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I have simply come up with the idea and recycled the lid from my old broken kitchen recycle bin
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Im no electrician but
Thinking being it may help to reduce the chances of condensation affecting the internal circuit board ( something Easee had no concerns with as they do not have the same circuit board set up)
Sealing around wires or cables is a special headache all its own—gland nuts are specifically made to make a waterproof (or resistant, at least) pass-through for a cable, but they don’t necessarily prevent air slipping past, and air tends to carry water vapor with it.
Main objective was one of belt and braces
Im no electrician but Thinking being it may help to reduce the chances of condensation affecting the internal circuit board ( something Easee had no concerns with as they do not have the same circuit board set up) Sealing around wires or cables is a special headache all its own—gland nuts are specifically made to make a waterproof (or resistant, at least) pass-through for a cable, but they don’t necessarily prevent air slipping past, and air tends to carry water vapor with it. Main objective was one of belt and braces
When you look at the Easse one its a brilliant design, in that the circuit board is covered, then theres a inner cover that gently slopes backwards at the top, preventing water getting in at the top entry points and the outer cover design allows water to run away. The charge socket is facing downwards along with a bottom cable entry point if desired. The 22kW are very popular in commercial settings.
As you say Ohme have what is essntially a bare circuit board within a box so can understand your concern albeit they are adequately protected. Did the installer run a small bead of silicone around the box.
I think somebody had the same idea and selling for £30. You could buy some bins and sell your own design which actually looks better lol.
Man that other white one is ugly lol
Mine is probally not needed and may end up as simply being a bird perch
Why bother?
Simply using a recycled recyling bin lid for an EV cover had a nice ring to it lol
But these things come to mind and had to do it lol
Its was orginally grey but that looked so naff let alone white lol
“Does it make the car go faster?” Of course it does 🙂
Nice dry and warm electrons are much happier and work much faster (Taken from “Well known scientific principles” by J R Hartley)
Please excuse spelling/typos. Apart from being a clot it turns out I had one on my cerebellum that's now causing various problems!
Nice dry and warm electrons are much happier and work much faster (Taken from “Well known scientific principles” by J R Hartley)
A diesel heater ?
Just a bit of fun Guys
That was done simply because I thought of it so me being me had to do it
It will do no harm and who knows it may help
I may never know and tbh dont particuly care
Not sure now if I should put up the pics of the Giant woolly sock that I keep my E Tec in overnight
Just a bit of fun Guys That was done simply because I thought of it so me being me had to do it It will do no harm and who knows it may help I may never know and tbh dont particuly care Not sure now if I should put up the pics of the Giant woolly sock that I keep my E Tec in overnight
It shows your head has still got its thinking cap on!
Now that’s a good idea actually!
Just went to cable up my Enyaq to the ePod, pitch black out there even with a bright street light across the road!.
Second time I’ve charged it at home so fingers crossed it works again!, the big glaring red light on the charge port wasn’t very reassuring when I charged it for the first time last week!. According to the Ohme App says it will add 148 miles from 11:30 to 05:30 and all at 7.5p kWh 🙂
Please excuse spelling/typos. Apart from being a clot it turns out I had one on my cerebellum that's now causing various problems!
Well, car started charging a couple of minutes after 11:30 🙂
Once again the MySkoda App shows it’s charging at 6kW and not 7kW, is that normal?
Please excuse spelling/typos. Apart from being a clot it turns out I had one on my cerebellum that's now causing various problems!
Well, car started charging a couple of minutes after 11:30
Once again the MySkoda App shows it’s charging at 6kW and not 7kW, is that normal?Keep an eye on it before you go bed, incase it ramps up to 7kW once the battery is warm.
The settings within the charger could be set to 60A cut-out, rather than 80
Update in morning 🙂
@kezo Checked it again just after 00:30 still 6kW
App load limit is set at 60A, Max charge is set at 32A, I have an 80A fuse fitted by the DNO
Please excuse spelling/typos. Apart from being a clot it turns out I had one on my cerebellum that's now causing various problems!
@kezo Checked it again just after 00:30 still 6kW App load limit is set at 60A, Max charge is set at 32A, I have an 80A fuse fitted by the DNO
Max Charge 32A
Load limit 80A
Ohme will adjust is for you if you contact, with the serial number requesting the load limit is adjusted 60 to 80A.
Its an installer mistake for not setting up commissioning the charger.
The E-Pod requires the installers app if you want to have ago 🙂
I’ve emailed Ohme and put a photo of the fuse in, the carrier says 100A 🙂
Well that was fast, under an hour!, load limit now set to 80A 🙂
Probably be next week when I charge again so we’ll see what happens 🙂
Please excuse spelling/typos. Apart from being a clot it turns out I had one on my cerebellum that's now causing various problems!
Great! keep us updated next week 🙂
I wonder how many haven’t realised the installer left the charger at default settings!
I’ve emailed Ohme and put a photo of the fuse in, the carrier says 100A ? @kezo Well that was fast, under an hour!, load limit now set to 80A ? Probably be next week when I charge again so we’ll see what happens ?
@phaedra can I how long it took ohme to contact you back after you submitted all requested information via their survey??
my husband just send all details today and I’m just wondering how long will take them to respond. My installation will be a complex one as there is around 25m from my fuse/electric meter box and I don’t have a wall just a fence. ?Exactly what I had already posted as it happened to me
Phaedra noticed much quicker than I did
Also to add
App in settings still not showing anything for load balancing just says No
Also CT Clamp reading showing 0A
Seen other peoples screenshots and there ones show different
But charger still working Ok cant help wondering that leaving Easee Equalizer box in place is having something to do with that along with a unatached dangling CT clamp
I think (poor memory!) I got a call a few days after saying they couldn’t install as my cable would be running over “public access”. It took a few emails to show them I was going to be using the KerboCharge gully and it was all perfectly legal.
I’ll try and search on here for the post I put up and let you know 🙂
So, had a quick search and after sending off the survey I think it took about 6 weeks to get it sorted and approved. But, that was because of having to get the KerboCharge accepted by them, even though they’d already done installations for other customers using it.
They were very quick this morning when I asked them to reset the charger to the correct max load current so I’ll give them that one 🙂
Please excuse spelling/typos. Apart from being a clot it turns out I had one on my cerebellum that's now causing various problems!
Once again the MySkoda App shows it’s charging at 6kW and not 7kW, is that normal?
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