the hot water really. The same system also heats the water to a constant 48°. I’m wondering if it’s worth setting that up on the timer instead, balancing around cost and demand times for hot water.
Obviously, I could set the whole system up each day to only draw power during Plunge rates.....But pretty soon I’d have to invest all the savings I’d made into another house and a good divorce lawyer.
My intention is that we exploit the advance knowledge of cheaper rates as fully as we can. We both work from home, so that which doesn’t have a timer or smart functionality can be tuned on manually.
To that end, our central heating is a wet underfloor system married to an air source heat pump. Upstairs the same system supplies traditional wall radiators. We have Tado smart room thermostats.
It takes a while and a lot of kWhs for the heat to come through the screed floor from absolute cold, so the advice from the manufacturers (Joule & Samsung) is to keep the house at a constant temperature.
Stats are all set to 19 which works well for us.
So, currently the system turns on and off when it needs to regardless of time.
Does anyone here with Agile have a similar heating setup perhaps?
Given Agile offers advance knowledge of variable rates at half hourly intervals within any 24 hour period, have you found it’s cheaper to set up your stats so the heating can only come on at certain times?
Or, given such a setup could mean the system might be starting from a colder temperature, each time it’s allowed to fire up, have you found it’s having to draw that more power to reach the demanded temperature that it negates any saving over running it so the house is at a constant temperature?
The same question also applies to the hot water really. The same system also heats the water to a constant 48°. I’m wondering if it’s worth setting that up on the timer instead, balancing around cost and demand times for hot water.
Obviously, I could set the whole system up each day to only draw power during Plunge rates.....But pretty soon I’d have to invest all the savings I’d made into another house and a good divorce lawyer.
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