Ohme Home Pro

[Rogerout]

So today just got an Ohme Home pro installed by Ohme, well their contractors.

This is after getting an electric car two weeks ago and having to muck about using a home trickle charge ( pain in the bum and expensive).

Two guys came, asked if I had downloaded the app ( which I hadn t ) so downloaded it. Being not great with technology, I thought I d wait until the installers came before doing the app bits.

The guys finish fairly quickly, wouldn t say they rushed off but certainly didn t hang around. The guy opened the Ohme app and put it to dynamic charging.

I had no idea what I was doing as this is all new to me. Just as the guys are about to go , I noticed my wall screen was blank, not showing the charging data on it which I thought it did.

I question the guy and his response was Yeah, it s meant to be like that,it s all done on your app on your phone .

Which surprised me as I thought the info would also be on the wall box. Is this guy right ? Or has he just chose to install it like this ?

I then phoned Octopus and asked to go onto intelligence go, which they did straight away.

I then went on the octopus app and realised that my charging has to be done via the Ohme app and not the octopus one. Again, I had no idea as this is a new world to me.

I charged my car for a bit , mainly to see if it was working, then took it off charge and have left it off.

So if I put my car ( Leaf ) on charge at say 10pm, will it start charging straight away and make me pay the higher rate or will octopus automatically let the charge start at 11.30? I m worried that my Ohme app will just let the charge work straight away, ie override the octopus intelligence ,if that makes sense ?

I also haven’t downloaded the Nissan app for charging yet am I supposed to or can I leave it? So bloody confusing, that there’s potentially three different apps,the octopus app, Ohme app and the Nissan app! Am I supposed to navigate all three apps to charge the car? Any advice appreciated!

Edited by Rogerout on Tuesday 28th October 00:20

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Edited by Rogerout on Tuesday 28th October 00:25

[blueg33]

I just use the Ohme app. If it’s set for your tariff it should default to smart charging. And will show you a charging schedule. That will be at the Intelligent Go EV rate even if it’s charging during the day.

If you force it to charge outside of the schedule then you pay the higher rate.

[RotorRambler]

Hi

On the Ohme app, help will answer most questions, eg



Id leave it to the Ohme app, forget the cars one (although i set my car to take eg 80% via its own app)

Edited by RotorRambler on Tuesday 28th October 06:13

[blueg33]

RotorRambler said:

Id leave it to the Ohme app, forget the cars one (although i set my car to take eg 80% via its own app)

Edited by RotorRambler on Tuesday 28th October 06:13

I do this too

[TheDrownedApe]

blueg33 said:

RotorRambler said:

Id leave it to the Ohme app, forget the cars one (although i set my car to take eg 80% via its own app)

Edited by RotorRambler on Tuesday 28th October 06:13

I do this too

Most sensible do it this way, although I set the ohme app to add 80% regardless of the cars SOC this means I often still get daytime cheap rates.

[Nezquick]

Use the Ohme app for charging your car. I do this with my XC60 Recharge - I set the app to start charging at 12am when my tariff is cheapest and finish at 6:50am which results in a full charge and costs about £1.50 or so.

[blueg33]

TheDrownedApe said:

blueg33 said:

RotorRambler said:

Id leave it to the Ohme app, forget the cars one (although i set my car to take eg 80% via its own app)

Edited by RotorRambler on Tuesday 28th October 06:13

I do this too

Most sensible do it this way, although I set the ohme app to add 80% regardless of the cars SOC this means I often still get daytime cheap rates.

Mine is set to 70% but I generally only charge at night. If there is an Octopus free energy session, I try and plug in and set to 90%. As long as the car is plugged in during the session the electricity is free, even if the schedule has the car charging later

[Sydney Aqueduct]

Tell the Ohme app which car you have (Leaf in your case).
As you’re on intelligent octopus, set a departure time and what % of battery charge you want to add. Plug the car in and forget about it.
I charge most nights and usually add enough % to get the battery to 80ish% or 100% if I have a longer trip planned.
Forget the other apps and don’t try to sync your car with Octopus, do it all via the Ohme

[Mark V GTD]

So the Ohme knows what your tariff off peak hours are and won't charge the car until say midnight and switch it off at 5.00am or whatnot?

[nordboy]

Mark V GTD said:

So the Ohme knows what your tariff off peak hours are and won't charge the car until say midnight and switch it off at 5.00am or whatnot?

This, and if you can't find your Octopus tariff on the Ohme app, which I couldn't, you can set it yourself by putting in the times and p/kw. You can also then set the amount you're willing to pay. So my off peak tariff is 7p/kw, between 1130-0530. I programmed the Ohme app not to charge at more than 7.5p/kw. So the app will now only charge between 1130 - 0530 unless I override it.

Then you need to tell it how much charge you want, my car is set to stop charging at 80%. If I have 35% left and I want to charge it to 80%, then I tell the app that it needs 45%. It'll thren decide what time it needs to start or finish charging. There is obviously a maximum amount that it can charge in 6 hours mind you.

Hope all that sort of makes sense. that's how I use it anyway. Ford Explorer, Octopus Intelligent go and Ohme home pro.

[Rogerout]

I’ve just put my car on charge now and typed on the Ohme app that I need the car ready by 8am tomorrow.

It seems to be doing something now, does this mean it’s now charging and doing this against the octopus intelligence tariff?
Or does it mean Octopus has worked out its cheaper to charge at certain times throughout the night and will charge randomly throughout the night.

As far as I can see, the ohme app knows I’m on octopus intelligence and knows I want the car ready for 8am tomorrow.

