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ESB eCars - Thread 2

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  • #92
    MJohnston
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,755 ✭✭✭✭MJohnston


    Cables at all the charge points at SuperValu Ballinteer have been vandalised or stolen. Utter **** ****.

    IMG_0765.jpeg


  • #93
    mfceiling
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 13,024 ✭✭✭✭mfceiling


    Here at junction 14 Mayfield.

    Tried the new 200kw machines. Tried my RFID card and it wouldn't start a charge. Charger said it needed my phone. Tried the phone…times out.

    Moved to the next one. Tried the phone. Nothing. Kept saying charging equipment not ready. Tried the RFID card and it wouldn't start.

    Moved to the next (older) charger. It started instantly. 9 minutes from when I pulled in until the car started charging. I'm at the SuC and after 9 minutes I'm probably ready to move on.

    I'd hate to be a newbie trying to do this.

    *Also Tesla can f#ck off telling me to navigate to the charger the next time for quicker charging. That would be great except every single charger you are showing me is an SuC and junction 14 or any other place isn't on your list.



  • #94
    carq
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 887 ✭✭✭carq


    General question

    On a 150kw - if someone is already using one bay and i arrive and use a ccs available charger, do i effectively steal the power from them and the overall power is halved for both people ?



  • #95
    CivilEx
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 832 ✭✭✭CivilEx


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123619444#Comment_123619444

    My experience "generally" on ESB fast chargers is that your charging speed will reduce if the pillar is shared with someone else charging at the same time. On the ESB 200kW units I've seen more than 100kW on my side with someone else plugged in, so the half rule doesn't always apply.

    I'd always look for a pillar that didn't have someone plugged in on the other side.



  • #96
    ELM327
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 19,323 ✭✭✭✭ELM327


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123619444#Comment_123619444

    Seems to be varied site by site



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  • #97
    dsandson
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 183 ✭✭dsandson


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123618787#Comment_123618787

    Used this site for the first time a few weeks ago. The new ABB Terra 360kW chargers were a nightmare to start. I dont usually have any issues but first charger I tried it wouldn't accept RFID or the app. Moved to the same model charger beside it and got charging ok. However the Volvo on the other connector was having the same problems I had.

    No amount of holding the CCS port helped. The higher power is great to see, but wish they'd went with Alpitronic chargers like they have with their GB arm.



  • #98
    MJohnston
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,755 ✭✭✭✭MJohnston


    I've had a lot of trouble starting charges on the ESB Terras over the last few weeks — I can't be sure, because all I get is a Charging Error on my car every time, but it feels a little bit like the cables on those things are so heavy that they're weighing down the port and causing some sort of issue with the initial connection.

    Zero problems starting charges with Fastned, BP Pulse, Ionity, and Applegreen chargers in that same time period. And the only real difference between all of them that I can spot is that the ESB ones have much much heavier cables



  • #99
    oscarBravo
    Technology & Internet Moderators Posts: 28,858 Mod ✭✭✭✭oscarBravo


    I've developed a habit of holding heavy cables into the connector until the charging process starts.



  • #100
    MagicBusDriver1
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 109 ✭✭MagicBusDriver1


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123618787#Comment_123618787

    If you search for the charger in navigation, it will precondition if Google Places/Maps believes the destination is a charger.



  • #101
    ELM327
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 19,323 ✭✭✭✭ELM327


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123623850#Comment_123623850

    You have to search from the charger menu not the main one though



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  • #102
    mfceiling
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 13,024 ✭✭✭✭mfceiling


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123624051#Comment_123624051

    Unfortunately in my charger menu it oy showed all the SuC sites.

    Even tapping the "one lightning" symbol (for slower chargers) and it still brought up the SuC ones



  • #103
    innrain
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,163 ✭✭✭innrain


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123619444#Comment_123619444

    I have not found one single ESB site that doesn't do this. Having said that, I did not try their new Hypercharger installations yet. However, it is not stealing but sharing :)

    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123619975#Comment_123619975

    I second the suggestion to hold the plug in when starting the charging process.



  • #104
    carq
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 887 ✭✭✭carq


    whats the etiquette then if i arrive and there is a bay free - do you wait and let the person who got there first finish their full power charge or plug in away ?



  • #105
    ELM327
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 19,323 ✭✭✭✭ELM327


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123637161#Comment_123637161

    Plug in if there's a free bay



  • #106
    oscarBravo
    Technology & Internet Moderators Posts: 28,858 Mod ✭✭✭✭oscarBravo


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123637161#Comment_123637161

    Plug in. The rudest thing you can do is take up a charging bay while not charging.



