Recent content by kriscii

I can't find it now but when I signed up it said that IO would not charge beyond the car limit and it didn't say anywhere that I should set the charge limit of the car higher than the IO limit. The call centre guy said it needed to be the other way round but couldn't say why and couldn't show me...

I don't think it is gimping the system. IO chose to charge outside of the overnight window and then billed at the higher rate. I have set the car to charge to a lower level, I am not influencing the charge time. It can only charge when it is below the car setting. I am surprised no one else is...

I am having some issues where IO decided to charge outside of the overnight window and I am being charged the day rate. In the cases I have noticed this was when it didn't use all of the overnight window and it could have been completed during the night. So although they have agreed to refund...

Coupe are more midlife crisis in my opinion, basically a saloon trying to look sporty, ideal for old people who can't embrace a real sports convertible. ;) You need a love of life and fun to drive a convertible. 90% of the cars I've owned are convertibles and my first car at 18 was an MGB. So...

Equally, when I walk on Bournemouth beach and the cyclists whizz pass a few inches from me at more than the 10mph limit, I'm sure all of those ignorant and dangerous cyclist will come up with a similar excuse for not having a number plate or insurance. Pot - kettle is the phrase that come to...

Sounded like the most sensible thing for years. Having been nearly mowed down twice and felt harassed on Bournemouth promenade by bikes using it at 4pm when bikes are prohibited between 10:00-18:00. The cyclist love to film cars and report them, it would have been great to have been able to do...

I'm happy with the Zappi, I have a few niggles, which I'm sure is my laziness to research properly. As with most things which have a lot of flexibility there are options in both the app and on the charger and sometimes it can be hard to work out what you should set. That said if you just want a...

I was asking around all the EV charger manufacturers when I knew I was moving house and was deciding if I should stick with Zappi or switch. I asked all of them including Hypervolt what made their charger better than Zappi. Hypervolt were the only company to bad mouth Zappi rather than promoting...

I have one battery (2.4kWh) which I charge in the Octopus Go on the overnight rate if you look at the graph you can see the car and the battery charging until about 3am. then at 4.30 the battery starts discharging and covers me until 8.30 ish then the sun came out and covered my most of my usage...

I went a few days back and it didn't recognise my plate and the person on the intercom said "are you in the Tesla, you should have registered your number plate with the store to get a discount", I asked if that was once and she said no it needed to be every time.

If you don't mind spending something up front (~£160) get a emonPi: emonPi Energy Monitor It will give you a great insight into how you use power unlike most smart meters. It is very easy to install just connect a CT Clamp on the main feed near the meter. You see your usage profile through the...

Leaving your card at home is risky, if your phone goes flat you can't get into the car. I recently had a situation in Sainsburys where for some reason my phone drained flat in less than 30mins with a 30% charge to start with, I couldn't pay for my shopping and had to go to the car (not the Tesla...

Don't petrol pumps require electricity to run? So double whammy for them. Searching it looks like in some parts of the US have generators so they can use pumps after hurricanes and tornadoes when the power is out.

I dropped 45% over 8 days although I turned off sentry mode part way through for about a day and then when I got the alarm alert I turned it back on. I'm only a short drive (7%) from Heathrow so as long as I'm monitoring what is going on with TeslaMate I think leaving sentry mode isn't to bad...

Looks like it will do the job, so will order it. Thanks