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

I'm not a fan of the 'sim' only connectivity of the Ohme.

I guess out of those 3 for free, I'd go for the Zappi, but probably worth getting an extended warranty from myenergi.

Anyone else have an EVbox charger? Have you received an email telling you that the account and smart features will be deactivated/closed from December next?

Presumably you've heard they're closing down? I had heard they were keeping apps etc. going until 2027 but maybe they've changed it.

Hopefully they won't 'brick' the charger and you can just continue to use it as a 'dumb' charger and use your cars app for setting charging instead.

Most ROI homes supply are 50 amps continuous rated, but can easily go to 60 amos for short periods. Some mainly newer homes with heat pumps have a larger supply and a bigger fuse. ESB networks can tell you what supply you have. During an EV charger install the electrician will check the wiring an earths. It's very common for them to recommend the tails between the ESB meter and the house fuse board are increased in thickness, to handle more power, and exact load depends on house fuse board and how many things are run off each fuse etc. Typically you should try limit long term overnight usage to 50 amps max, such as car 32 amp, dishwasher 10 amp, washing machine 10 amp, immersion heater 20 amp etc. Typically the car charger will measure the load and reduce itself to keep total below 50.

This is why it’s probably wiser going forward to stick with the established players like MyEnergy and HyperVolt. EVbox and Anderson before them going under. Though Anderson were just silly expensive and I believe were taken over by another crowd so the APP still works.

Anderson were in massive trouble, myenergi is in fairly serious financial rollercoaster.

Myenergi relies on their servers/cloud for controlling their chargers but older models have buttons. The latest model has no buttons at all!

I do expect some smaller providers may go bust, and even myenergi who are fairly large are struggling to match income with outgoings. They have had lots of tech, reliability in terms of hardware and software issues. Also in Ireland (ROI) using solar to fill.your EV does not really make financial sense and many installers are avoiding recommending them if they can.

So, does this mean, I can just continue to plug the car in and it will charge. Never really used the app for much……

I woder if that's real thing? Probably not.

It looked unlikely indeed (hence question), but googled it and it is real!