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<p>Oops I missed something important.</p>
<p>We are using Meridan, and the $0.35/$0.15 rates quoted are from
their Day/Night service rate.<br>
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<td>60 min of free power per day</td>
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<td>Sun, 25 Jun 2017 11:50:09 +1200</td>
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<pre>Hello All,
Only just found about this energy company, and their offer of 60 min of
free off-peak electricity per day -
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://www.electrickiwi.co.nz/hour-of-power">https://www.electrickiwi.co.nz/hour-of-power</a>
Haven't run-the-numbers yet to see if there are real savings to be had,
but figure this might make an interesting chocolate-fish-challenge for
the group.
So the question is: how maximize the benefit of this kind of offer.
So for a 60A service to a house, this is almost 14kW, and at $0.35 per
(daytime) unit, this could amount to just under $5 per day, if the
entire 60A could be consumed. This amounts to around $150 per month
possible savings.
Obvious thing to turn on is the heater on the hot tank (3.5kW), which
would normally be heated at the night rate ($0.15 per unit), so only
$0.52 savings here.
So, the problem looks like it converges on a need for daytime power, if
the higher saving is to be leveraged.
Anyway, just a daft thought experiment.
Comments welcome.
-Mark
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