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I’m hoping someone can help me with a bit of a heads up. I am thinking of switching to a Skoda Enyaq and was wondering what the process of having the charging cable fitted as i live in a housing association terraced house where i have lived for around 30 year. I have no drive but my car parking space is just around 20ft from my front door and the electricity box is just inside the front door, so i would walk down the path open my gate and there’s a 3ft path and there’s the boot of my car. Only the postman and delivery drivers use this path as it’s out of the way from any public but obviously the public could walk around this path should they wish. It’s not my private car space but I have always used this exact space for 30 years as all the neighbours all have their usual spaces. Should this be a stumbling block is it still worth considering an Electric Vehicle as obviously having read a lot on this forum site the cheapest way to charge is with a home charger or can you find a cheap alternative IE car parks, I only do around 100 miles a week and travel to see family around 3 times a year which would be a 700 mile round trip. Also would it be someone from Skoda to come and check all this or is it a private company? sorry there’s a lot of questions so thanks in advance for any information provided.
Im also in HA property and sorry to tell you but you need to forget it.
I had to ask for permission to install the charger on their property which they refused unless i had a dropped kerb and a drive.
I already had a drive but no dropped kerb, i had to pay £2377 to drop the kerb then after it was complete i had to send pictures accross to the office then reapply for permission to install the charger, after this they sent out an inspector to check the electrics and look which model charger im getting.
Then after the charger was installed they sent him back out to check they had installed it on a separate trip box and to get a copy of the p part and install certificates.
They will not allow you to run a cable across a footpath from their property
@Kezo yes i turned the ct clamp around so the arrow goes towards fuse box.
The ohme app doesn’t provide any live data, its just stuck on -2 and switching on kettle or charging car does nothing, the value doesn’t change.
Previous it was on zero and didn’t change at any point either until they changed load limit to 80A which caused it to display -2.
Ive now been waiting 3 days for technical support to come back to me on whether the software is up to date.
I really regret getting the thing installed
@Ioniq ive spoken with them again this morning and they’ve changed the load limit to 80A and aren’t sure if theres an updated software version so they opened a ticket for technical department to look into an update push.
Now since our call this morning the limit has changed to 80A but now my ct clamp is reading -2, surely thats not right ?
Im losing the will with this nonsense, why dont the installers just do their job instead of installing in 10 minutes and gone, ridiculous
@Ioniq thanks, ill try cutting the power to see if it updates, ill enable config requests first.
Im unable to set my tariff as tracker isn’t on there.
Kind regards
@markah2007 can you put a pic up of the advanced settings page again. Where the cable from the CT clamp terminates in the grey box, check non of the cat5 wires have snapped or come loose out of the Wago connectors.
No wires are loose, advanced page still shows 0A load limit but ive spoken with ohme twice and they told me its definitely 80A on their system and should update eventually on my app, i just think they’re a terrible company with a great product which theyre letting down.
People have been telling them the app is broken and they cant connect their car for over 3 months on reviews and they haven’t bothered trying to fix it, many reviews with 3kw max charging like me.
- @kezo max charging doesn’t do anything, infact it slows it down.
- My ohme app was saying ready by 12.22, turn on max charge, now its ready by 2.45 and charging at 3kw still.
- Its just a disaster, it wont let me change the time i want it ready by, just says wint be done in time and reverts to previous time.
Hi guys, still really frustrated with this piece of junk charger.
Ohme changed my load limit to 80amps, ct clamp is correct way, its set to 32amps and still will not charge at 7kw.
I was at 7% last night, plugged it in at 9.30pm to charge to 90% and set the time i need it by for 9am, it initially started at 7kw and my car screen told me it would be complete way before 9am.
Just woke up and its on 59% charging at 3kw and says ready by 12.42, ive done as advised above and manually changed the time to 11 which supposedly forces it to 7kw.
Not for me it doesn’t, pops up a message saying it wont be ready in time but is charging at full power and stays at 3kw.
My car is now stating it’ll be ready for 3.30pm at the current charging rate.
What an absolute pile of junk, not to mention you cant pair your car to the charger because the apps broken snd just says technical problems.
Im seriously considering buying my own charger and paying an electrician to swap them over at least all the wiring is already there.
Would i then have to send this junk back to Motability ?
@Chris567 if its too much bother dont worry about it ill have another look but theres soo much settings its overwhelming.
I thought i had already been through every single page but obviously not as i haven’t seen that option.
So would i contact Hyundai dealer if i wanted that update or will come over the air soon ?
I appreciate the help, thse sites are a god send 👍
@Chris567 thanks for the info, ill try find the auto speed adjustment setting although im guessing its already active as my car fully drives itself on the motorway, although thinking about it, it didn’t drop or increase its own speed when their was a new speed limit on overhead gantry etc..
What menu is this setting in ?
Also i thought the updates were over the air, is yours not a new n line s ?
Also whete did you find out about the camera update, i can’t find anything.
Thanks mark
@Ioniq thats what ive been thinking, im going to try it today, chris above didn’t explain very well and just said hold right paddle until it says auto and itll drive by itself including braking and acceleration minus steering input, I’ve looked on YouTube and there it states the same but says under 6mph you have to take over with brake and acceleration so someones incorrect.
I might look through the manual but its soo thick ive avoided it 😂
@Ioniq i know how to get into i-pedal for one pedal driving and how to use the cruise control.
This is a completely different setting, hold right paddle until it says Auto instead of 1,2,3, or i-pedal.
Once in Auto it is my understanding the car should automatically drive at the speed limit without keep reactivating and changing cruise control settings and should brake for cars slowing etc.. you just steer and can also brake with the left paddle if needed.
