That's essentially what I've been saying. I've also said that I'm pretty sure that even I could probably construct a 200 kHz transmitter with 'a few hundred Watts' output pretty easily, and at very modest cost, so it would remain only to add some appropriate drivers and power output stage(s).
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If I was to be on Desert Island Discs, I'd like my luxury to be an immensely powerful solar powered short wave transceiver, but they probably wouldn't allow it.
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No.Like transformers in linear vs switch mode PSUs?
The tariff name, should be on the bill. It will have some sort of name, and probably a month/year of introduction. Your off-peak charge, is generally more expensive than my none off-peak charge, your peak-charge is horrendous. Probably worth your while, shopping around for something better.
Two rates so E7 or very similar.
Cost depends where u are I the UK.
Peak doesn’t look that bad to me.
Cost depends where u are I the UK.
Peak doesn’t look that bad to me.
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If I compare yours with mine
my off-peak is cheaper, but peak more expensive, and I also pay more standing charge, normally the off-peak and solar will last the whole day, but today wife not well, so AC has been on all day, so ran out of off-peak, I get 15p/kWh for export, today 14.5 kWh a lot lower than usual due to AC running for so long. If I did not have off-peak, it would be 23.86p/kWh and 68.17p standing charge. If I look at the app, it does show how much peak and off-peak used, 
using this one can work out the year's use, well I could if I had been with Octopus for a year, so I have to guess a little, the off-peak time varies as well, 3, 5, 7 and 10 hours, and due to rates changing depending on where you live, my calculations in Mid-Wales will not really help you. It also depends on how much you produce yourself, if any, and how large your storage is, mine is 6.4 kWh which is enough for my needs, clearly if I wanted to run heating I would need 10 times that figure.
I would say the rate you show is rather good, but it would not suit me, as so I don't need to worry about filling the battery too much, I was the off-peak to be lower than the feed in tariff, so it does not matter if battery full by 11 am, each person needs to do their own sums, the comparison sites do not help when also looking at export payment, and changing of lifestyles to suit the tariff.
If your non-off-peak is as mine at 23.86p/kWh then if the power used is around 50% peak and off-peak, then you break even, assuming off-peak not used summer, then winter needs to be 75% / 25% split to break even. But the loss or gain at those rates is so small, that using heaters as an when required, could save you more than the off-peak can save, best way to make storage heaters work is to get an EV car, as the rates with some do extend to 7 hours of charge, and the rates are
silly in some cases, but this does mean a smart meter, there are two rates, the standard and the integelent, the latter the supplier has control of your charger, and the off-peak is silly low.
using this one can work out the year's use, well I could if I had been with Octopus for a year, so I have to guess a little, the off-peak time varies as well, 3, 5, 7 and 10 hours, and due to rates changing depending on where you live, my calculations in Mid-Wales will not really help you. It also depends on how much you produce yourself, if any, and how large your storage is, mine is 6.4 kWh which is enough for my needs, clearly if I wanted to run heating I would need 10 times that figure.I would say the rate you show is rather good, but it would not suit me, as so I don't need to worry about filling the battery too much, I was the off-peak to be lower than the feed in tariff, so it does not matter if battery full by 11 am, each person needs to do their own sums, the comparison sites do not help when also looking at export payment, and changing of lifestyles to suit the tariff.
If your non-off-peak is as mine at 23.86p/kWh then if the power used is around 50% peak and off-peak, then you break even, assuming off-peak not used summer, then winter needs to be 75% / 25% split to break even. But the loss or gain at those rates is so small, that using heaters as an when required, could save you more than the off-peak can save, best way to make storage heaters work is to get an EV car, as the rates with some do extend to 7 hours of charge, and the rates are
silly in some cases, but this does mean a smart meter, there are two rates, the standard and the integelent, the latter the supplier has control of your charger, and the off-peak is silly low.
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You should be asking yourself if you really need the E7, do you have storage heaters?
I use electricity 24 hours a day. The off peak is not just for the water (storage?) heater. The heater will only be needed if gas fails once every 25 years.
You seem to be contradicting yourself there, saying you are, and are not using it to heat your stored water. Which is it? Having it as standby for a failure, which might be once every 25 years, is nonsense. If you are not making good use of off-peak daily, for storage heaters, car charging, water heating - then it is pointless you're paying the premium, well over the odds, for E7 - and not using it.
We most of us use electricity around the 24 hours. I certainly do, but I have no special loads I can move to run during the E7 period, so I'm on a normal tariff - which, reading between the lines, is what you ought to be on. My absolute minimum consumption, my base load, is around 80w - that's routers, smart-plugs, TV's on standby, boiler system on standby - basically a long list of things on standby.
We normally consume between 6 and 7Kwh per day of electric. For our tariff, we use Octopus Tracker tariff, which we find much cheaper generally than the CAP. It's called Tracker, because it tracks the wholesale cost of energy, that Octopus are charged, a cost which changes daily, so what I pay per Kwh also changes daily. Sometimes, rarely, it can go over the CAP for odd days at a time, but mostly it is well below that. At times, it can fall as low as 9p per Kwh.
The cost for the next day, is announced the day before, so all we do, is keep an eye on the cost, and try to delay washing, until the cost is low, if we can without inconveniencing ourselves. From time to time, Octopus email me, to announce a free hour of power, where we can use as much as we want for free, during the hour.
However, like all of these special tariffs, you need to have a smart meter, to take advantage of them, and pay a lot less than you presently seem to be paying.
This referral link, gets you, and me each - £50 off your energy bill, if you make use of it. https://share.octopus.energy/jade-light-417
I don't have time for tracking. Also, if the price goes up and down then it's like playing casino with the bills. You could be hit with a big one when you least expect it.
I don't use electricity for water heating. The off peak meter count ticks over anyway. That means the off peak applies to all my electricity use.
Most probably I don't have economy 7 because I remember the hot water tank at my old flat had two spur switches. One for E7 and one for day rate. My current water tank has only one spur switch that can be switched on at any time of the day. This makes me wonder what the RTS is doing, maybe it just switches the counter on the meter?
I don't use electricity for water heating. The off peak meter count ticks over anyway. That means the off peak applies to all my electricity use.
Most probably I don't have economy 7 because I remember the hot water tank at my old flat had two spur switches. One for E7 and one for day rate. My current water tank has only one spur switch that can be switched on at any time of the day. This makes me wonder what the RTS is doing, maybe it just switches the counter on the meter?
You don't have to track it, you can just rely upon the average cost, being much lower than the CAP - there are just extra savings to be had, if you want to put the tiny amount of effort in.
The bill you posted, clearly suggests otherwise - 26.95p for the 17 peak hours, 20.15p for the 7 hours of off peak. Your comments suggest you are making no use of the E7 you are paying extra for, so the question you should be asking yourself, is why? Why pay for something you are not able to make use of?
If off peak means E7 then I am using E7 for lights, computer, fridge, etc.
I don't use electricity for hot water tank because google says:
AI Overview
Generally, gas for hot water is cheaper than Economy 7 electricity, especially with the current energy price cap. While Economy 7 offers cheaper electricity at night, gas generally has a lower unit cost and higher efficiency for heating water.
I don't use electricity for hot water tank because google says:
AI Overview
Generally, gas for hot water is cheaper than Economy 7 electricity, especially with the current energy price cap. While Economy 7 offers cheaper electricity at night, gas generally has a lower unit cost and higher efficiency for heating water.
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