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Jax

92 posts

Master Geek

#204414 30-Sep-2016 17:31

I had a thought to cutover to Flick electric and run a timer on the Hot water cylinder to make use of night rate.. as per comments here:

http://news.flickelectric.co.nz/2015/11/26/how-to-save-more-with-flick/

I called flick and gave them my address (Auckland, North Shore) and they said it wasn't available.

What determines if night rate is or is not available for a given premise?
Would calling other retailers make ant difference? or is this something controlled by the lines companies?

Cheers

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GregF

52 posts

Master Geek

#1643401 30-Sep-2016 17:48

We're on Flick - and the only requirement was having a smart meter.

AFAIK we don't run a day vs night rate - Flick is all about 'real time wholesale rates'

So - we set the dishwasher / dryer / washing machine etc to run at 3am, when national demand, thus wholesale rates, are at their ebb - but not because its a 'nighttime' rate.

Check out wits.co.nz for realtime spot prices - you'll see how 7:45-8:30am and 5:30-7:00pm are high use, thus high rate times - and 2-4am is cheap as.

Cheers, Greg.

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