Lovemyev
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Of course it can, but with off peak tariffs you have to compare the day time tariff compared with being on waht could be a lower single rate standard tariff.Plus with the EV tariff all the washing/ drying can be done at night !
Being on a fixed rate cheap deal rate at 4.5 p/kwh works fine for us personally, because we have load shifted as much as we possibly can into the off peak 5 hours.
Our day rate is almost 40 p/kwh and we try to limit any heavy load usage then etc.
Here is the BUT if you are only charging once every two weeks, even conducting your washing / drying at night ( which again will depend largely on the size of your family ) this may not be as cost effective as being on a single rate tariff.
Even though we are now retired, our home wall box is used a lot.
We have covered 20,000 miles in our first EV in two years and we have now covered another 13,000 miles in about 16 months.
No two usage cases will ever be the same and therefore "off peak" deals suit some, but not all.
Our last electricity bill displayed that our night rate consumption, is higher than our day rate usage.
This is a simple guide that proves to use at least, that the "Off Peak" tariff does work in our favour.