Recent content by johnb80

I would go for the model Y, absolutely no comparison between MG and Tesla, Tesla are in a different league with regards to quality, customer care and all aspects of design. Ive had EV's for the last 7 years, currently a 17 plate i3 and a Sept 23 MG5 Trophy. Theres nothing wrong with MG at all...

What happens if you set the Zappi to fast and plug the car in, does it charge straight away? if so then the car isnt the issue. Have you got any schedules set in Zappi? if yes, delete them, set the mode to ECO+, plug the car in again does the Octopus app send you a schedule (displayed in the...

Not been a problem for me at all, loaded it when we got the car in September, 23 and it's never faltered at all. I have it on an iPhone, what are you guys using that are experiencing problems?

Funny that, mine does too :p:p

A few weeks ago when I was driving a Model Y doing some survey work, we covered around 180 miles per shift and charged at the end of each shift, rarely did it take much more than 30 minutes to be back at 80%. Great setup for sure. You will enjoy the convenience of your wallbox.

And your sort of attitude is commendable, especially as you were only using a single charger in a single bay. If more people had consideration for others like you there wouldn't be any issues at all, sadly, this is not the case :confused:

Absolutely no issues with rear left, front right or centre charging ports, there are many other vehicles not so equipped though and this does cause quite a problem. I wouldn't tie up 2 charging bays to charge my i3 that just happens to be rear right socket, some people though simply don't care...

Except it blocks 2 bays for Teslas. Correct it blocks 2 Tesla bays. Trust me, in a LOT of cases you do, Toyota bZ4X I think it was in London had a dreadful time getting into a position where she could get the lead to reach.

It's the only way the Jaguar can connect to the Tesla charger, by locking several bays which is why I said IMHO it's a BAD idea to open up the network. If Tesla fitted longer leads that would help enormously but obviously theres a cost incurred by Tesla for this. I still feel Tesla are being...

No problem at all, there 's a lot of rubbish online about all aspects of EV's. When I first got my EV I designed, built and used my own wallbox, it was a very steep learning curve but interesting project.

Hi Edilvise, what you read is complete tosh and really shouldnt be spread around online :). The wallbox or granny charger as they are called are not chargers at all. They're EVSE: Electric Vehicle Supply Equipment. These AC units plug into domestic supplies and connect to the car. There is a...

They only pick up power and listen to data though.

You may notice around the forum I mention BG from time to time ;) You will also notice there are very few (if any) positive comments. Do yourself a huge favour, leave BG and go to Octopus, if you have exit fees, use my referral link in my signature and get £50 from Octopus to help pay for them.

But, deny all knowledge of it, they couldn't prove you had been connected to the ODBII socket, they would have quite a problem. The socket is provided as a legal requirement of maintenance and fault finding etc, if they leave some deeper technical settings open to access, that's their problem IMHO.

As long as you get an MCS certificate (Octopus now offer alternative acceptance methods but MCS is easier), you simply request another MPAN number from your DNO and then literally, within a few hours you're up and running. On your Octopus account the additional meter shows up for export, if you...