Agile Tips

nbullus

Finally decided to dip my toe in the water and give Agile a go. Tariff is now switched and have initially scheduled 4 slots for tonight between 12am-5am. Any tips or strategies from long running Agile users have they wish to share to save me getting caught out. I have the GivEnergy AIO with 4.3kWh/p solar.

Thanks in advance.

KevinD

nbullus
I have the AIO with 5:25kWh of solar. I'm on the Agile tariff for import and the fixed 15p export tariff. I have 6 slots selected between 00:00 and 07:00. I always charge the battery up to 100% overnight, sometimes this only takes a few kW if there's a fair bit of sun and of course then it doesn't need to utilise all of the overnight charging slots.
My reasoning is that with a full battery the majority of my solar generation is being exported at 15p and the battery stays at 100% until the solar stops then discharges to the house until it again tops itself using the cheapest slots scheduled by Wonder Watt.
I'm not force exporting except during the recent saving sessions ( earned over £80 in credit over the winter).
I suppose I could be more proactive and schedule exports but I'm happy with the current routine.
A big thumbs up for Wonder Watt who have been constantly tweaking and improving the app, and their support has been exemplary.

Pourl

Your total kWh to charge from 0-100%, use charge rate divided into it, divide by 2 to give you number of slots you need, enter that number set time from midnight to 7a.m. SOC 100 % Switch on Active, switch on Hold Charge, Save.

I have 2 x 5.2 batteries = 10.4 charging at 2.6 (as I have a gen1) so it will take 4 hours to charge or 8 half hour slots.

That works for me.

nbullus

Pourl Thank you

johalareewi

It depends on what you want to achieve and how much battery storage you have and how much solar PV you get during the day (and your load) and if you do a lot of exporting or not.

Where I am, solar starts to kick in around 9am and during a normal day, the battery is pretty much empty by bedtime. I have a Agile window from 22:30 to 07:00 which gets the battery charged up for the next day using the cheapest slots. I need 7 or 8.
During the day I can use WW to manually select slots as needed and coordinate the white goods load.
I also have a EV that gets topped up overnight and I don't want the GE battery drained into the EV so I am testing the WW HOLD feature.
Heating is gas so I don't have to worry about ASHP etc.

Best thing is have a play and see what works for you.

nbullus

KevinD Thanks Kevin. Think I will have to do something similar until the Agile forecasting is introduced. I may well export down to 10% at the end of the day and make some money before the re-charge window. I agree that WW are doing a great job and rolling out updates and fixed very quickly.

Surfcornwall

Hi, I dont have solar I just use a AIO battery and charge it via Agile cheapest rate overnight. Just trying out WW I see how to set the charging but not quite sure of setting for the discharge to house only?
I'm going to use these settings below to see how the discharge goes. See screenshot.

Malcolm

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Surfcornwall

I see how to set the charging but not quite sure of setting for the discharge to house only?

You shouldn't need to do anything if you just use the battery in Eco mode, which it probably is in anyway.

Unless you get paid extra for a Saving session, where you may want to set up a specific one-off export schedule in the Schedules section?

Does that make sense? Not sure I answered your question!

Surfcornwall

Thank you for quick reply, the problem I have is I want the discharging to start at 08:30 so not sure how to set that up?

Malcolm

Surfcornwall

This is my charge setting

nbullus

Surfcornwall You need to setup your Agile charge slots in the 'Agile Octopus' section and your export in the 'Schedules' section.