  • #107
    zg3409
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 7,217 ✭✭✭zg3409


    Newsletter sent by email

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    We’ve been busy this year upgrading and extending our network and we are excited to bring you more high-power chargers at these new locations:

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  • #108
    dsandson
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 183 ✭✭dsandson


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123637161#Comment_123637161

    Yes if it's higher than 50kW then it'll allow the second plug to be used simultaneously, by design. The first cars charge rate will potentially halve, but that's life. If the driver gets grumpy with you just refer them the ESB ecars... If it wasn't allowed there wouldn't be a second bay, and the second plug wouldn't work.



  • #109
    the_amazing_raisin
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,914 ✭✭✭✭the_amazing_raisin


    Just when I thought Ecars were in danger of doing a good job I discovered the one of the chargers at Charlestown Service Station in Mayo has been offline for several days and can't be used

    Luckily I'd enough charge to get where I was going and gave the car a fast charge there

    I called Ecar and they said the charger has been referred to the manufacturer because of the issues with the connection

    My question is why the charger is marked Offline and not Unavailable in the app. Pretty sure most drivers would do the same as me and see the grey offline status and think it's temporary

    Some signage on the charger saying the damn thing is unavailable would be nice as well

    "The internet never fails to misremember" - Sebastian Ruiz, aka Frost



  • #110
    zg3409
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 7,217 ✭✭✭zg3409


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123651608#Comment_123651608

    ESB are very slow to mark a charger as broken. Even if they get multiple reports on say a Friday they wait until an engineer can visit, confirm the fault, try and fix it and if not then mark charger as faulty. Often 3+ days go by with everyone ringing ecars and failing to charge and comments on social media and negative plugshare check ins , but it makes their reliability statistics and uptime look good.



  • #111
    PressTheButton
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 330 ✭✭PressTheButton


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123651608#Comment_123651608

    This one at Charlestown was broken at the start of July. Locals say it’s been broken for some time.

    Charlestown ESB ecars 1.jpeg

    Usual creative tethering required at the working one.

    Charlestown ESB ecars 2.jpeg


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  • #112
    joe1303l
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,178 ✭✭✭joe1303l


    To continue investing in and maintaining this essential infrastructure, we are making an adjustment to our pricing, with effect from 30th July. This change will see an increase of €0.07 per kWh across all charger types and customer price plans in the Republic of Ireland.
     
    This price increase is being implemented in response to sustained increases in operational costs and electricity network charges absorbed by ESB ecars in recent months. The new pricing supports continued investment in our EV charger network and the continued rollout of high power chargers, ensuring a robust and future-ready EV charging infrastructure.

    Post edited by liamog on


  • #113
    Miscreant
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,294 ✭✭✭Miscreant


    I was literally just coming to post the very same thing. An increase of over 10% is definitely a bit steep! I wouldn't mind, but I rarely have any luck with ESB chargers, despite having an account and a fob for their chargers.. They seem to be very unreliable in my experience.



  • #114
    ELM327
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 19,323 ✭✭✭✭ELM327


    Increase? I didnt receive any notification but they should be dropping not increasing prices!



  • #115
    joe1303l
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,178 ✭✭✭joe1303l


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123662479#Comment_123662479

    By email this morning, they’ll get to you at some point. Pity there isn’t any real competition for them.



  • #116
    ted1
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 23,516 ✭✭✭✭ted1


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123656526#Comment_123656526

    surely if you drive straight in , the cable would have reached..



  • #117
    the_amazing_raisin
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,914 ✭✭✭✭the_amazing_raisin


    Ecars are certainly making Ionity look more and more like a bargain in comparison

    "The internet never fails to misremember" - Sebastian Ruiz, aka Frost



  • #118
    ted1
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 23,516 ✭✭✭✭ted1


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123662407#Comment_123662407

    that post can’t be read on mobiles. It’s a really bad , copy and paste.

    ECars Seem to be undergoing a big roll out. I’d say the price increase is justified if it means a lot more chargers.

    They should look at discounted off peak options.



  • #119
    ongarite
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 8,582 ✭✭✭ongarite


    Ionity looking very good now IMO.
    Never had an issue with them & speeds are fast, consistent



  • #120
    Del2005
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 19,085 ✭✭✭✭Del2005


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123662502#Comment_123662502

    The wholesale price of electricity has dropped massively over the last few years yet the price to charge hasn't changed. They were gouging and now with the increase they are taking the p1ss.



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  • #121
    ted1
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 23,516 ✭✭✭✭ted1


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123662600#Comment_123662600

    the wholesale price is only a small contributier to the cost of providing a high speed charging hub.


    Also it hasn’t dropped massively in the past few years it’s sti higher than it was before Russo invaded Ukraine

    Post edited by ted1 on


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