Each customer differs based on their setup, but we typically see around £25 per person in the house, each month.
Typically, yes, but by leveraging the cheapest times of day, we bring them inline, if not better. At this point the efficiency of electric water heating over gas comes into its own and returns a saving.
Typically about 15 minutes.
If you have some basic DIY skills and are comfortable with electrics, then yes. If not it is probably best to leave it to a professional. It will only take them a few minutes.
No, this uses an agile energy tariff where the lower demand through the day, coupled with cheap green electricity generated on the grid, means prices change every 30 minutes. Sometimes these prices are even negative, meaning you get paid to help take excess electricity off the grid.
The Smart Switch looks at the prices for each day and decides the cheapest times to heat your water. It then turns your immersion heater on and off based on this. The app will show you how prices vary and calculate the ideal times to turn on your energy hungry appliances.
Currently only Octopus Energy offer a tariff that varies prices throughout the day. This revolutionary approach, is there to encourage storing electricity when it is coming from wind and solar, which is much cheaper. Ideally they would like you to use less when the demand is higher meaning we need to fire up traditional power stations. The reward for this is a really healthy saving!
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