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  1. DaveandTeena

    Motability EV cars

    My wife ordered her car July 2021 took Bp until September(3 Months) to say they couldn't supply because we are on a looped system and their unit cant be fitted and our Yorkshire DNO wanted £2000 to unloop us so we paid for a Zappi charger that had load balancing ended up costing us £850 of which...
  2. DaveandTeena

    Advice on home charger configuration

    Just a thought you could actually read what I said last Friday when I said I had it charging until tea time I then unplugged it taking advantage of solar and plugged it back in the following morning taking advantage of solar and it woke up and started charging on the granny charger and maybe try...
  3. DaveandTeena

    Advice on home charger configuration

    This isn't what my MyEnergi dashboard is showing and certainly not what was happening with the granny charger because it couldn't leak when I unplugged it from the wall and started charging when I powered it up the next day, maybe the newer cars have overcome the problem of waking up, solar...
  4. DaveandTeena

    Zappi charging

    Hi Les altering the time to 240 seconds has made an improvement, it still drops in and out but nowhere near what it was, the only downside is it takes a little longer to come back on when the sun shines
  5. DaveandTeena

    Advice on home charger configuration

    No it wasn't woken through the night, ours is a Zappi charge point, but even before we had it fitted I would plug in the granny charger at teatime and turn it on next morning to take advantage of solar and it would wake and charge
  6. DaveandTeena

    Heavy duty mobility scooter in MG ZS EV

    My wife has a folding electric wheelchair and folding hoist to lift it in but it is very very tight, I have seen pictures of a folding mobility scooter in the back but it goes in with a hoist onto the back seats that have to be folded down so your car becomes a two seater, I think ramps would be...
  7. DaveandTeena

    Advice on home charger configuration

    Hi Jody what do you mean about a 12 hour window? if i plug in at teatime on the eco++ setting and i don't get any solar charging until 9a.m next morning that's 16 hours and it wakes and charges
  8. DaveandTeena

    Zappi charging

    Hi, after asking the same question on Myenergi forum people have advised me to alter the time in settings to 240 seconds so it doesn't switch on and of as often and alter the slider under eco++ down to 30% - 50% effectively allowing power use from the grid to balance out the charge a bit like...
  9. DaveandTeena

    Zappi charging

    Hi forum members, We recently had the Zappi charge point fitted and have had it set usually on ECO++ but I'm aware that it is constantly stop start with solar charging sun behind clouds etc, is this going to create any problems for the battery or the car or is this more a summer setting and...
  10. DaveandTeena

    Help with my power supply

    Oh and you might find yourself constantly checking the MyEnergi app as my wife does she certainly lets me know what uses power in the house
  11. DaveandTeena

    Help with my power supply

    Hi Justin yes we are the end of loop, this all started when BP pulse were going to fit a charge point, they told us that we needed a bigger fuse, Northern power grid came out and confirmed we are looped and 60 Amp fuse( one set of drawings said looped 60A and another said not looped ) said BP...
  12. DaveandTeena

    Help with my power supply

    We only had it fitted last week seems fine once we swapped the CT clamps around as installer put the grid one at wrong side of Henley block, there's not been a lot of sun since but it does automatically switch on when there is, we only do low mileage so hoping for free charging from our panels...
  13. DaveandTeena

    Help with my power supply

    We ended up getting the Zappi it's limited to 55Amp in the unit, 2 CT clamps one for grid & one for solar the only time it limits is when one of us uses the shower (9kw) £860 fitted after grant including small consumer unit as ours was full
  14. DaveandTeena

    Help with my power supply

    Northern power wont upgrade for free or unloop unless i spend close to £3000
  15. DaveandTeena

    Minstergate York - MG Dealer Discussion, Opinions & Experiences

    We have had our last 2 vehicles from them a Hyundai i800 and now the MG zs not had any reason for concern always been O.K for us, although we haven't had any issues to test their competence
  16. DaveandTeena

    Does the ZS EV drive train have a differential

    I thought it was the legal noise they have to make for pedestrians to hear us coming, didn't think it was whining
  17. DaveandTeena

    Average speed v miles/Kwh challenge!

    York to Boston and back 196 miles return journey 96.6 miles @ 3.8m/Kwh air conditioning on all way home
  18. DaveandTeena

    BP home charger

    DNO coming next Thursday at 10a.m to estimate for new supply, they mentioned a charge limiter might be our answer, that's why I asked does the BP pulse charger support this,
  19. DaveandTeena

    BP home charger

    Hi all, I have searched with the search bar but didn't find any results, we are having a free BP charger fitted but cant upgrade to 100 amp fuse, Linked supply end of 8 homes, my question is does the BP charger have a charge limiter inside or is there an option of something else, BP survey said...
  20. DaveandTeena

    Octopus Go Faster

    we have stayed with British gas Fixed price Aug 2022v2 until 31/08/2022, 13.146p per Kwh and 20.864p standing charge we also have solar panels so are charging through the day as we only do about 5000 miles a year 5000/3.5=1428.57 Kwh expected usage, 27 Kwh a week £3.61 a week or a bit less with...
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