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Not really, as the SP counts towards the tax threshold, my SP including SERPS is above £12,570 so that portion is taxed as is any other income. The issue that has caused this is the freezing of the threshold for another 3 years, with the triple lock the SP is guaranteed to increase above the...

That might be interesting to try. When on Go I set the Tapo to switch on at 00:25 and the car to start at 00:30, finish at 05:30 and the Tapo to switch off at 05:35, primarily to record the amount used. At present I plan to charge the Niro on smart charge and MG4 on Zappi timed.

Do pay, I have an old defined benefit 'beer money' pension. they take half of that to pay the tax on the SP and 20% of the private pension.

I was in and out of SERPS over that period so I pay a little over £40 a month on my state pension.

Maybe it is location dependant, in an effort to balance the grid. I have noticed that Cambridge area will get some different 'offers' to mine even though it is not that far away. What I have noticed that since the greener nights initiative the %age added has been variable 50% requested 45-55...

Maybe they are fine tuning their algorithm, until the last couple of months the slots tended to be longer with positive breaks, lately the schedules have instances like 01:00-01:26, 01:26-02:35,03:00-03:15 etc. Sometimes even if the schedule shows a 3 continuous slot when you look at the logs...

I think the MG4 has the right balance, most of the things you need when driving are on the steering wheel and can be accessed by touch and of course the driver binnacle. I'd lose the pointless volume buttons and have a couple more customisable buttons in their place.

Our Niro is fine, the MG4 was fine until the latest changes to the schedules.

agree we have a Niro, loads of buttons seemingly randomly scattered over the dash. I much prefer the MG4 layout.

Correct, in the new year I want to investigate what AC coupled options there are, I'm still on FiT so don't want to disrupt it too much. In the summer the grid top up is negligible and I can max out 3.7kW. Winter I just charge overnight and even that is less than £20 a month for around 1000...

Another scenario for Phil to consider. I plug my car in at 9:00pm, and set the Zappi ECO to ensure the charge is not interrupted by the chaotic slots that seem to be set up currently. I ask smart charge for 40% by 8am. It schedules half a dozen slots between 2am and 6am, but does a quick 15...

It may be an issue with a 1st gen car software issue in combination with the Zappi. Ill mention it at the next service until then I'll just turn off smart charge for the MG and use it on the Niro.

Yesterday I had a similarly nonsensical answer. I mentioned problem where the chaotic schedules seem to cause the MG4 to abort the charge if the session stops and starts too many times. Their suggestion was to make sure the Zappi was on ECO+ to optimise the use of green energy. As ECO+ is...

I think it added around £5-6 to my last one on my Trophy, but I did do that with smart charge turned off to ensure it was one continuous charge with no breaks. Not really an issue cost wise as it is so infrequent.

That's why you need to be able to turn off smart charging. In the summer I'll mostly use Zappi ECO+ and decide how much (full price) grid power I want to add if the solar excess drops below 1.4kW, occasionally I'l turn on smart charge but only if I intend to continue the charge into the night...

If it is midday to midday then that will get me round the other potential problem of charging 2 cars on consecutive days where it schedules the first in the early morning slot and the second during the evening.

I agree, no battery here so I was thinking timed 6 hours with Zappi set to ECO so there would be a max of 18 x1.4kWh after the timed part using as much of my solar excess to finish off the charge.

Last month I attempted a calibration charge on the (64kWh) Niro. Plugged in at 8pm and requested 99% by 10am, it accepted 10am fine and despite initially scheduling 8pm to 6am it did most of the charge after midnight and stopped at 10am.

turn off smart charging while on solar, that way you won't be using any slots?

I managed a similar annual mileage for almost 2 years mostly with the 'granny'. I used a lot of solar excess in the summer. Ultimately I had a last minute 170 mile round trip in winter on fast roads that left me borderline getting home because I hadn't got enough in overnight. That and a small...