[Sydney Aqueduct]

nordboy said:

Mark V GTD said:

So the Ohme knows what your tariff off peak hours are and won't charge the car until say midnight and switch it off at 5.00am or whatnot?

This, and if you can't find your Octopus tariff on the Ohme app, which I couldn't, you can set it yourself by putting in the times and p/kw. You can also then set the amount you're willing to pay. So my off peak tariff is 7p/kw, between 1130-0530. I programmed the Ohme app not to charge at more than 7.5p/kw. So the app will now only charge between 1130 - 0530 unless I override it.

Then you need to tell it how much charge you want, my car is set to stop charging at 80%. If I have 35% left and I want to charge it to 80%, then I tell the app that it needs 45%. It'll thren decide what time it needs to start or finish charging. There is obviously a maximum amount that it can charge in 6 hours mind you.

Hope all that sort of makes sense. that's how I use it anyway. Ford Explorer, Octopus Intelligent go and Ohme home pro.

You’re not taking advantage of the smart charging aspect of IOG.
The idea is it will take advantage of excess grid capacity and/or favourable weather conditions and charge potentially at any time of day (at 7p/kWh).
I plugged my car in at 3pm, requested 40% by 7am tomorrow and it’s currently charging, having added 17% so far. Whilst the car is smart charging the whole house benefits from the cheap rate so we end doing lots of load shifting to take advantage.
Apologies if this is teaching everyone to suck eggs and if you’re happy with your setup fair play, but you could be getting more out of it by utilising the smart charging

[Sydney Aqueduct]

Rogerout said:

I ve just put my car on charge now and typed on the Ohme app that I need the car ready by 8am tomorrow.

It seems to be doing something now, does this mean it s now charging and doing this against the octopus intelligence tariff?
Or does it mean Octopus has worked out its cheaper to charge at certain times throughout the night and will charge randomly throughout the night.

As far as I can see, the ohme app knows I m on octopus intelligence and knows I want the car ready for 8am tomorrow.

The Ohme app should say “smart charging at *.**kW across the top of the screen

[jodypress]

I've just done this with my new ev and Hypervolt. I switched from Octopus Go to Intelligent Octopus Go.

The Octopus app should take over and control the Ohme Pro afaik. You then schedule the charge in the Octopus app so that it takes advantage of slots outside of the 11.30pm to 5.30am 7p tariff.

That's how it works with mine.

[Rogerout]

Sydney Aqueduct said:

The Ohme app should say smart charging at *.**kW across the top of the screen

It is saying that yes. And says was plugged in at 1857.

[Sydney Aqueduct]

Rogerout said:

Sydney Aqueduct said:

The Ohme app should say smart charging at *.**kW across the top of the screen

It is saying that yes. And says was plugged in at 1857.

That looks/sounds good.
The Ohme app will display the charging schedule active for your car. It is dynamic and changes often.
Just below the schedule it should display your tariff.
Happy charging

[Rogerout]

It s saying 7% added. Am I now playing the peak rate for this ? I m confused that it s charging when it shouldn t be maybe ?

It says 9% added and max charge underneath.. does this sound right ?

Edited by Rogerout on Tuesday 28th October 19:51

Edited by Rogerout on Tuesday 28th October 20:14

[Sydney Aqueduct]

If your tariff says intelligent octopus go and the app reported smart charging earlier then you were smart charging at the off peak rate.
Max charging doesn’t sound right, is there a schedule active?

Edited by Sydney Aqueduct on Tuesday 28th October 19:54

[Rogerout]

Sydney Aqueduct said:

If your tariff says intelligent octopus go and the app reported smart charging earlier then you were smart charging at the off peak rate.
Max charging doesn t sound right, is there a schedule active?

Edited by Sydney Aqueduct on Tuesday 28th October 19:54

I think so, it’s now stopped charging after charging 12%. It now says delayed until 1am.

The next scheduled charge is 1am until 3 am then 3.30 am until 4.27 am..

[nordboy]

Sydney Aqueduct said:

nordboy said:

Mark V GTD said:

So the Ohme knows what your tariff off peak hours are and won't charge the car until say midnight and switch it off at 5.00am or whatnot?

This, and if you can't find your Octopus tariff on the Ohme app, which I couldn't, you can set it yourself by putting in the times and p/kw. You can also then set the amount you're willing to pay. So my off peak tariff is 7p/kw, between 1130-0530. I programmed the Ohme app not to charge at more than 7.5p/kw. So the app will now only charge between 1130 - 0530 unless I override it.

Then you need to tell it how much charge you want, my car is set to stop charging at 80%. If I have 35% left and I want to charge it to 80%, then I tell the app that it needs 45%. It'll thren decide what time it needs to start or finish charging. There is obviously a maximum amount that it can charge in 6 hours mind you.

Hope all that sort of makes sense. that's how I use it anyway. Ford Explorer, Octopus Intelligent go and Ohme home pro.

You re not taking advantage of the smart charging aspect of IOG.
The idea is it will take advantage of excess grid capacity and/or favourable weather conditions and charge potentially at any time of day (at 7p/kWh).
I plugged my car in at 3pm, requested 40% by 7am tomorrow and it s currently charging, having added 17% so far. Whilst the car is smart charging the whole house benefits from the cheap rate so we end doing lots of load shifting to take advantage.
Apologies if this is teaching everyone to suck eggs and if you re happy with your setup fair play, but you could be getting more out of it by utilising the smart charging

Not teaching to suck eggs, I'm only doing what I thought was right by charging overnight? I'm obviously not doing it all right?