IO is superb. Usually charge on the weekend on my 3 pin granny charger. The app gives me pretty much the whole day at the low rate when the network has capacity. Loving it.
I’m looking to switch from EON to Octopus Energy as well and this is exactly the content I was looking for to make the switching easy as well as to understand the cost of charging during peak and off peak hours. Thanks for sharing your experience
I was on the go tariff for several years but now on intelligent tariff. I don’t bother with the intelligent bit as I charge our car and battery on the 6 hour cheap window. Octopus Energy are a brilliant company.
Good video. I’ve been with Octopus Energy since July and using Intelligent but was told only use the Octopus App to schedule my EV charging and not my Hypervolt. Once you input the % of charge required on the Octopus App it’ll give you the schedule and will automatically talk to my Hypervolt charger.
Hi @Rashbains888 I don't have the option to manage anything in the octopus app, it might be an ohme thing but all I get under the devices tab is a link to the ohme app
@@Rashbains888assume you have a compatible vehicle as hypervolt is not a supported charger. I had to swap to an ohme today from hypervolt to get intelligent as I don’t have a compatible vehicle. My only issue is that, being able to charge at any time on a schedule, the charger isn’t locked(have to manually do it every time)if my vehicle isn’t on the drive and theoretically, anyone can plug their car in!
the offpeak window doesnt really matter with intellegent. you just plug in when you need to charge and it creates a dynamic schedule based on grid capacity. its important to not select off peak charging only. example i plugged in Sunday afternoon and it charged stright away. it also means your entire house gets the off peak rate at that time so get dish washer, cooker, washer on.
@@ohshootvidz once you plug in a pop up notification comes up in ohme app. if on iphone you have to press and hold to see the schecdule or it disapears which is annoying. depending on time / day of the week say you plug in on sunday if will say `we have created a charing schedule from 15:45 to 18:34` etc. or it may say it will change tonight from 10pm. so like i say if its stright away get all you appliances on! the Ohme app should also have updated automatically to have octopus intelligent in the tariff
@@dennox1 ahh i’ve had that a few times but when I look at the charge graph on the dashboard it always looks like it starts at the standard off peak time.
@@ohshootvidz that could be because you have the price cap enabled in the Ohme charger app. It should have disabled it when it setup. As long as the enrolment process of octopus asked for your Ohme username and password it will be setup if it didn’t it may not be correctly done and you are just getting the 11.30 -5.30 hours.
@@dennox1 i get that message but the charge always falls within the normal off peak hours. Although today it looks like it will start at 23:00 instead of 23:30
Had an ev since July 18 and we charge at home 99% of the times. Highest every paid with Octopus Go was 3p per mile and that was last year. Now back to under 2p. It takes about 10 seconds to plug in every night and probably less to unplug in the morning and that’s all. For my circumstances it’s working fine
been with IO for 4 months. It is fantastic, saving me a lot of money. Use with a BMW i3 and Hypervolt. Plus Octopus has excellent customer service - streets ahead of the rest.
It's brilliant isn't it! I'm getting off peak rates with every charge now for several hours at a time during peak hours on weekdays. No longer need to set the timer on the washing machine or dishwasher. I normally plug in around 6pm and top up when the car reaches 40% up to 80%. Octopus have rebranded it as Octopus Intelligent Go.
I wasn't attracted to this type of tariff - the fact that all usage benefits from the lower rate means that the "normal" rate is typically lifted so that the Supplier is not reducing income from normal household usage during the nigh time window. You are then faced with the need to move as much high-consumption usage such as dishwashers, washing machines and tumble dryers to the night window to make sure that you are not increasing the charge for this type of use due to the lifted daytime tariff. This could provide an opportunity to save but it implies a level of discipline my family will not achieve. I was an Ovo customer and was attracted to the fact that Ovo doesn't alter the normal capped charge for all use other than the EV which it controls and monitors using (in my case) the Renault API. I plug in any time I like, set a desired outcome (80% or 100% normally) and a desired completion time - typically 7:30am. Ovo then control the car to take a charge so as to meet my requirement.
