You’re overthinking it. After a few weeks you’ll just hang the cable randomly on the hook and leave the coils on the ground like everyone else does.… 🤣

 

I don't think the cables are a problem really. It does have a bright light on the front though which is very obvious at night.

 

You can put it to sleep automatically, no lights.

 

How?

 

Mines neat and tidy. Only unhook the amount of cable i need when plugging in. When not in use the plug clips into a holder nicely. Took a photo someone of it. Will post that up to see how tidy it is.

 

All I do is plug it from the holder , not even unhook any. That reaches the Kona port if I drive forward to it. Fitted via octopus

 

Is that the 5m cable? I opted for the 8m cable, so that I can charge a (hypothetical) second car without moving the first one. It doesn't look as neat as yours, I think because the extra cable length is really too much for the hook. But it's on the side of my house behind a gate so I don't really care about it looking nice.

What does concern me is that the plastic hook feels weak and I imagine will snap at some point, especially being subject to cold weather and direct sunlight. The guy who installed it said they used to come with a metal hook, but they changed to plastic at some point.

 

Thanks for all the replies. Any photos showing a neat setup will be appreciated.

Also looking at it, as the cable bracket and holster are separate to the main unit, it takes more more space on the wall than other chargers.

 

That's with the old metal cable hook, but I didn't like the plug sticking out horizontally because of the amount of space it took so I modified it so that the holster faced down. The only problem I've had with my modification is that water seems to have got into the clip that holds the plug into the holster and it no longer works, but it doesn't matter because there's enough friction to hold the plug in anyway. Plenty of 3rd party hooks/holsters available to buy if the newer plastic one looks too flimsy.

 

As pointed out , you can put the illumination to sleep vai the app

 

5m cable, but that's more than enough for my particular situation. Plastic hook will last for me as I don't unhook/move the cable off . I'm sure eventually the plastic would become brittle but that should last a few years. at least then replacement won't cost the earth. No big deal.
I like that the plug clips into to the hook so not dangling in the dirt/water etc

 

I installed one of these, which should outlast the charger.

https://amzn.eu/d/0AJ6EKV

 

We've got the 8m cable, only had it 4 months, but yes it does appear a bit flimsy and isn't the most asthstetic.

But there are lots of aftermarket cable holders available.

 

Ohme also do the Epod if you'd prefer an untethered charger.

 

Ohme Home Pro with 8m cable - which we need if our car is parked on the drive In front of the garage. When charging in the dark, I lay it so it isn‘t a trip hazard, which takes more length.

I agree that the bracket is flimsy: ours is fine at the moment but if it needed replacement I’d use something like the water hose bracket you can see next to it.

Subjectively, the majority of issues people have with tariffs like IO seem to stem from not using the Ohme as the single, master control point. Either they try and set stuff from two different places such as car+Ohme (so things get confused) or they use the Octopus app as the master control point, instead of the Ohme.

If the charge point is outdoors and you don’t like it being exposed/visible, you could just get a slatted cover for it and the cables - sort of thing you see in garden centres for water hoses.

 

Mine is the old version. Been in 4 years now but still going strong. It's on the outside face of the garage, facing out to the road. Trust me, after a while, you stop even thinking about the aesthetics, although my growing bushes tend to hide it somewhat.

 

I literally don’t care what it looks like!

 

Excuse my ignorance, but why have 2 chargers?
If you have 2 EV are you able to charge simultaneously (64 AMPS)?
If you had free installation I guess it makes sense though?

 

Mine is home pro and as I've already posted image, I can sleep the charger. How old is your home pro?

 

And happy charging at 7.5p for next 3+ hrs.

 

And happy charging at 7.5p for next 3+ hrs.
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Installed September 2021 when they were pretty new.

 

Seems a bit odd. Have you updated the ohme pro app recently? Maybe it's the later version software that enables it. Do you not have the option to approve charge or lock charger buttons either?

 

This is the [Ohme] ‘My Charger’ screen that Ian.taylor is referring to. As you can see, it has a ‘Sleep when inactive’ slider to enable/disable the front lights.

 

This is the [Ohme] ‘My Charger’ screen that Ian.taylor is referring to (apologies for the big photo’, but the forum software won’t let me adjust the image size when I’m using an iPad). As you can see, it has a ‘Sleep when inactive’ slider to enable/disable the front lights.

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No, mine has none of the three settings options you have there, never has done. I have the up to date app according to Google Play. Maybe the firmware is out of date.

 

If it’s any help here are the versions I’m on

Ohme Home Pro firmware: v1.32_202212011

Ohme app: 1.28.2 (547)

Apple iOS: 15.8

 

Get the ohme pod... Same charger but without the cable - much neater imho.

 

I've got an Ohme Home charger fitted in February 2021. To my knowledge, it's never had a firmware update (are these done OTA?).

My phone is running Android 14. Ohme app version is 1.29.2.

I've got the "sleep when inactive" switch.

 

I have an Ohme Home fitted at the start of 2021. I don't have those options in the (Android) app, although I sometimes see them briefly flash up and then vanish again. Ohme don't seem to make any distinction between old and new Ohme Home chargers on their website, but I suspect there are several different hardware versions out in the wild with different capabilities.

 

My app is android 1.29.2 like billthebutcher but the app doesn't tell me the firmware version (where it should do, it just says "--"). I went out to look on the front of the charger and it says the firmware is 1.03. If that compares with 1.32 as per msej449's post then it's presumably well out of date. I might drop Ohme an email... although it's otherwise working fine so not sure I want to rock the boat!

 

I've just checked my firmware version in the app: V1.32_202307131.

This is the "My Charger" screen in the app:

 

Supposed to be updated automatically. Try rebooting the Ohme?

 

Done, doesn't help.
In early 2022 my charger had problems only charging the car at 16A when on a schedule and Ohme solved it by sending a remote update to the charger. I wonder if this somehow disabled further automatic updates and it has missed them since

Edit, back to the topic of the OP, mine looks like this. I think it looks ok when the cable is neatly coiled, which isn't too difficult.
But if you just hook it over randomly it looks a mess. Excuse the drainpipe.

 

My pod (untethered) is on 2.12 ...presume it's the same hardware ?