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I’ve noticed we have more posts relating to electricity tariffs and setting up of EV home charging procedures and was wondering if there was enough interest to set up a permanent sticky.
There is a fair amount of money to be saved charging from home and getting the correct tariff could save more.
I don’t really have much expertise in the topic but I’ve noticed there are those who’ve been using a number of tariffs and actually change tarrif between summer and winter so there must be money to be saved for members to go to the bother.
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The above is my cut out I think so can you tell if my supply is looped from this ?
No!
Typical of Ohme to think the steel wired armoured cable ~(SWA) coming from your consumer unit and through the wall, is part of your supply. Dim Wits!
However, your ervice head is 1960’s – and maywell have a 60A cut out fuse, which hopefully the DNO will check and upgrade on their visit, providing they don’t say thats another visit lol.
I don’t want to compound your problems mike but I thought there was regulations regarding gas pipes going through electric boxes. So I googled it and it says that they need to have a distance of 150mm between them. Just incase they come out and say no.
Houl on till I holler. KEZO you’ll know the score lol
I don’t want to compound your problems mike but I thought there was regulations regarding gas pipes going through electric boxes. So I googled it and it says that they need to have a distance of 150mm between them. Just incase they come out and say no. Houl on till I holler. KEZO you’ll know the score lol
As rules and regulations changed through the decades, it has not been a requirement to retrospective ugrade, as new regs came in to place, only buildings built on or after a new regulation, was put in force needed to meet, this new set of regulations.
In the 60’s there was no specific regulations in place, as distances between electric/gas was not standardised, however common sense and safety guidlines “only” generally recommend, they be seperated by a few inches to a few feet or more, depending on local guidlines (regulations) Today of course, there is a regulation for this and a regulation for that but, it still remains common sense guidelines in the regulations.
With my eyes, Mikes are seperated thereabouts 6 inches apart 🙂
Kezo sorry for being a plank but do you mean it’s defo not a looped supply! Yes it’s an old set up but it has a 100A cut out fuse,some work done on the electrics by the previous owners i believe.Gas pipes are as they were when I moved in so hopefully all legal as nothing flagged up at the time.
Mick this may interest you i was told by the Octopus Energy technician who fitted my smart meters that a further hour is being added to Intelligent Octopus Go this will give 7 hours, overnight at 7p per kwh. This would give you 49kw at 7p.
The only person who got all his work done by Friday was Robinson Crusoe.
Anything i post over three lines long please assume it is an article lol.Kezo sorry for being a plank but do you mean it’s defo not a looped supply! Yes it’s an old set up but it has a 100A cut out fuse,some work done on the electrics by the previous owners i believe.Gas pipes are as they were when I moved in so hopefully all legal as nothing flagged up at the time.
No its not looped 🙂 I expect Ohme saw and got confused with the armoured cable (SWA) going from the consumer unit, next to the service head and out through the wall by the gas pipe.
Don’t worry about gas pipe!
I don’t want to compound your problems mike but I thought there was regulations regarding gas pipes going through electric boxes. So I googled it and it says that they need to have a distance of 150mm between them. Just incase they come out and say no. Houl on till I holler. KEZO you’ll know the score lol
As rules and regulations changed through the decades, it has not been a requirement to retrospective ugrade, as new regs came in to place, only buildings built on or after a new regulation, was put in force needed to meet, this new set of regulations. In the 60’s there was no specific regulations in place, as distances between electric/gas was not standardised, however common sense and safety guidlines “only” generally recommend, they be seperated by a few inches to a few feet or more, depending on local guidlines (regulations) Today of course, there is a regulation for this and a regulation for that but, it still remains common sense guidelines in the regulations. With my eyes, Mikes are seperated thereabouts 6 inches apart 🙂
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Ok thanks very much kezo I will be emailing ohme tomorrow.
Brydo EV I’m getting (Renault Scenic e-tech) is not compatable with Octopus apparently but appreciate the info.
Mike, as far as I’m aware as long as you have a comparable charger or car you can go onto intelligent Octopus go.you just need one to be comparable.
The only person who got all his work done by Friday was Robinson Crusoe.
Anything i post over three lines long please assume it is an article lol.Mike, as far as I’m aware as long as you have a comparable charger or car you can go onto intelligent Octopus go.you just need one to be comparable.
Correct, Ohme chargers should work with Intelligent Octopus Go, even though the car isn’t.
Just changed my British Gas tariff to the EV v11 tariff the one that gives 12am to 5am charging and also registered for the Sunday Peak Save.
I’ll set up the Ohme app tommorow when the EV v11 begins.
Ok thanks Brydo and kezo I’ve just signed up to a 12 month fix with Ovo energy and happy with that for now.Always good to know other options are available though.
Mick this may interest you i was told by the Octopus Energy technician who fitted my smart meters that a further hour is being added to Intelligent Octopus Go this will give 7 hours, overnight at 7p per kwh. This would give you 49kw at 7p.
Ooh, hope so! That would be nice for those odd occasions where you’re low but definitely want to be starting with a full battery in the morning.
Hi guys, had my epod charger installed today by proev, nationalgrid came an hour later to upgrade the cut out and fuse and said that proev had installed the charger wrong, so the guy from nationalgrid sorted it out.
