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We recently added a 4 yo Niro to the 'fleet' at home. The Niro is surprisingly quick and efficient given its bulk, built to last inside and I cannot fault the Kia warranty. We had a BMS problem which took the very average dealer a little while to confirm but the parts were there the next day and...

They do have some kind of filtering in place, 6 months ago if smart charge gave you a bonus hour or two it would be an extra day before the estimated price would show on the app (at full price) then another day or so before it was corrected down include the extra 7p slots. I currently have 3...

I've just looked back at my latest bill and for a 'bonus 30 minute slot' at 6pm I used 4.2kWh, so more than the Zappi consumes, but all of it was charged at 7p.

I'd guess as the EVSE is 'smart' and they are able to tell my Zappi when to boost, the Zappi can tell them how much it has added, after all if the car rejects the charge Octopus tells me they are unable to control the device.

One solution I have considered is to turn off smart charge and just use the 6 hour slot on a timer basis, that enough to go from 30-80% in one session. I believe you have to do one smart charge a month under the terms and conditions but that shouldn't be a problem especially if you have another...

I think you'll find if the zappi was installed correctly it uses one CT clamp to monitor the incoming current and will throttle back the charge rate if the total house usage would blow the main fuse.

I haven't found IOG limiting wrt hours with 2 EVs, put 50% in the MG last night, 90% going in the Kia tonight both on greener nights. Tonights smart charge started just in time to cook dinner so an extra little win there too. Currently averaging around 15p kWh overall so not too bad.

That's why I use a credit card, you have a larger window for them to be reversed and most of the time they just sit in pending authorisation so just chip away at the credit limit.

That probably explains why they still haven't priced my first 'greener nights' session as I used 54kWh that day. I'd let both cars get low in anticipation of the consecutive greener nights.

Perhaps they are getting wise to this idea. Recently I've noticed that the initial schedule tends to start quite late but then I get the odd half hour around 21:30 and 22:30 slotted in.

I used my 3 pin for around 22 months without issue. Ultimately a small windfall and a cockup with timing that meant my Snozone ski trip required a stop on the way home. I did find myself putting the car on charge 2-3 nights weekly with the then 4 hour slots on Go. In March I had the Zappi...

Since having the Zappi installed the only time I use the granny is to plug the other EV in during Octopus 'free electricity' slots.

I remember doing that driving my father's old Austin, mind you if you stamped too hard you risked pushing the switch through the floor.

I'm at 47%, at lunchtime I plugged in and asked for 40% to be added by 8am, a schedule has been created to run after midnight but it did a half hour slot 15:30 now just waiting. Oddly enough my attempt to charge over Friday night failed with Octopus supposed to be adding 60%, the car sat...

I remember the Cairo museum being very cluttered and quite hard to appreciate things (1980/90s) and the tomb being quite plain in comparison to some of those visited in the Valley of the Kings.

Didn't go to plan this weekend. Both cars were fairly low, 4 hours free plus I thought I'd see how the greener nights worked out. Friday night had car plugged in but IOG decided not to charge until midnight, but got dishwasher and washing done. Car charge failed, ended up doing 10mm battery...

Not much of an incentive admittedly, 800 points = £1 credit I think.

Looks like they have introduced greener nights, if you you charge mainly on 'greener nights' you get Octopoints.

A friend had a similar problem with their hybrid Volvo, it refused to pre heat last winter because fuel had been in too long.

I think the problem is that 90% correct is still worse than none at all. All of the driver aids would be a really good idea except that if they are not perfect then add to the workload rather than improving it. I'm sure I'd be amazed by Tesla FSD when it works but just one fail would mean I'd...