Thats not the case, the normal rate in my area is competitive with standard rates Octopus sent an email last week that they are lowering the day rates by 8%. With this Tariff you have a guaranteed low rate between the off peak hours. The intelligent part is when the grid usage is low Octopus offer you off peak rates during peak hours if you charge your car. So the entire household benefits from that. For example on Sunday last week I had 4hours at 7.5pkWh during the day. I would take another look @rhiantaylor3446
I have a wallbox charger and am on go atm, I am trying to move to Intelligent Octopus, but only get as far as the test connection part, it spins for 10minutes then says it cannot control the car. it is a bit annoying and confusing as the Wallbox app shows the charger as connected to OCPP.
@@ohshootvidz What I mean is, Octopus won't accept my EV because they tell me it has problems. My comment was an ironic pun - noting that handshaking is the term used between the car and the charger to agree a charging rate! Octopus refuses to add any more EVs although they claim otherwise. So IO is not available to me and thousands of other Oct customers :-( and of course they decline to explain why.
@@lawrenceharris1819 sorry to hear that. It baffles me why more charger manufacturers aren’t working with octopus. I always thought the charger is the easier one to work with rather than the car. The car is a lot more complicated. I’ve just added a givenergy charger, battery and solar panels to my set up alongside the ohme charger. Givenergy are working on connecting with octopus but no timeline yet. Did you choose the SyncEV charger because you were led to believe it would work with octopus? You can always sign up to octopus go, slightly more expensive on the off peak and fluctuates with wholesale but could still work out ok for you??
Octopus can connect to second generation (SMETS2) meters, and some types of first generation Secure branded (SMETS1) smart meters. I have Secure 100 SMETS1 meter. If you found this useful I think you can still use my link in the description to split £100 credit if you are thinking about switching to intelligent octopus go.
You can only have one car connected to Intelligent Octopus’ smart charging at a time. If you have a second electric vehicle, then you can charge during this 6-hour off-peak window by manually setting it to charge at these times.
@@Thecardetailingnutit really depends on your usage… if you can make use of that extra hour in the morning before 7am then it could workout better for you 8:53 for if you wake up for work and say you have an electric shower then being charged at that lower rate all adds up. What model tesla and xc40 (great car rented one once) do you have? Load shifting all your household items to kick in during the off peak hours by setting up the timers on the dishwasher, dryer/washing machine has made a noticeable difference to my bill. Making small adjustments helps.
@@Thecardetailingnutif you have an Ohme charger and connect to Octopus with that then you can charge 2 cars. I have 2 Tesla’s, just don’t tell them :-)
THE BIGGEST MISTAKE all EV OWNERS make is to completely 'forget' that once hooked to ev, YOU ARE VERY EASY PREY FOR ALL THE FORIEGN OWNED ELECTRICTY COMPANIES TO RAISE THEIR PRICES AS THEY HAVE BEEN DOING FOR THE LAST 24 MONTHS....... OMG this bloke illustrates exactly the reason I will not waste ENDLESS HOURS LOOKING AT mind boggling rubbish.....Must be a geek ! Yes I appreciate that ICE vehicles also face increases, BUT I can drive into ANY garage & fill up & be on my way in 10 minutes.......................WHILE ev owners are STILL driving around looking for a working charge point....once you find one, then the charges START......dont forget the time spent sitting around & the additional costs of over priced cakes & endless coffee. meanwhile I'm at home finished for the day.....MADNESS.
While you are filling with high cost petrol or diesel from foreign countries, we are charging for free from our solar cells, or charging cheap at night, also storing cheap night rate for the house in winter so saving loads, and not filling the air with poisons.
IO is superb. Usually charge on the weekend on my 3 pin granny charger. The app gives me pretty much the whole day at the low rate when the network has capacity. Loving it.
I’m looking to switch from EON to Octopus Energy as well and this is exactly the content I was looking for to make the switching easy as well as to understand the cost of charging during peak and off peak hours.
Thanks for sharing your experience
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I was on the go tariff for several years but now on intelligent tariff. I don’t bother with the intelligent bit as I charge our car and battery on the 6 hour cheap window. Octopus Energy are a brilliant company.
