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I was trying to figure out the same thing - the way they have it designed right now, you can’t select a departure time while still ensuring you don’t start charging during peak hours.
Yes you can. As long as you set a time for end of off-peak rates, the charging period will be as late as possible while respecting that limit. If you don't set an off-peak schedule, it will start charging as soon as you connect the charger. In either case, preconditioning and climate control will be scheduled for your selected departure time. If you have no TOU rates, set the off-peak end time after your scheduled departure to delay charging as late as possible.
the issue isn’t the end of off peak rates, it’s the beginning. By scheduling a departure time, the car calculates backwards, assuming you want a full charge at departure and you have no control over when it actually starts charging.
It’s an issue for me because my charger is controlled by the power company and will not supply power outside of off peak hours. If the car tries to charge prior to that it creates an error and then doesn’t charge at all because it assumes the charger is faulty.
It isn’t obvious to me. With my Volt, I just typed in the summer and winter schedule with the 3 cost tiers then overrode when needed. I didn’t see anything like that. I obviously missed something. I know it’s especially important when you need a full or high level charge to have charging end as near departure time as possible so the battery stays at full charge for a short a time as possible. What am I doing wrong?You can do one of two things:
1) Set a time to START charging
2) Set a departure time
1- is pretty self explanatory. You plug it in and it waits until then to start charging.
2 - will have your car charged and pre-conditioned by the time you set. If you ALSO set a "peak rates end" time, then it will make sure it's done charging by that time, and then it will pre-condition by your departure time.
To answer your question directly: If you plug in a 5p, it waits and starts at a time sufficient to have it finish just before 6am
the issue isn’t the end of off peak rates, it’s the beginning. By scheduling a departure time, the car calculates backwards, assuming you want a full charge at departure and you have no control over when it actually starts charging.
At what time did you plug it in and how long should it have taken to charge to your set point?My super off-peak in Arizona with APS is from 10 AM to 3 PM in the winter months. I set it to end at 3 PM and it kept charging as it was only at 44% not where I set the limit.
It needs to have a setting for start time and another setting for end of off-peak time.
In my opinion it fails to work. I have to plug it in and unplug it to get the cheap power. My leaf worked better at this.
It isn’t obvious to me. With my Volt, I just typed in the summer and winter schedule with the 3 cost tiers then overrode when needed. I didn’t see anything like that. I obviously missed something. I know it’s especially important when you need a full or high level charge to have charging end as near departure time as possible so the battery stays at full charge for a short a time as possible. What am I doing wrong?
It's possible I misunderstood the release notes. I thought that the update makes it possible to schedule the pre-conditioning of the car for a time you want even if you are not connected to a charging source. I live in a condo building, and top off my car in the evening during dinner at a public charging facility in the garage. After dinner when it is charged to my selected level, I move my car to my assigned parking space. I did not see how it is possible to schedule pre-conditioning before my morning commute if I am not connected to charging.
Is this possible?
I was trying to figure out the same thing - the way they have it designed right now, you can’t select a departure time while still ensuring you don’t start charging during peak hours.[/QUOTE
I agree with both you and the post above. The easiest way to deal with time of use non-peak is to have a start and end time for non-peak time. In other words I'd like to be able to come home and plug my car in at 6:00 p.m. but know that it will not start charging until my non-peak rate starts at 9:00 p.m. and be assured it will stop by 9:00 a.m. the next morning when my non peak rate stops. There is no way the car will take any longer than 4 hours or so to charge to 90% but I still believe that is the easiest way to handle non-peak rate periods
I set my Tesla's Departure time to 6:45 AM. When I got home at 6:30 PM (during On Peak) my Tesla started to charge immediately for a 6:45 AM Departure...