Ohme Pro and Intelligent Octopus Go.

[Panther]

With regards to pre-heating the car, does it do this whilst charging (cheap rate heating ), or does it stop the charge and use the cars battery?

Is the preference to use the Octopus app or the Ohme app?

 

[JohnV6]

No idea re preheating as I never use it.
You need to link your Octopus app to the Ohme as a device. Don't use you Gmail to log into Ohme as octopus needs a password.

You then schedule charging on the Ohme app using dynamic charging. You set the percentage charge and when you need the car.

 

[LenEV2016]

With regards to pre-heating the car, does it do this whilst charging (cheap rate heating ), or does it stop the charge and use the cars battery?

Is the preference to use the Octopus app or the Ohme app?

If it's plugged in it draws from the house, if not the car

 

[mikgle]

Awaiting impending delivery of MG4 and also in the process of switching to intelligent Octopus Go tariff from fixed rate.

I have an Ohme Pro charger but how do I schedule it to charge between 11.30pm and 5.30am to get the cheap 7p per Kw rate? is this done through the car, octopus app or the Ohme app or another way?

Any advice appreciated so that I'm set up to go once the car arrives.

You just plug in and enter on the Octopus app how much charge you want to add (%of your battery) and when you want it by. Octopus does the rest, on the cheap rate. If you want to charge immediately regardless then press the Bump Charge button.

 

[Joningy]

Awaiting impending delivery of MG4 and also in the process of switching to intelligent Octopus Go tariff from fixed rate.

I have an Ohme Pro charger but how do I schedule it to charge between 11.30pm and 5.30am to get the cheap 7p per Kw rate? is this done through the car, octopus app or the Ohme app or another way?

Any advice appreciated so that I'm set up to go once the car arrives.

I had an MG4, now have an S5, I use the MG app to set up my charge schedule, or just plug in and leave for smart charging.

 

[Joningy]

Since the many conversations regarding battery equalisation on this forum, I now equalise about once a month to maintain optimum (hopefully) performance, but instead of letting the battery drain to below 20% or lower as recommended by some, this takes a lot of power from the grid and runs out of the 6 hours cheap off peak rate (Octopus Intelligent Go) and into peak cost, so now (as suggested elsewhere) I charge from any state of charge % to 100% so long as you don't allow the SOC% to go too low, say 50+% which will consume in the region of 30+ kWh of power and easily keeps within the 6 hours off peak rate of 7p per kWh.