Just about to switch to Intelligent Go and also have an Ohme and MG. Love your videi
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Good video. I’ve been with Octopus Energy since July and using Intelligent but was told only use the Octopus App to schedule my EV charging and not my Hypervolt. Once you input the % of charge required on the Octopus App it’ll give you the schedule and will automatically talk to my Hypervolt charger.
Hi @Rashbains888 I don't have the option to manage anything in the octopus app, it might be an ohme thing but all I get under the devices tab is a link to the ohme app
@@ohshootvidz ok that makes sense must be the way they Octopus have set up the App with different Home Chargers
@@Rashbains888assume you have a compatible vehicle as hypervolt is not a supported charger. I had to swap to an ohme today from hypervolt to get intelligent as I don’t have a compatible vehicle. My only issue is that, being able to charge at any time on a schedule, the charger isn’t locked(have to manually do it every time)if my vehicle isn’t on the drive and theoretically, anyone can plug their car in!
the offpeak window doesnt really matter with intellegent. you just plug in when you need to charge and it creates a dynamic schedule based on grid capacity. its important to not select off peak charging only. example i plugged in Sunday afternoon and it charged stright away. it also means your entire house gets the off peak rate at that time so get dish washer, cooker, washer on.
Is there a notification in the ohme or octopus app when off peak rates are available during peak hours?
@@ohshootvidz once you plug in a pop up notification comes up in ohme app. if on iphone you have to press and hold to see the schecdule or it disapears which is annoying. depending on time / day of the week say you plug in on sunday if will say `we have created a charing schedule from 15:45 to 18:34` etc. or it may say it will change tonight from 10pm. so like i say if its stright away get all you appliances on! the Ohme app should also have updated automatically to have octopus intelligent in the tariff
@@dennox1 ahh i’ve had that a few times but when I look at the charge graph on the dashboard it always looks like it starts at the standard off peak time.
@@ohshootvidz that could be because you have the price cap enabled in the Ohme charger app. It should have disabled it when it setup. As long as the enrolment process of octopus asked for your Ohme username and password it will be setup if it didn’t it may not be correctly done and you are just getting the 11.30 -5.30 hours.
@@dennox1 i get that message but the charge always falls within the normal off peak hours. Although today it looks like it will start at 23:00 instead of 23:30
Had an ev since July 18 and we charge at home 99% of the times. Highest every paid with Octopus Go was 3p per mile and that was last year. Now back to under 2p.
It takes about 10 seconds to plug in every night and probably less to unplug in the morning and that’s all. For my circumstances it’s working fine
been with IO for 4 months. It is fantastic, saving me a lot of money. Use with a BMW i3 and Hypervolt. Plus Octopus has excellent customer service - streets ahead of the rest.
It's brilliant isn't it! I'm getting off peak rates with every charge now for several hours at a time during peak hours on weekdays. No longer need to set the timer on the washing machine or dishwasher. I normally plug in around 6pm and top up when the car reaches 40% up to 80%. Octopus have rebranded it as Octopus Intelligent Go.
Very helpful, thakyou
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I wasn't attracted to this type of tariff - the fact that all usage benefits from the lower rate means that the "normal" rate is typically lifted so that the Supplier is not reducing income from normal household usage during the nigh time window. You are then faced with the need to move as much high-consumption usage such as dishwashers, washing machines and tumble dryers to the night window to make sure that you are not increasing the charge for this type of use due to the lifted daytime tariff. This could provide an opportunity to save but it implies a level of discipline my family will not achieve. I was an Ovo customer and was attracted to the fact that Ovo doesn't alter the normal capped charge for all use other than the EV which it controls and monitors using (in my case) the Renault API. I plug in any time I like, set a desired outcome (80% or 100% normally) and a desired completion time - typically 7:30am. Ovo then control the car to take a charge so as to meet my requirement.
Thats not the case, the normal rate in my area is competitive with standard rates Octopus sent an email last week that they are lowering the day rates by 8%.
With this Tariff you have a guaranteed low rate between the off peak hours. The intelligent part is when the grid usage is low Octopus offer you off peak rates during peak hours if you charge your car. So the entire household benefits from that. For example on Sunday last week I had 4hours at 7.5pkWh during the day. I would take another look @rhiantaylor3446
I have a wallbox charger and am on go atm, I am trying to move to Intelligent Octopus, but only get as far as the test connection part, it spins for 10minutes then says it cannot control the car. it is a bit annoying and confusing as the Wallbox app shows the charger as connected to OCPP.
