Older Polar Home Chargers - can they be smart?

[kierend]

hi everyone.

I am on my 2nd electric car, had a Zoe, Now an MG5.
We had a charger at home provided over 5 years ago and it works fine, Polar branded like this one
https://i.ebayimg.com/images/g/qUIAAOSw75thIoir/s-l1600.jpg

I repaired it a while ago as I had lost the key to switch it on (dont worry i'm qualified engineer etc quite safe)

My question is, when I opened it, it looked to me like it had a SIM card on the circuit board, Does anyone know if these units can give any information out over SMS or a smart app, or is the card just for reporting back to Polar / Chargemaster, or a function that was never switched on?

I was looking at replacing it so I could set up a timer for the car to charge at preset times, but if I could fine a way to control this one I wouldnt needed to spend £500, which would be great

 

[Lovemyev]

hi everyone.

I am on my 2nd electric car, had a Zoe, Now an MG5.
We had a charger at home provided over 5 years ago and it works fine, Polar branded like this one
https://i.ebayimg.com/images/g/qUIAAOSw75thIoir/s-l1600.jpg

I repaired it a while ago as I had lost the key to switch it on (dont worry i'm qualified engineer etc quite safe)

My question is, when I opened it, it looked to me like it had a SIM card on the circuit board, Does anyone know if these units can give any information out over SMS or a smart app, or is the card just for reporting back to Polar / Chargemaster, or a function that was never switched on?

I was looking at replacing it so I could set up a timer for the car to charge at preset times, but if I could fine a way to control this one I wouldnt needed to spend £500, which would be great

Fit a Wi-Fi relay inside the unit then you can control the wall box from a free to download App on your phone.
A cheap fix for the older type dumb wall boxes.
I have a Sonoff relay in my 5 year old Rolec unit, I think it was about £15 from EBay.
Shelly make a very similar device that other owners have used, about the same price.

 

[5teep]

or a function that was never switched on?

Probably this, it's cheaper to make one model that can do extra than multiple models which have individual features.

 

[supermegamonkee]

We had a polar charger in 2014 that had cellular network, as you could log on and see the charging history. Cant for the life of me remember if you could start delay charging??