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

Hi, we're getting a new Kia and they offer a free home charger with it - we have the option of an Ohme Home Pro, a Zappi or an EO Pro 3 (https://smarthomestore.energia.ie/smart-electric-vehicles)

Any thoughts on which would be best?. We have PV panels installed, no battery currently if that makes any difference

I would counter the "just works" comment.

The only real positives with Zappi is the integration with same brand accessories and the notably good customer service. They have a lot of product issues though with regard to the EV chargers dying just outside of warranty period. The saving grace being that MyEnergy will give you a good deal on a new one.

Personally I would be going for OHME pro out of those options. It's neat, I haven't heard much problems with them and they don't look like a toilet. Plus, it's the tethered model, where the EO are untethered.

I've seen multiple examples on various EV forums, including a few here. Not all were full failures, but plenty of issues. Almost as many as the old Rolec chargers. The Zappi attraction was the eco system and the idea of charging an EV from solar. Since export tariffs came in, they are not so popular.

One thread here with someone on their third Zappi.

I'm not telling the poster not to buy one, i'm giving my opinion and I think it's fair to say that the Zappi reliability isn't what it was when they first came to market.

And they do look like a toilet. Well, a toilet seat, or a urinal.

Podpoint also look a bit like a potty. I think some of the design teams are just havin' a laugh.

I toilet trained my first born on something that looked exactly like the Zappi. 🤣

Wrap around are best everything else looks like a mess.

Seems with the volume of zappis sold they still are the standard. Hence my original post.

As I posted here a few days ago, there seems to be issues with Zappi EC chargers in recent years. Not the product they were in the first couple of years IMO. Some mad stuff happens with them.

If you haven't already, do a hard reset and kill power to it for a couple of hours. If that doesn't sort it, then it's onto customer care.

Screen on the Zappi frozen, it obviously didn't like my reference to a potty😃

Looks to be frozen at 1am. Any firmware updates pending ? How's your typical connection to the WiFi?

Did a factory reset and charged fine last night, all looks good again today. Inverter RCBO tripped last night, another one to keep an eye on.

Hi all. Has anyone encountered an issue with their Zappi where the Grid and House icons in the app show as grayed out? The Grid shows "not in use" in the App while the Home shows "idle". Both definitely being incorrect as the I can the see the grid and house usage in the FusionSolar app. The usage in the top right hand corner of the Zappi screen itself also shows 0.0.

This all started after a reboot of the Zappi. The scheduled charge last night didn't work for some reason but it had been a good while since its last reboot so I thought it might be worth doing so. Before that everything was ok with the app and screen readouts. A second reboot has not fixed the issue.

I did a search online that mentioned setting the Zappi as the Master as a potential solution but checking its settings it appears the Zappi is correctly set as the master.

Any suggestions will be greatly appricated

This is probably related to the CT clamp faulty or installed oddly or loose connection.

It only happened after a reboot, so not likely to be loose connection, or CT.

@UnfortuateSon Make sure no timers are set on the car. Try a full reset to factory. Power down the Zappi for a good hour. If you haven't touched the CT Clamp, or other connections, it is almost certainly another Zappi malfunction. Could have got caught in the middle of one of their random updates.

Looks like CT clamp not reporting import nor export.