This might be a long shot but try powering off the charger from the switch in the consumer unit. Leave it for a minute and try again.
Good prices. Unfortunately very slow customer help. May take several weeks to months to reply...
They’ve responded to me really quickly
If you know the correct handshake, you can join IO. For those of us with EVs, not a chance.
I’m not sure I understand what you mean?
@@ohshootvidz What I mean is, Octopus won't accept my EV because they tell me it has problems. My comment was an ironic pun - noting that handshaking is the term used between the car and the charger to agree a charging rate! Octopus refuses to add any more EVs although they claim otherwise. So IO is not available to me and thousands of other Oct customers :-( and of course they decline to explain why.
@@lawrenceharris1819 do you have an ohme charger?
@@ohshootvidz No - but my SyncEV charger can emulate the required dumb terminal but Octopus blames my EV - not the charger.
@@lawrenceharris1819 sorry to hear that. It baffles me why more charger manufacturers aren’t working with octopus. I always thought the charger is the easier one to work with rather than the car. The car is a lot more complicated.
I’ve just added a givenergy charger, battery and solar panels to my set up alongside the ohme charger. Givenergy are working on connecting with octopus but no timeline yet.
Did you choose the SyncEV charger because you were led to believe it would work with octopus? You can always sign up to octopus go, slightly more expensive on the off peak and fluctuates with wholesale but could still work out ok for you??
Dose anyone know if you have to have a smart meter aswell as ohme app thanks
I'm on octopus
Octopus can connect to second generation (SMETS2) meters, and some types of first generation Secure branded (SMETS1) smart meters. I have Secure 100 SMETS1 meter.
If you found this useful I think you can still use my link in the description to split £100 credit if you are thinking about switching to intelligent octopus go.
I don't think the charger matters. You need a smart meter and a car that is compatible. I use a cheap ass 3 pin granny and works beautifully.
What happens if you have 2 EV Cars a Tesla and a Volvo XC40 Fully electric any ideas
You can only have one car connected to Intelligent Octopus’ smart charging at a time. If you have a second electric vehicle, then you can charge during this 6-hour off-peak window by manually setting it to charge at these times.
@@ohshootvidz thanks for replying would Octopus Intelligent still work out cheaper as I was switching to Eon Next from British Gas Hive EV Tariff ?
@@Thecardetailingnutit really depends on your usage… if you can make use of that extra hour in the morning before 7am then it could workout better for you 8:53 for if you wake up for work and say you have an electric shower then being charged at that lower rate all adds up.
What model tesla and xc40 (great car rented one once) do you have?
Load shifting all your household items to kick in during the off peak hours by setting up the timers on the dishwasher, dryer/washing machine has made a noticeable difference to my bill. Making small adjustments helps.
@@Thecardetailingnutif you have an Ohme charger and connect to Octopus with that then you can charge 2 cars. I have 2 Tesla’s, just don’t tell them :-)
with an ohme just go in and switch vehicles before you plug back in through the ohme app
THE BIGGEST MISTAKE all EV OWNERS make is to completely 'forget' that once hooked to ev, YOU ARE VERY EASY PREY FOR ALL THE FORIEGN OWNED ELECTRICTY COMPANIES TO RAISE THEIR PRICES AS THEY HAVE BEEN DOING FOR THE LAST 24 MONTHS....... OMG this bloke illustrates exactly the reason I will not waste ENDLESS HOURS LOOKING AT mind boggling rubbish.....Must be a geek !
Yes I appreciate that ICE vehicles also face increases, BUT I can drive into ANY garage & fill up & be on my way in 10 minutes.......................WHILE ev owners are STILL driving around looking for a working charge point....once you find one, then the charges START......dont forget the time spent sitting around & the additional costs of over priced cakes & endless coffee. meanwhile I'm at home finished for the day.....MADNESS.
While you are filling with high cost petrol or diesel from foreign countries, we are charging for free from our solar cells, or charging cheap at night, also storing cheap night rate for the house in winter so saving loads, and not filling the air with poisons.