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Attempted a balance charge Thursday night, got car to 8% put it on a bump ChargePoint with Octopus at 11:00 (outside IOG range) as I wanted to override the 11:30-6:30 range and get a full charge. Following morning Octopus had terminated the charge at 6:30 with 91% in battery. Put it on charge...

Mine is much lower, 398, just getting it down to 10% so I can do a balance charge, hope this improves the voltage Does anyone know what the minimum voltage should be, as you can see the car has only done 600+ miles, should I be getting in touch with the dealership? (This is my first EV)

Sorry to contradict…….

Hi Haim, Bought a ZS EV about the same time, yes finding some things niggle. Some same as you, however, it is possible to change the balance for the radio. Go into settings, scroll down to volume, scroll down again and you’ll see EQ for bass etc. and ground area (I think) so you can balance...

Thanks Jto, The dealership reset everything last time it was in and got 190 miles, I think my problem is I live in the Pennines so everywhere is either up or down. I drive pretty steady but still get a low range, hills! Thanks for the info on balance charge, didn’t know how to tell if I’d...

Hi Chris, Just checked mine (ZS SR) and the buttons change channel ok, top buttons changing source. Also checked range, from one of your other threads, got 100% charge showing 140 miles. I’ve been trying to do an equaliser charge but not sure if I’m doing it correctly, unlike the 2023 model...

If you find an answer please let us know, emergencies can happen to us all and this could make a big difference to many. Yes obviously don’t get too low on charge, but things can happen!

🤷‍♂️ well can’t win ‘em all John

As Ched points out, Solar can generate you 15p per kWh whereas charging using Intelligent Octopus Go at 7p per kWh (my rate here in Yorkshire) means you can charge overnight and sell back during the day at better rates. I also charge my solar battery overnight at 7p when the weather is not great...

Glad I read this thread, only had the ZS EV since late December and not charged away from home yet, so this info will be very helpful. The dealership never told me how to charge away from home and foolishly I never thought to ask 👍

Do you have the Ohme app on your phone paired to the charger? I have the Hypervolt which was also installed by Octopus, on the app I have Octopus Mode switched on, don’t know if that will help. Sorry for rubbish photo!

I recently had a Hypervolt Pro 3 fitted, but first I asked an electrician friend if he could do it, he said that by the time he’d bought the unit, fitted it then had it signed off by someone with the appropriate certification it would be better to let Octopus fit it (our supplier) The Octopus...

Have a look at Mio dash cams, they cost a little more but are GPS so can track your speed, they also have most static speed speed camera locations built in and give an audible warning when your approaching one and a different blipping audio if your going over the speed limit for the appropriate...

Thanks, mine is random, always have radio on when I switch off but as mentioned 60% of the time it is off when I restart. It’s easy enough to switch on but if it’s a fault it wants fixing, who knows what other faults could emerge which might be related 🤷‍♂️

Took delivery of the ZS in December and have found the radio does not switch on at startup at least 60% of the time, have to hit the mute button to get it going, dealership say they can’t make it do it but I think I’m being fobbed off. Have opened a poll to find out how common this is before...

Took delivery of the ZS in December and have found the radio does not switch on at startup at least 60% of the time, have to hit the mute button to get it going, dealership say they can’t make it do it but I think I’m being fobbed off. Have opened a poll to find out how common this is!

haha cheers for the link bam-bam Do have an EV though, we are comparing charge prices, Octopus seem to be all over the place if you look at the two images, some on 7p and others on a higher rate with Intelligent Octopus Go. However I do also charge my solar battery overnight if it’s been a poor...

Sorry , Ivwas out by 1 hour, charging is only up to 5:30 I’ve attached the tariff from my app. if it helps in any way.

Octopus offer 7p per kWh from 23:30 until 6:30 for all use, EV and household, their day rate then goes up to 25.04p per kWh. Having read other replies it seems Tomato offer better rates but slightly shorter time of midnight to 6:00 Hope this is useful

I also contacted Octopus with similar enquiry and was told more or less the same; “To clarify, you will still be on the Intelligent Octopu Go tariff, which means you can continue to charge your EV and solar battery overnight at the fantastic rate of 7p per kWh” This was in response to a query...