ESB eCars

zg3409

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120066292#Comment_120066292

Check for credit in account, try starting with app or RFID card and vice versa. Start car, stop car.

My record is 5 times in a row to get CCS to start. That charger was dodgy for 1 year before it totally broke and they fixed it.

jkforde

I've auto-topup enabled so shouldn't be lack of account funds. I'll be more persistent next time but I did try various approaches like that, was just wondering if those units are known to be temperamental in this way.

comerla

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120063740#Comment_120063740

interesting - thanks for sharing

innrain

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120066292#Comment_120066292

Check the charger on plugshare. If there is something doggy people will report it. Also it is worth reporting such incidents as it will help others.

jkforde

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120066650#Comment_120066650

good idea, will do in future. I see plugshare has a premium service where it's available on Android Auto, though that wouldn't have helped me since it seems the chargers were working fine before me.

the_amazing_raisin

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120066292#Comment_120066292

Could be the plug, they get an awful lot of abuse, people leave them on the ground and crap like that

Maybe hold the plug in place as the charger starts, just to make sure the comms don't fail

jkforde

yeah, noticed a small bit of play when I plugged it in but holding it steady didn't work either. anyways, will report back if I experience it again, hopefully not on a new years eve again!

jogdish

Hi,

Need to plan a long journey and thinking about the ESB fast charger at Emyvale monaghan - is that a heavily used station for the super fast charging ? Is there much near the station? Any other reviews?

markpb

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120084953#Comment_120084953

Take a look at the stats for that site on https://ecars-stats.com/ developed by boardsie https://www.boards.ie/profile/Black_Knight

dsandson

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120084953#Comment_120084953

Was at that charger this evening. I preconditioned the battery on the way from Clones, and got the full 75kW (shared) and the 122kW when the other car departed. So charger is working well.

No other cars charging whilst I was there. Doesn't seem to busy when I'm heading by. Plus 2 chargers and 3 plugs so a single charger failure shouldn't cause a panic. Seems pretty reliable from my experience and user comments on Plugshare. ZapMap doesn't show the 150kW charger for some reason.

Good coffee in the Circle K too. I think theres a fresh hot food. Seating area is a little grim though! There's other facilities (hotel) nearby but you'd probably be better on the 50kW.

irewestlad

Starting to use the ecars charging points with a new EV. I have battery preconditioning option enabled. On a 50kw fast charge, I only got 36kw and on a 22kw today I only got 11kw. Is this normal? Anything I should be doing differently?

josip

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120088344#Comment_120088344

Sounds like your EV has an 11kw onboard AC charger. What brand of EV is it?

ongarite

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120088364#Comment_120088364

They have Ioniq 5 so 11kw on AC is max.

You have to set DC charger as your destination in cars built in navigation for it to use battery conditioning feature.

dsandson

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120088607#Comment_120088607

To add to that, on an Ioniq 5 or EV6 after about a minute of driving you should see a red coil appear on the battery icon in the bottom left of the main dash screen. That means the battery heater is running. Theres also a text prompt (bottom centre of the same screen) but as you're driving you'll likely miss it.

slave1

so herself needed a charge at Castlebellingham N at the weekend, fast charger would not play ball, phoned ecars and told it was the car's fault (Kona) and that that can car can no longer take a fast charge. Obvious panic ensued, so directed her off to Dundalk where she had to queue for the fast charger and it charged fine at that unit.

Unreliable is too kind a word

vinniem

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120089173#Comment_120089173

Does anybody know if this feature is available on eNiro MY21? It has the winter mode option

kanuseeme

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120089258#Comment_120089258

Is it not obvious that the charging network is not up to scratch, that includes every other provider also, kinda like telling someone smoking is bad and they start anyway.

I had a lovely holiday over Christmas, got 50 euro at the pump the first week in December, drove around, then to the airport and back (320km), now hitting 900 km, and still petrol in the tank, no sweating, panic, planing or redirecting.

I am rather pleased with my abomination.

ELM327

If you have a car that can use Tesla and Ionity (And now Applegreen too) chargers, you won't need to rely on ecars. Which, I agree with you @kanuseeme , is crap.

slave1

agree with both of you, thankfully have never had the need to publicly charge since dropping off my S to new owner last March and misjudged SOC, of course there was panic at the eCars charger then too as it had to be rebooted

liamog

I've charged 242kWh on eCars last month mostly whilst shopping in Supervalu. The network seems to be far worse for people that don't use it than those who do.

Since November I've gone from 3 CCS solo chargers about 10mins from home to 9 ( 2 3x CCS) all on the eCars network.

mfceiling

Is there any options to charge on ESB network at a reduced rate?

The "reduced" rate on the ESB subscription is still expensive. Someone on another thread said they are paying 33 cents a KW on DC.

I'm talking about a subscription that's open to all.

the_amazing_raisin

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120091344#Comment_120091344

Pretty sure Elli is open to all now

https://www.elli.eco/en/tariffs

Not exactly the greatest deal ever though, €15 per month gives you 58c/kWh on DC charges

It's worth it if you're near an Ionity hub, 35c/kWh there

innrain

ESB 0.563/kWh

and now on elli on the same charger 0.37/kWh

12.99/month

I have two cars and use about 500 kWh a month. at 20c difference that's 100 quid without Ionity in the equation

Redfox25

Maybe an older plan where prices are locked in?

It's not as favourable now unless you use ionity.

the_amazing_raisin

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120091447#Comment_120091447

Is that a We Charge plan? They're only available if you have a VW

innrain

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120091516#Comment_120091516

no that is elli from elli.eco joined in November. In December they upped their prices, it is 15 quid a month but still 37/47c/kWh

https://www.elli.eco/downloads/en/drive-highway.pdf

zg3409

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120089515#Comment_120089515

I don't believe the eNiro can preheat the battery before arriving at the charger. It does have battery cooling and heating but not a way to get battery at optimum temperature. Typically the way to optimise charging speed is to delay charging until low state of charge. At lower state of charge the battery tends to allow quicker charging so try to stop later on trip.

According to this graph you may get 50kW+ up to 70% charge.

If on a charger say 100kW you want to be below 50% to make it worth your while.

If you can move on and charge later than waiting at 70%.

Below 10% charge is also bad and not recommended.

Actual rates may be much lower if battery really cold. Some recommend driving extra fast coming up to charger just to preheat battery through extreme driving. If you precondition the cabin it may also pre-warm the battery a bit too.

Generally the niro is not a really fast charging car, particularly if you have smaller battery model.

vinniem

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120094932#Comment_120094932

Thanks for explaining that 👍

AndyBoBandy

Have eCars seen the light!

New charger added in Glenageary is dual CCS only!!

Are they now done with new CHAdeMO?

innrain

Do you know the make of the charger? It looks like efacec. To skinny to be delta me thinks