How it works
You do not need to know any of this to use the plugin. It is here for anyone who wants to know why the battery is doing what it is doing. The Decision Reason on the Battery Manager device always says the same thing in a sentence.
The plugin has one aim above the rest: buy as little from the grid as it can. Money comes second. When it has to choose between keeping energy in the battery and selling it, it keeps it, unless selling is clearly worth more once the losses of charging and discharging are counted.
| Page | What it covers |
|---|---|
| The daily plan | How the plugin works out, every minute, whether the battery will last until the sun comes back |
| Charging from the grid | When it buys from the grid, on each Octopus tariff, and the reserve it keeps for power cuts |
| Selling to the grid | Selling spare solar in the day, making room overnight before a sunny day, and selling at the Flux peak |
| Octopus Flux | The Flux strategy — the overnight charge and the 4pm to 7pm sale — and how to switch it on |
| Power cuts and storms | What happens when the power goes, and while a storm warning is in force |
| Saving Sessions and Happy Hours | Octopus Power Downs, Weekend Happy Hours and the free-hour payback |
| Axle events | Selling for Axle at set times, and the record of what each event paid |