Home charge points (purchase/problems/questions) (See mod note post#1)

Honestly, If I was in your position and assuming I could afford it, I would look to get the electrics up to code. Some of the issue's you called out seem like real problems in general.

Not to supply an EV charge point. That must be installed externally.

Apparently the Ohme will be releasing an software upgrade that does solar.

Hmm, that would obviously level the playing field somewhat. I believe the Ohme is entirely SIM driven for connectivity, and I'm informed that while this is paid for 3 years, Ohme will absorb the cost after that, but I'm unsure as to how "binding" of a commitment that may be. The Wallbox on the other hand is, as far as I know, WiFi connected for its smart features, so doesn't have that issue, but is also dependent on no issues with that.

Actually, looking back over the original automated email quotes, the provider selling the Ohme also provided one for a Wallbox Pulsar Plus, but €100 more expensive than the other one I'm referencing here, so that seems to swing in favour of the Wallbox quote I referenced above too.

Good to get a solid comment RE the app, My mother got a home charger installed recently, some no-name brand that the local electrician had, and the app for it strikes me as being pretty abysmal. I'm a firm believer that feature complexity done (too) cheap is worse than just going without!

That was fast. Was there much damage after all ?

Hi folks. I've got a new EV hopefully arriving sometime in Q3... fingers crossed... because given the various production and supply issues we seem to have got very lucky.

I have a few silly questions, as the dealer really wasn't much help with this (and in fairness instead of giving me a bad answer he told me straight out he doesn't know a thing about home chargers).

1. What is the kind of lead time on getting a home charger installed?
2. We have external insulation on the house; anyone had a charger mounted on external insulation before?

Thanks so much.

Yeah, I was aware of the ongoing VAG snafu with car-managed timed charging, but I'm not affected by that at present as the car is a Kia.

The other app to which I'm referring seems to even be hit or miss on even the basics such as reporting whether or not it's charging a vehicle, let alone anything else, so it could be argued to be a particularly poor implementation. I'd be keen to have some of the smart features on it though to monitor the car's usage/draw, etc. over time, as well as the potential for solar integration, so Wallbox seems like a good way to proceed to me.

Hi folks,

Got my vw charger installed today. Nice and neat. Had to leave in a hurry so didn't quite get the app working right. I was able to connect to the charger hotspot but unable to get it to connect to my wifi. It shouldn't be a signal strength issue as my wifi point is only 5 feet away from the charger inside the wall. I'm kinda annoyed I didn't ask the installer to run an Ethernet cable but it's done now so can't go down that road. Has anyone had issues connecting chargers to wifi? I've had issues before where some devices would only work with 2.4gz signals. I'll have a better play around tomorrow when I get back. I could see the CT clamp and settings all look correct. Install cost me 1250. I supplied the charger. Tails, new earth rod and new earth to fuse board required. Installer was there from 9 to 4.

Cheers,

Mick

just back home and have the charger online - it won't connect to my netgear orbi ax600 wifi.. i had a TP link wifi extender lying around so plugged that in and configured to transmit 2.4gh and connected fine and i was able to pair in the app... bit annoying to have to use the extender but at least im online..

Tidy install. Can't really see the charger from the front of the house which is good.

Hi folks,

Anyone else have the vw charger? I don't see anything in the app about scheduling charging sessions?

Cheers,

Mick

Anybody know the difference between the wallbox pulsar plus and the pulsar max?

The Ol’Man has the plus but was invited by walk box to become a tester fit the max and they’ll change out the unit

Most cars need at a min 1.4 kW charge rate, to get that you will need about 4+ solar PV panels (at a min) more than likely 5+ so you are looking at 8m2 of standard domestic PV panels for a start. Not practical and worth the hassle

I see some very high end concept cars have them built into the roof but again these were only generating 860W and would only generate a few kM of range at best

You may find it doesn't have the rig to allow him test the unit, my quy day had specific box which mimicked a car and he connected the merger rig to it