[ransomz0]

Hi all,

I've seen some chat about this but struggling to arrive at a conclusive answer.

I normally charge the car upto 80% every couple of days. I have a big journey this weekend so would like to vehicle to be at 100% just in time for departure at 8am. I have an Ohme smart charger. What's the best way to achieve this ?

Thanks

 

[93410]

Can you set a timer on an Ohme?

 

[ransomz0]

Can you set a timer on an Ohme?

Yes, but as far as I know the ohme is only guestimating how much and when to supply charge. So I am trying to work put if it is better to use the ohme as a dumb charger and allow the vehicle to schedule 100% for 8am departure.

 

[6652]

Yes, but as far as I know the ohme is only guestimating how much and when to supply charge. So I am trying to work put if it is better to use the ohme as a dumb charger and allow the vehicle to schedule 100% for 8am departure.

That’s the way I use my Ohme, I’m on a 24/7 flat rate tariff, so just use the in car timers to set the departure time.

 

[ransomz0]

That’s the way I use my Ohme, I’m on a 24/7 flat rate tariff, so just use the in car timers to set the departure time.

I'll give it a try.

Thanks

 

[Mr_ess_jay]

Or if you don't want to faff around, you can set the car to 100% the day or evening before. The world won't end.

 

[Woodulike]

Or if you don't want to faff around, you can set the car to 100% the day or evening before. The world won't end.

But the manual says you have to drive off immediately 🤣🤣

 

[loggamatt]

If you're on a cheap overnight tariff, don't you want to restrict the charging to that window? My cheap rate runs from midnight to 5am, so my smart charger is set to only charge during those times unless I manually override. So if I'm taking a long trip, all I do is change the maximum SOC in the ID.3 from 80% to 100% before going to bed the previous night. Means it will be sat at 100% for a few hours from 5am to whenever I depart, but, y'know, I'm a brave soul so willing to take the risk of it blowing up as per the manual

Though, I accept if you're starting off at a low SOC it may not totally get to 100% over 5 hours of charging. If I'm ever in that scenario, I just override the charge timer before I go to bed to start it charging a bit earlier than midnight.

 

[cyclingaviator]

If you're on a cheap overnight tariff, don't you want to restrict the charging to that window? My cheap rate runs from midnight to 5am, so my smart charger is set to only charge during those times unless I manually override. So if I'm taking a long trip, all I do is change the maximum SOC in the ID.3 from 80% to 100% before going to bed the previous night. Means it will be sat at 100% for a few hours from 5am to whenever I depart, but, y'know, I'm a brave soul so willing to take the risk of it blowing up as per the manual

Though, I accept if you're starting off at a low SOC it may not totally get to 100% over 5 hours of charging. If I'm ever in that scenario, I just override the charge timer before I go to bed to start it charging a bit earlier than midnight.

I've got my first proper journey that I feel like needs the comfort zone of 100% SoC tomorrow and that was gonna be my plan.

 

[TheDrownedApe]

Yup as others i have Ohme but single rate tariff. i currently use the we connect app to control charging. however when i get a smart meter and move to different tariff i will set the car to 100% but the Ohme to whatever i need (usually 80%) and have that scehdule the charge rate by the kwh cost.

I think this is the optimal way with the Ohme charger (but would be happy to be proven wrong)

 

[hez]

Personally, I would just charge to 100% in my normal Octopus Go Faster window and not worry about how long it was sat at 100% for.

I used to charge my e-Golf to 100% between 12:30 and 4:30 all the time due to the more limited range and didn't have any issues.

 

[Mr_ess_jay]

It's also worth remembering that 100% isn't actually 100%. There's headroom at both the top and bottom of the battery to allow the BMS to do its thing. It's part of why it's a 62kwh battery with 58 usable.

 

[njm106]

But the manual says you have to drive off immediately 🤣🤣

I wonder how they would enforce this:

"Your car is now at 100% drive off immediately, you have 20 seconds to comply!"

 

[Mr_ess_jay]

This ID3 will self destruct (according to the Internet at least) in 5....4....3...2....2....2....4....78.....error! Please visit workshop.

 

[ransomz0]

Yup as others i have Ohme but single rate tariff. i currently use the we connect app to control charging. however when i get a smart meter and move to different tariff i will set the car to 100% but the Ohme to whatever i need (usually 80%) and have that scehdule the charge rate by the kwh cost.

I think this is the optimal way with the Ohme charger (but would be happy to be proven wrong)

I'm not sure Ohme works that way. From what I can tell it allows a certain percentage to be added not charge to a certain level. Might have this wrong so happy to be corrected

 

[Mr_ess_jay]

Becuase of you are using ohme to limit the charge to a certain cost, it won't allow you to get the car to accept a charge.

When VW add the ID3 to the app api to allow Ohme to talk directly to the car, then this will change.

 

[cyclingaviator]

We have a saying in the cat skinning industry, ‘there are many ways to try and charge a VW’

 

[jeffUK]

I thought the advice from VW was (ideally) not to leave it at 100% charge for longer than 12 hours? So in most cases its possible to charge on a cheap overnight tariff when needed for a longer journey and still stick with what's advised?

 

[TheDrownedApe]

I'm not sure Ohme works that way. From what I can tell it allows a certain percentage to be added not charge to a certain level. Might have this wrong so happy to be corrected

my car is charging atm and the Ohme app lets me add +80% or 209 miles. But although it should be interpreted as +80% (ie adding 80%) i think it just charges to 80% - but will confirm when it finishes

 

[Redimp52]

Without the proper timers (still on 564) for long journeys I charge to 90% overnight on the cheap rate and then charge to 100% the next morning when I get up so it's at 100% for the minimum time.