Then it would only charge at 3.6kw so i had to call ohme who said the installer had limited the amps and she put it upto 32A, so its now charging at 7kw but now it wont connect to my ioniq 5 and doesn’t know my cars battery percentage etc..
Just says theres a technical problem when i enter my bluelink details.
Ive had to go into my cars menu and limit charging to 80% which is fine for now but how can i make use of octopus intelligent go if the charger isn’t smart and doesn’t know my cars details, soo frustrating, is this a regular issue with the ohme app ?
Also when intelligent go is working do you get 7p rate at day if octopus choose to charge the car in the day ?
Hello,
If Ohme do not want to install a charger because of where my car is parked.
Could I choose to pay someone myself to get one fitted?
Thanks
Hello, If Ohme do not want to install a charger because of where my car is parked. Could I choose to pay someone myself to get one fitted? Thanks
Yes you can and there’s alot more more choice, even fo Octopus.
Why don’t Ohme want to install?
Does anyone else have an issue where the ohme epod keeps dropping to 3.8kw ?
So frustrated by the ohme app too, cant link a car to it as the apps broken and octopus tracker not on the list of tariffs so cant really use any of the smart features
Does anyone else have an issue where the ohme epod keeps dropping to 3.8kw ? So frustrated by the ohme app too, cant link a car to it as the apps broken and octopus tracker not on the list of tariffs so cant really use any of the smart features
If its always dropped to 3.8kW, check the CT clamp hasn’t being fitted upside down.
Does anyone else have an issue where the ohme epod keeps dropping to 3.8kw ? So frustrated by the ohme app too, cant link a car to it as the apps broken and octopus tracker not on the list of tariffs so cant really use any of the smart features
If its always dropped to 3.8kW, check the CT clamp hasn’t being fitted upside down.
Its not always, i plugged it in at 15.19 and it was on 34%, it was at 3.7kw for roughly 5 minutes and then went up to 7.2kw and the car stated it would be finished charging to 80% at 20.54, its now at 74% and running at 3.8kw and car saying it’ll finish at 23.58, based on that id say its running at 7kw for about two thirds of the charge but clearly keeps dropping to 3kw for long periods then going back up, how do i know if the clamps on wrong, is there an arrow ?
Does anyone else have an issue where the ohme epod keeps dropping to 3.8kw ? So frustrated by the ohme app too, cant link a car to it as the apps broken and octopus tracker not on the list of tariffs so cant really use any of the smart features
If its always dropped to 3.8kW, check the CT clamp hasn’t being fitted upside down.
Its not always, i plugged it in at 15.19 and it was on 34%, it was at 3.7kw for roughly 5 minutes and then went up to 7.2kw and the car stated it would be finished charging to 80% at 20.54, its now at 74% and running at 3.8kw and car saying it’ll finish at 23.58, based on that id say its running at 7kw for about two thirds of the charge but clearly keeps dropping to 3kw for long periods then going back up, how do i know if the clamps on wrong, is there an arrow ?
There is an arrow on it that should be pointing away from your meter. If you can’t see it, its easy to unclip the clamp to have a look.
It could be the case of its doing its job and load balancing, depending what other appliances you have running at the same time or the installer simply forgot to max current/Amps to match your supply cut-out fuse.
In most cases there’s a simple explanation.
Put a pic up of the advanced setting page of the Ohme app.
Does anyone else have an issue where the ohme epod keeps dropping to 3.8kw ? So frustrated by the ohme app too, cant link a car to it as the apps broken and octopus tracker not on the list of tariffs so cant really use any of the smart features
If its always dropped to 3.8kW, check the CT clamp hasn’t being fitted upside down.
Its not always, i plugged it in at 15.19 and it was on 34%, it was at 3.7kw for roughly 5 minutes and then went up to 7.2kw and the car stated it would be finished charging to 80% at 20.54, its now at 74% and running at 3.8kw and car saying it’ll finish at 23.58, based on that id say its running at 7kw for about two thirds of the charge but clearly keeps dropping to 3kw for long periods then going back up, how do i know if the clamps on wrong, is there an arrow ?
There is an arrow on it that should be pointing away from your meter. If you can’t see it, its easy to unclip the clamp to have a look. It could be the case of its doing its job and load balancing, depending what other appliances you have running at the same time or the installer simply forgot to max current/Amps to match your supply cut-out fuse. In most cases there’s a simple explanation. Put a pic up of the advanced setting page of the Ohme app.
I dont think its to do with other appliances drawing power because theres not any other high power items currently drawing power.
Also yesterday it was running at 7.2kw whilst the tumble dryer, washer, kettle, ninja and hottub were all running and pulling a total of 17kw so im sure its not that, ill check the arrow
This one below ? Arrow points towards metre, should it be pointing towards fuse box ?
Yes it needs to be pointing away from the meter towards your consumer unit so it monitors the load of your whole house, ideally this should be before any branch.
Unclup it and turn it so the arrow is facing the house consumer unit. If you find there is not enough slack to do this, remove the ziptie and you will find there is slack on the black cat5 cable at the bottom of the box but be gentle.
This should sort the issue next time you charge. Let me know 🙂
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