Hi All,
Apologies if this is a repeat post, I did so a search but couldn't find quite the right issue.
I've got a home podpoint installed (regretting not going for the Tesla charger but too late now!).
For the last month or so the podpoint has been configured incorrectly and only delivering 9A. And during that time the off peak schedule (off peak end time) worked as I would expect, calculating approximately what time the off peak tariff (I'm on bulb ev tarriff) would end, and starting the charge such that the charge limit is reached maximising off peak usage.
Yesterday podpoint finally gor the charger working at 30A/ 7kw. However this has broken off peak scheduling. My theory is that the way the podpoint delivers charge is it 'ramps up' from low amps to high when charge is drawn (I think something to do with the cable clamp checking the overall load) and that Tesla when it does it's check to calculating the start time is reading the low load (either reading it at idle or when it initially engages) and therefore is starting charging way too early.
Does anyone know if this is the case? Or does the car just need to 'learn' that the location has a faster charge rate now which it will do over time?
Things I've considered
Podpoint scheduling - I can turn the podpoint app to only schedule off peak. This is a bit of a pain if I want to do a top up charge or draw from the wall when preconditioning (mainly because the podpoint app is poor)
Schedule start time. I can schedule the charge to start when off peak starts. However this isn't quite as elegant as it won't enable me to easily add extra charge at peak rates if I need it the next day (by starting earlier)
Apologies if this is a repeat post, I did so a search but couldn't find quite the right issue.
I've got a home podpoint installed (regretting not going for the Tesla charger but too late now!).
For the last month or so the podpoint has been configured incorrectly and only delivering 9A. And during that time the off peak schedule (off peak end time) worked as I would expect, calculating approximately what time the off peak tariff (I'm on bulb ev tarriff) would end, and starting the charge such that the charge limit is reached maximising off peak usage.
Yesterday podpoint finally gor the charger working at 30A/ 7kw. However this has broken off peak scheduling. My theory is that the way the podpoint delivers charge is it 'ramps up' from low amps to high when charge is drawn (I think something to do with the cable clamp checking the overall load) and that Tesla when it does it's check to calculating the start time is reading the low load (either reading it at idle or when it initially engages) and therefore is starting charging way too early.
Does anyone know if this is the case? Or does the car just need to 'learn' that the location has a faster charge rate now which it will do over time?
Things I've considered
Podpoint scheduling - I can turn the podpoint app to only schedule off peak. This is a bit of a pain if I want to do a top up charge or draw from the wall when preconditioning (mainly because the podpoint app is poor)
Schedule start time. I can schedule the charge to start when off peak starts. However this isn't quite as elegant as it won't enable me to easily add extra charge at peak rates if I need it the next day (by starting earlier)