Hi All, could anyone please provide some pointers or their settings to getting the Intelligent Go scheduling for EV charge working ? Octopus app comes up with the schedule when i plug in if the charger is set to plug and charge - great, but what should the charger be set to ? Schedule for 24x7 or Activate plug and charge etc… just a copy of all the settings someone is using who has this working will be great. (Octopus is all correctly connected to the Tesla)
Had this working great with my old Ohme charger, but the givenergy is just not playing ball… cant wait for the new firmware with local inverter communications !!
You will need to check if your car and charger combination are supported by Octopus Intelligent Go. They have a checker on the web site. It’s why I went with Ohme.
Here’s what works for me (Tariff Intell Oct Go, Zappi charger, Volvo EX30): I turn off Octopus’s smart charging, and use the car’s charging settings to only charge 23:30-05:30 in the cheap 7p/kWh period. The Zappi charger is set to boost to give max charge. The car is set to limit the current to 32 Amps = 7.36kW @ 230V. Works a dream every time.
Why would you do that? The Zappi is compatible and so you just let Octopus to calculate the charge period.
Octopus will start and stop the charge according to the schedule it sets via the Zappi.
It can benefit you by getting a charge slot outside/longer than the 6 hours (if you get a charge slot outside of the 6 hours, you get that and the 6hrs at the cheap rate).
If you don’t use the smart charging schedule process for too long you could be kicked off the tariff. Setting your charger to charge during the cheap rate isn’t that.
You’re not taking advantage of the benefits and purpose of IOG.
All you need to do is have the Zappi setup with no charging schedules and just to charge as soon as you plug in, once the car is plugged in and charging either Octopus will stop the charge and then start it later on at the point it’s calculated the schedule to start or you can pause the charging yourself shortly after plugging in and Octopus will still calculate the schedule and start the charge when it needs too.
If Octopus is setting a schedule, thats it, you’re done. Its working as it should. The car is communicating with Octopus.
Just have it set up as plug and go, no schedules needed, it tells you this in the Octopus FAQs because it’s applicable for any charger you use with IOG. It’s very important you DON’T have schedules in place via the car or charger as that’ll override Octopus controlling the charging via the APIs.
