Remote Heating at 100% charge not charging - worked

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Ayoull

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This morning just thought I'd see if I could preheat the car after a charge to 100% while still plugged in and it's worked this morning for me.

My charger is a Pod Point Solo 2, wonder if the charger has something to do with it or if it was just a fluke 🤷🏻‍♂️

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My pre-heating worked fine while still charging this week (first time I'd tried it) on my standard range. I use Ohme home pro charger...
 
When you sent the signal to start the heating, did the charge point activate to start charging?

That seems to be the issue I have ... my Wallbox Pulsar Plus sits in the Waiting state after a charge has finished, waiting for the car to tell it to start charging. Sending the remote HVAC signal to the car fails, because the car seems to have an interlock with the charge point's Waiting position, doesn't tell the charge point to start charging and so prevents the HVAC control.

So the issue lies with the car's software.
 
siteguru said:
When you sent the signal to start the heating, did the charge point activate to start charging?

That seems to be the issue I have ... my Wallbox Pulsar Plus sits in the Waiting state after a charge has finished, waiting for the car to tell it to start charging. Sending the remote HVAC signal to the car fails, because the car seems to have an interlock with the charge point's Waiting position, doesn't tell the charge point to start charging and so prevents the HVAC control.

So the issue lies with the car's software.
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The pod point started charging I have a video of it off my CCTV but can't post videos here
 
Thanks - that'll be why it worked for you. Sounds like the pod point sits in the Ready rather than Waiting state, hence remote HVAC controls work.
 
Yeah - seems like the pod point isn't waiting for the car, so as soon as the battery starts to drop it starts charging without the car having to send a signal. (i.e. the car is "listening" rather than "talking").
 
Ayoull said:
When I set it to heat, the cars charge port goes from off to blue and then green.
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That's what happens with mine, also on a pod point charger, although I'm pretty sure mine wouldn't start heating when the battery was at 100%. As I have a Trophy, I'm usually no more than 80% so not often a bother.
 
I notice you locked the car from the key fob during that sequence? (The indicators flashed anyway - this was before you sent the HVAC signal, which was when the lights came on).

The sequence I saw was:

Charge port was off
Charge port went blue (what was the clicking sound?)
Indicators flashed
Lights came on (HVAC signal) and charge port went green (what was the clicking sound?)

What would have been interesting to see was whatever the pod point (or its app) was showing before and after the HVAC signal.
 
Didn't touch the keys I was upstairs when I did this, keys were downstairs.

The noise is the contactor in the pod point engaging after the car requested a charge.
 
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This is the week before when we had some cold mornings (unplugged), it appears the indicators are triggered as part of the process by the app.
 
ah ok. I am going on the Octopus intelligent tariff when I can finally get a charger installed. Simple fuse upgrade has become a bigger thing. Cutout replacement needed and maybe a new consumer as well as a isolator. When people say going electric is easy, How wrong they have been so far
 
Goldie007 said:
ah ok. I am going on the Octopus intelligent tariff when I can finally get a charger installed. Simple fuse upgrade has become a bigger thing. Cutout replacement needed and maybe a new consumer as well as a isolator. When people say going electric is easy, How wrong they have been so far
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I work at NPg as a design engineer, I'm in a 1930's semi on a looped service, I'm the first in the loop, but to save annoying my neighbour as they've got a nice poured resin drive, I just opted for the load limiter on the pod point, else it would be them getting their drive dug up so I could have a charger.

So no it's not straight forward all the time 🙈
 
Goldie007 said:
ah ok. I am going on the Octopus intelligent tariff when I can finally get a charger installed. Simple fuse upgrade has become a bigger thing. Cutout replacement needed and maybe a new consumer as well as a isolator. When people say going electric is easy, How wrong they have been so far
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Know how you feel about installation process, I live in a semi, and apparently my supply comes from a loop off next-door, so has to be split from there feed to get my own independent supply before 60amp fuse can be upgraded to 100amp the charger fitted 😱
 
Our supply comes to us first then onto next doors so they did the 80amp upgrade but its a metal cutout and Octopus are saying they need a plastic cutout
 

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