However when i put it into Auto its just doing nothing
@Chris567 i dint know where im going wrong but i also have a 74 plate n line s and when i hold the right paddle it changes from level 1 to auto but then it does absolutely nothing i have to drive and stop myself
No not ipedal I haven’t been able to get over 3.5 with that yet I feel it would be better on faster roads. It’s like the adaptive cruise control but at low speeds the one that does stop start traffic without having to use the pedals and automatically sets the “cruise control” to the speed limits. In that mode it automatically adjusts the regen and accelerator for you so you just steer and press the button when it says in traffic, been a game changer on the commute.
Im still learning stuff about the car every day lol, so i hold the right paddle until it says auto, what happens at corners, islands and giving way ?
You just press the brake and when you release the brake it takes over again ?
Also what button do you press in traffic and what for ?
After 700 miles in my ionic 5 I average 4.7 have you got it in auto mode? I’ve seen it at 5.2 more often it’s possible you don’t have something set right the eco mode seems worse than normal with brake mode 3 can drive it without using the brakes unless stopping or to get it even higher put it on auto mode then it will stop itself in traffic you just have to press a button for it to go again as the traffic moves, I sit in a hour of traffic per day. I’m waiting for it to drop with the cold weather but yet to need the heating on. Hope that helps Markah2007
By auto mode you mean ipedal ?
I usually drive it on regen level 2 around town and on motorway level zero as thats the most efficient, on motorway on level zero i get much higher miles per kwh, just town im getting 3.1
They all have a stated battery so the ionic 5 is 84kwh but only 80kwh usable the Scenic is 92kwh with 87 kwh useable. On my test drive in the Ionic I got 4.1m/kw which would be 328miles and in the Scenic i got 3.4m/kw which is 295.8 miles. But since having the ionic my avg is 4.8 after nearly 200miles which is 384 miles but on some journeys usually a town driving it easily goes over an avg of 5.0 which is the 400mile mark which isn’t unheard of on the owners forums, I couldn’t find many people able to get more out of the scenic i think best i saw was 3.8m/kw which would give 330mile range but would be interesting to see how you get on, software updates can make a difference like it did with the skodas
Im driving the ioniq 5 very carefully and dead on the speed limit and getting 3.1 miles per kwh, dont see how its possible to get 4.8 around town
Got to say my 85x has been fine even in the single digit temps we’ve had it did well over 3 I’m sure it’ll be worse when it gets colder. Have you been using the pre conditioning as that helps warm the battery. I have the car set to warm up for 7am each weekday before I drop the youngest at college bus stop
i thought the preconditioning was just before a fast charge
My 85X hates the cold, 100% charge Sunday gave me 265 miles of range, and it’s not even proper Winter yet! 🙁 Did a 35 mile round trip that night, 8c outside, a mixture of 30mph local roads and 70mph dual carriageways, then a further 24 miles of local 30mph driving on Monday, it used 25.1 kWh so it’s averaging 2.35 miles per kW at the moment!
That doesn’t seem right thats really low, i thought my new ioniq 5 was doing bad at 3.1 average, i dont feel too bad about it now.
Weirdly my ioniq 5 gets more miles per kwh on the motorway, i did 100 miles on 31 percent at 65mph.
But driving around B roads im driving very carefully and sticking dead on the speed limit everywhere to get 3.1 miles per kwh
So you haven’t connected your car to the ohme app either.
Im wondering if Motability take the charger back after 3 years if you dont have another ev
Interesting thanks, have you managed to connect the charger to your car so ot knows how much power your car already has ?
It just comes up error for me and many others looking at recent app reviews, makes the intelligent go tariff pointless
No problem ill call ohme tomorrow, ive already switched the cv clamp around.
Thanks, i appreciate it👍
i did think it was odd that it said zero but when i looked online i found many people asking if it should say zero and people replying, stating theirs also says zero too and at zero its just set to unlimited and doesn’t affect it
Load balancing requires a threshold, to balance against and is normally set to you supply cut-out rating in domestic installs. I wonder if @Phaedra would be kind enough, to share a pic of his adavanced settings page for his E-Pod. The PDF (below), show commissioning of the E-Pod and the requirement to set a load balancing threshold, next to bottom left on the graph. https://ohme-ev.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/Support_manual-epod-commissioning_UK.pdf It likely the case Ohme will have to send someone out, rather than do it from their end as they can with the Pro, unless you feel confident lol.
Thanks, i guess ill have to get it sorted.
I received those instructions eith my charger on paper to change it but how do i get it back into installation mode, it doesn’t tell you unfortunately
Thanks, i guessill have to sort it, my charger came with those instructions but how do i get it back into installation mode to change it ?
Brilliant thank you, ill let you know National grid told us it had been installed incorrectly and they changed something, im guessing this is what they changed the fools. Thanks again
I have just noticed another problem with the Load limit showing 0A. This should be set to match your incoming supply cut-out fuse rating, which will likely be 80A with National Grid (Western Power) You will have to ring Ohme, who will remotely adjust it to match your cut-out rating.
i did think it was odd that it said zero but when i looked online i found many people asking if it should say zero and people replying, stating theirs also says zero too and at zero its just set to unlimited and doesn’t affect it
Try bringing forward the time you want the car to be charged by. I notice if I leave it to say 12 hours away it will constantly drop to 6kwh. If I change it to 3 hours away it will stay above 7kwh.
Im not using the schedule, its just set to ready as soon as possible and i plug in and allow the charge when it asks
