Newbie … help needed!
Hi good people, please bear with me.
We’ve had solar panels since 2016 and are fortunate enough to get a FIT tariff for generation and export.
Last Friday we had an Ohme home pro charger installed for our recently purchased EV.
Last Tuesday we had a Powerwall 3 installed to compliment the solar and to future proof our home against price rises. On Tuesday we also switched to Octopus’s Intelligent Go tariff.
On Tuesday evening I plugged my car in and set the ready time to 05:30 on the Ohme app to ensure I stayed within the cheap tariff window - 23:30 to 05:30. However, on Wednesday morning I found that the Powerwall had been drained and we appeared to be drawing from the grid with the car still charging.
Also, I assumed that I would be able to keep the EV plugged in and the overnight tariff would charge the Powerwall and the EV.
My wife and I are completely bamboozled by Google searches and calls to Octopus etc and would appreciate any advice from anyone with a similar set up.
The other confusion was whether to export via Octopus or keep our existing FIT export rate (for simplicity’s sake I’m tempted to keep that side of things as they are.)
Thanks for any advice and sorry it’s such a long post.