MG4 solar charging

[Tertim]

I purchased my mg4 in August this year and was assured by the dealer that everything was checked and latest software was installed! However the HVAC temperature was under reading, no voice recognition and software not updated. The dealer has undertaken to rectify these issues, apart from these issues I'm delighted with my car and just love the peace and quiet whilst driving.
I have solar panels at my property and for 8 months of the year I have excess solar power which I intend to charge the car with the granny lead.
I would be interested to here from other members who charge with solar.

 

[Jomarkh]

I purchased my mg4 in August this year and was assured by the dealer that everything was checked and latest software was installed! However the HVAC temperature was under reading, no voice recognition and software not updated. The dealer has undertaken to rectify these issues, apart from these issues I'm delighted with my car and just love the peace and quiet whilst driving.
I have solar panels at my property and for 8 months of the year I have excess solar power which I intend to charge the car with the granny lead.
I would be interested to here from other members who charge with solar.

I would use solar to charge my car via a Zappi but I get paid 15p/kWh export and charge overnight at 7p/kWh.
Can you change the current on your granny EVSE otherwise it will use 10A about 2.2kW

 

[Bam Bam]

I would be interested to here from other members who charge with solar.

Yeah, for the last 18 months or so in the UK it has been better to charge on cheap overnight tariff and export the solar during the day.

That will probably end in a few years and we will go back to self-consumption.

If you don't have the generous export tariff then I guess you will be trying to plug in during the times when you've got surplus solar.

Does your granny charger have any kind of smart control or timer setting (I wasn't aware that they did). If not, I guess you could set the car so it only charges during daylight hours but you'd have to remember to turn that off if you ever wanted to charge outside those times.

 

[Tertim]

I would use solar to charge my car via a Zappi but I get paid 15p/kWh export and charge overnight at 7p/kWh.
Can you change the current on your granny EVSE otherwise it will use 10A about 2.2kW

I installed the solar system myself, it's not tied to the grid and I have a hybrid controller with a 16kw battery, I only take power from the grid in the winter. The plan is to plug in the granny charger during the day on a timer to disconnect when the sun goes down.
I normally charge from a 7kw charger installed in my barn which is on a night tariff.

 

[Tertim]

Yeah, for the last 18 months or so in the UK it has been better to charge on cheap overnight tariff and export the solar during the day.

That will probably end in a few years and we will go back to self-consumption.

If you don't have the generous export tariff then I guess you will be trying to plug in during the times when you've got surplus solar.

Does your granny charger have any kind of smart control or timer setting (I wasn't aware that they did). If not, I guess you could set the car so it only charges during daylight hours but you'd have to remember to turn that off if you ever wanted to charge outside those times.

Yes that's my plan hopefully I'll have free power for at least 8 months of the year

 

[decrep]

We have a big advantage here in aus, plenty of sunshine.
We can charge our car purely on sunshine, even in the Winter.
I'll shortly be able to automatically only charge when there's excess solar, once the EVSE people get the software working.
We have 9.6kW panels and a 5kW inverter, so I can charge at 4.5kW and still have a bit left over for running the house.

 

[Kenno]

We have a big advantage here in aus, plenty of sunshine.
We can charge our car purely on sunshine, even in the Winter.
I'll shortly be able to automatically only charge when there's excess solar, once the EVSE people get the software working.
We have 9.6kW panels and a 5kW inverter, so I can charge at 4.5kW and still have a bit left over for running the house.

And we get b* all for exporting power, so we want to use it or store it, and only if we can't do that we export it. Currently in Sydney I get 8c per Kw/h exported (around 4p). Where as conversely in the UK, you can probably make more money exporting and then charging on a cheap rate