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Cheapest time to run your appliances

When to run a washing machine, dishwasher or tumble dryer on Octopus Agile in London so it's done by when you need it - and exactly what to set on its timer.

Washing machine · cheapest start
Now

Set it to finish in 2 hours

done by 14:40 · about 11p · 63 g CO₂

Prices until Thu 07:00each bar an hour

Running 12:40–14:40 · 13.6p/kWh on average

Appliance
kWh

The energy label gives kWh per 100 cycles - divide by 100. Hotter washes use more.

Its timer
hours
Done by

How this works

The run is costed five minutes at a time at Agile Octopus's London prices - published, or this site's wind-adjusted estimates before Octopus publishes tomorrow's around 4pm, following how the appliance uses power: a washing machine mostly at the start, heating water; a dishwasher twice. Only starts its timer can actually give are considered. The energy per run only changes the cost, not the best time.

Prices from the Octopus Energy API; carbon intensity from the Carbon Intensity API by NESO and weather from Open-Meteo.com, CC BY 4.0. Renewably isn't affiliated with any of them.