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Topic Originator: brian
Date: Wed 29 Apr 10:45
Thinking of an electric such as a Mokka
Any recommendations for a house charger?
Any feedback on electric cars, only going to Aberdeen now and again and driving locally.
Got a diesel at moment
I see the rising fuel prices post below
Thanks
Post Edited (Wed 29 Apr 10:47)
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Topic Originator: DBP
Date: Wed 29 Apr 12:48
On the electric car - love it
On the home charger, We got ours fitted through octopus energy, it’s an ohme one (or something like that)
We also went into their cheap overnight tariff so it will only charge up overnight on a much cheaper rate
Ours has a really small range (about 120 miles) and never had any issue with going to Glasgow and stopping off in Stirling and Livingston en route)
We have done a few long distance journeys (above our range) but 15 mins in any Starbucks charger and we’re back to full capacity
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Topic Originator: brian
Date: Wed 29 Apr 15:38
Sounds good, am with Octopus so will check that
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Topic Originator: Westies squint kicks
Date: Wed 29 Apr 17:18
Have had a Pod Point charger for 3 years and had no issues.
On a car Brian unfortunately the range advertised won`t be anything close to it in the Scottish climate, I accept this though and it shouldn`t put you off.
Compared to the diesel I had before, I cover the same miles and it costs me about one third of the price and I don`t use any special rates (i.e overnight charging at 7p with some providers) otherwise I`d be less than half that again. I wouldn`t go back to a combustion engine.
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Topic Originator: DBP
Date: Wed 29 Apr 18:00
You can schedule the car to prepare itself, eg warm up the battery ahead of a planned journey in the cold weather which will increase the range.
Ours claims 120 miles and will still deliver 100 in Scottish winter
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Topic Originator: Tad Allagash
Date: Wed 29 Apr 20:05
The decision is tethered or not tethered, and where to put it.
I’ve got an untethered Ohme epod through Octopus (about £900). They added a separate fuse box next to the meter and ran a cable to the front of my terraced house driveway.
Untethered looks neater if it’s on the front of your house, and you could get a longer or shorter cable if you want. The cable that comes with the car will be about 5m long.
The disadvantage of untethered is if it’s raining, I have to store a wet cable in my boot or dry it off with a towel.
The Ohme app is easy enough to use - set it to charge to x% by a certain time and Octopus will schedule it at the cheap rate. It doesn’t know my battery state of charge, so I’ve got to tell it. I’ve got a Peugeot e2008. Some EVs might be able to tell the charger their state of charge.
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Topic Originator: DBP
Date: Thu 30 Apr 07:27
If you get untethered, does that make it easier to switch between European car makers, Asian car makers and Tesla? - given they all use different connections
We got a tethered one (European makers - cat2 i think) and now guess I’m kinda locked in to that specific charger type?
Post Edited (Thu 30 Apr 07:27)
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Topic Originator: brian
Date: Fri 1 May 11:19
thanks ofr advice, went for the Mokka, nice and easy to drive, now need to work out the charging. have one of these granny 3kw chargers to get started
are you using the Zapmap App to find cost of charging ?
in Dunfermline I see cost 0.19, 0.40, 0.65
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Topic Originator: DBP
Date: Fri 1 May 15:12
We got it initially before we had the charger installed… but if you’re topping up from home and not doing long journeys where you need to recharge en route then not really needed TBH.
Also we know to just head for a Starbucks as they have chargers that work for us so they’re easy enough to find
Edited to say that the cars app may also be able to locate chargers. The difference in price might be down to the rate of charge?
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Topic Originator: brian
Date: Fri 1 May 15:39
thanks, DBP
I think will try the smaller charger to see how it goes, it may do my needs
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Topic Originator: jake89
Date: Fri 1 May 17:51
If you`re not travelling far then the granny charger will work fine for top ups. I think the preferable rates are only available if you have a home charger installed though.
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Topic Originator: DBP
Date: Fri 1 May 18:35
Think you’re right Jake, we switched tariff with octopus as part of getting the charger installed.
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Topic Originator: brian
Date: Wed 6 May 09:16
Quote:
Octopus Go and Intelligent Octopus Go feature significantly higher daytime rates (peak hours) compared to their discounted overnight rates. Daytime rates are often higher than the standard price cap (around 29–31p/kWh) to subsidize the cheap 11:30 pm–5:30 am rate. However, the tariff is designed to be cheaper overall if you shift high-energy consumption to the night
I`ve noticed the day rate goes up from 20p to 32p while you get the 5 hours down to 9p
however, if you live and breathe during the day, then it looks like a 50% increase
so is it really worth it. I`m not soing a lot of miles so it might be more expensive for me to go onto the Octopus Go plan ?
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Topic Originator: DBP
Date: Wed 6 May 11:15
Yeah, you’ll need to work out what you use and when and then decide…
However the more you investigate, I found the more likely you’ll be to end up with house batteries and solar, because then you top up the battery to run the house on the cheaper rate (is the solar doesn’t fill it up first)
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Topic Originator: brian
Date: Wed 6 May 11:50
cheers, yea that sounds a good option too
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