Tue, 19 Dec 2023 08:40:26 +0000 http://www.greenbuildingforum.co.uk/newforum/ Lussumo Vanilla 1.0.3 http://www.greenbuildingforum.co.uk/newforum/comments.php?DiscussionID=17707&Focus=299774#Comment_299774 http://www.greenbuildingforum.co.uk/newforum/comments.php?DiscussionID=17707&Focus=299774#Comment_299774 Fri, 20 Jan 2023 15:04:04 +0000 andyman99
https://octopus.typeform.com/EVchargers?utm_source=OEVpage&_ga=2.13028276.2048100522.1674226008-504967900.1674226008&typeform-source=octopusev.com

They have 3 different charger options:

Ohme Home Pro
Wallbox Pulsar Max
MyEnegyZappi II

Anybody known the pros and cons of these different chargers? I don't have any Solar capability atm but I'm considering this and so would want to ensure good PV integration was available if possible.

Thanks

Andy]]> http://www.greenbuildingforum.co.uk/newforum/comments.php?DiscussionID=17707&Focus=299783#Comment_299783 http://www.greenbuildingforum.co.uk/newforum/comments.php?DiscussionID=17707&Focus=299783#Comment_299783 Fri, 20 Jan 2023 20:49:37 +0000 djh
Not sure about PV integration. I think cars have minimum current requirements and probably wouldn't like being stopped and started repeatedly so it might be tricky. Just guessing.]]> http://www.greenbuildingforum.co.uk/newforum/comments.php?DiscussionID=17707&Focus=299789#Comment_299789 http://www.greenbuildingforum.co.uk/newforum/comments.php?DiscussionID=17707&Focus=299789#Comment_299789 Sat, 21 Jan 2023 08:30:22 +0000 andyman99 http://www.greenbuildingforum.co.uk/newforum/comments.php?DiscussionID=17707&Focus=299790#Comment_299790 http://www.greenbuildingforum.co.uk/newforum/comments.php?DiscussionID=17707&Focus=299790#Comment_299790 Sat, 21 Jan 2023 09:00:11 +0000 revor http://www.greenbuildingforum.co.uk/newforum/comments.php?DiscussionID=17707&Focus=299791#Comment_299791 http://www.greenbuildingforum.co.uk/newforum/comments.php?DiscussionID=17707&Focus=299791#Comment_299791 Sat, 21 Jan 2023 09:35:46 +0000 philedge Posted By: djhNot sure about PV integration. I think cars have minimum current requirements and probably wouldn't like being stopped and started repeatedly so it might be tricky. Just guessing.

As I understand things they will/can use all of your PV for charging if its available and supplement it from the grid if PV drops off so you dont get the intermittancy of PV on its own. We've got a broken Solaredge EV charger as part of one of our PV inverters and I'm sure that its pretty configurable as to how and when it charges.]]> http://www.greenbuildingforum.co.uk/newforum/comments.php?DiscussionID=17707&Focus=299811#Comment_299811 http://www.greenbuildingforum.co.uk/newforum/comments.php?DiscussionID=17707&Focus=299811#Comment_299811 Sun, 22 Jan 2023 18:22:33 +0000 jms452
However if you commute and drive more than a few miles a day you might be surprised just how much juice an EV needs. My better half's 60 mile round trip commute was 15kWh which is over two hours on a 7kW charger every night. It's pretty hard to make a dent in that from solar.]]> http://www.greenbuildingforum.co.uk/newforum/comments.php?DiscussionID=17707&Focus=299816#Comment_299816 http://www.greenbuildingforum.co.uk/newforum/comments.php?DiscussionID=17707&Focus=299816#Comment_299816 Sun, 22 Jan 2023 20:09:04 +0000 djh Posted By: jms45260 mile round trip commute was 15kWhThat's pretty good efficiency ]]> http://www.greenbuildingforum.co.uk/newforum/comments.php?DiscussionID=17707&Focus=299833#Comment_299833 http://www.greenbuildingforum.co.uk/newforum/comments.php?DiscussionID=17707&Focus=299833#Comment_299833 Tue, 24 Jan 2023 07:18:39 +0000 borpin https://openenergymonitor.org. They do a version of the Open charger and also monitoring software.]]> http://www.greenbuildingforum.co.uk/newforum/comments.php?DiscussionID=17707&Focus=299865#Comment_299865 http://www.greenbuildingforum.co.uk/newforum/comments.php?DiscussionID=17707&Focus=299865#Comment_299865 Tue, 24 Jan 2023 23:06:36 +0000 bogal2 http://www.greenbuildingforum.co.uk/newforum/comments.php?DiscussionID=17707&Focus=299867#Comment_299867 http://www.greenbuildingforum.co.uk/newforum/comments.php?DiscussionID=17707&Focus=299867#Comment_299867 Tue, 24 Jan 2023 23:34:00 +0000 WillInAberdeen
For people who need solar inverters as well as bidirectional EV charging, maybe it would be neat if a single inverter could do both functions, and that might also simplify the conversation with the DNO. IE the EV and the solar both stay on the DC side of the inverter, though at different voltages. With a single AC connection via the consumer unit to/from grid, with whatever current limit is required on that.]]> http://www.greenbuildingforum.co.uk/newforum/comments.php?DiscussionID=17707&Focus=299868#Comment_299868 http://www.greenbuildingforum.co.uk/newforum/comments.php?DiscussionID=17707&Focus=299868#Comment_299868 Wed, 25 Jan 2023 07:50:53 +0000 andyman99 Posted By: bogal2Ive just put in a Zappi. I ran the cables and got an electrician to connect it at either end. It dosent need an earth rod unlike some other chargers...

This is what I’d like to do and how I re-wired this house but my “compliant” electrician hasn’t got into this area yet. I’m happy to run cables through the loft, but it’s not something I’d really want anyone else doing and probably not something they’d want to do. Did you cable to the consumer unit or meter box and w hat cable did you use?]]> http://www.greenbuildingforum.co.uk/newforum/comments.php?DiscussionID=17707&Focus=299876#Comment_299876 http://www.greenbuildingforum.co.uk/newforum/comments.php?DiscussionID=17707&Focus=299876#Comment_299876 Wed, 25 Jan 2023 12:17:15 +0000 djh Posted By: WillInAberdeenFor people who need solar inverters as well as bidirectional EV charging, maybe it would be neat if a single inverter could do both functions, and that might also simplify the conversation with the DNO. IE the EV and the solar both stay on the DC side of the inverter, though at different voltages. With a single AC connection via the consumer unit to/from grid, with whatever current limit is required on that.I wonder what proportion of people happen to have their solar and their EV charging conveniently placed so this might make sense?]]> http://www.greenbuildingforum.co.uk/newforum/comments.php?DiscussionID=17707&Focus=299880#Comment_299880 http://www.greenbuildingforum.co.uk/newforum/comments.php?DiscussionID=17707&Focus=299880#Comment_299880 Wed, 25 Jan 2023 14:03:08 +0000 WillInAberdeen
Pretty much 100%, I guess, whether the wires are AC or DC! ]]> http://www.greenbuildingforum.co.uk/newforum/comments.php?DiscussionID=17707&Focus=299914#Comment_299914 http://www.greenbuildingforum.co.uk/newforum/comments.php?DiscussionID=17707&Focus=299914#Comment_299914 Fri, 27 Jan 2023 08:17:13 +0000 andyman99