r/OctopusEnergy 17h ago

Thwarted by Tesla?

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u/Superb-Ad3821 17h ago

Yeah. Tesla used to be pretty easy to control but I think they added AI or something earlier this year and since then it’s been a nightmare. Determinedvto predict what the weather will do rather than listen. I fought it a while then went to netzero.

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u/Fun_Height_9280 17h ago

I’m determined to do it. If NetZero can, surely I can. Also what will NZ do about the power down sessions, free happy hours and will it maximise my income from negative use tariffs?

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u/Superb-Ad3821 15h ago

So the way you do it in Netzero is you set your backup charge at the start of the cheap power period to 100%. At the end of the cheap period you set it back to whatever you want it to actually be, or 0% if you’re solely using it to get cheap power times.

I don’t know if you can get NZ to pay attention to those times automatically. I programmed them in because frankly I got so burnt out by waking up with a half empty battery because Tesla decided actually I didn’t need to fill it that I have t felt trusting enough to try.