Hypervolt & Octopus IG question

[tophamn]

I used to wake up to the following list most mornings.....

Octopus turns the wall-box on and off through the period so the car can get upset - though to be honest I don't see messages like this. Do you (did you) have any timer(s) set? - that would be a difference. Was the car still charged in the morning to the level you'd set?

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[Fish Fingers]

Octopus turns the wall-box on and off through the period so the car can get upset - though to be honest I don't see messages like this. Do you (did you) have any timer(s) set? - that would be a difference. Was the car still charged in the morning to the level you'd set?

No timers or profiles were set in the car.
It was pot luck what I would wake up to......no charge, short charge, correct charge, over charge.

Very bad Vodafone coverage where I live so the car never communicated well.
Same thing trying to preheat etc from my phone.

 

[tophamn]

No timers or profiles were set in the car.
It was pot luck what I would wake up to......no charge, short charge, correct charge, over charge.

Very bad Vodafone coverage where I live so the car never communicated well.
Same thing trying to preheat etc from my phone.

Vodafone coverage would only be an issue if you configured Octopus to interface directly with the car, not the wall-box. Your experience of "no charge, short charge, correct charge, over charge" was what I got when I had Octopus talk directly with the car, never when re-configured to control the wall-box instead.

 

[Fish Fingers]

Vodafone coverage would only be an issue if you configured Octopus to interface directly with the car, not the wall-box. Your experience of "no charge, short charge, correct charge, over charge" was what I got when I had Octopus talk directly with the car, never when re-configured to control the wall-box instead.

That is correct.
It was Octopus talking to the car, not the EVSE.

 

[thefunkygibbon]

ok so this is annoying me now and I can't check for days to see if it is charging me ££ or not.
I'm currently, apparently on a schedule. my home assistant integration which uses their APi says it is 7p currently but my app says current price is 27p.

which one is right?! what does it say in the app during a scheduled charge time for you guys?

 

[tophamn]

ok so this is annoying me now and I can't check for days to see if it is charging me ££ or not.
I'm currently, apparently on a schedule. my home assistant integration which uses their APi says it is 7p currently but my app says current price is 27p.

which one is right?! what does it say in the app during a scheduled charge time for you guys?

Your app is showing the standard tariff and timing - it won't change dynamically.

 

[thefunkygibbon]

anyone else noticed that even if car is plugged in and not needing/accepting a charge, you still get allocated schedules during the day for cheap rate? I'm sure that's not supposed to be the case but I'm not going to complain!

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