Almo1954
Standard Member
How do you set the charging time ....we have tried unsuccessfully using the ohme home charger station and also via app
Its a night time tarrifWhat tariff are you on?
Many thanks for your reply. I can't find anything on the screen that relates to charging. We want to set our Ohme charging port in the driveway to start at say 01:00hrs and end at 06:00hrs but it doesn't appear to be that simple or straightforward...I don't think the functionality exists in the charger/app to take opportunity of off peak tariff.You can set the charging period on the car infotainment screen. Sorry I can’t explain exactly how, as I have always just used the app. If the app has been unsuccessful, it could be that the car already has something set up on it.
Thank you. Just to clarify....are you talking about the app for the car as we only have an app for the charger...Many thanks for your reply. I can't find anything on the screen that relates to charging. We want to set our Ohme charging port in the driveway to start at say 01:00hrs and end at 06:00hrs but it doesn't appear to be that simple or straightforward...I don't think the functionality exists in the charger/app to take opportunity of off peak tariff.
We have the ZS EV 2020. Think we were told by garage that there is no app for our model of car...thanks anyway for taking the time to help. We'll keep investigating. Waiting on the ohme pro charger installation person to come and help /advise us what is possible.....@Almo1954 - apologies, I thought you meant the iSMART app!
I presume that you have the pre-facelift car, which isn’t compatible with the app?
Is there anything on YouTube that may help you with charger settings?
Correct, this only came with the gen 2 face lift - that's both: no iSmart app support and no on-board scheduled charging. I've owned the gen 1 (& now the gen 2).We have the ZS EV 2020. Think we were told by garage that there is no app for our model of car...thanks anyway for taking the time to help. We'll keep investigating. Waiting on the ohme pro charger installation person to come and help /advise us what is possible.....
Correct, this only came with the gen 2 face lift - that's both: no iSmart app support and no on-board scheduled charging. I've owned the gen 1 (& now the gen 2).
The only way to scheule charging on the gen 1 is via the software that might be provided with your particular home charger brand. We bought a Wallbox Pulsar Plus at the time & it came with it own in-built scheduler which worked simply (as well as some nice features for entering our off-peak taffif rates, calculating cost on the charge etc).
In this case, yes, your only option to have the Ohme installer take a look and explain. It would appear that the Ohme phone app is meant to do all this. See
That would be OK for a light but not an EVSE granny pulling 2.2kW for hours on end.This is the 24hr timer.
We are waiting on our home "charger" installation guy to advise if we can set it to charge off peak ...ie. 1am to 6am thinkSo there is no work around for the pre-facelift with granny charging?
I worked it out it would be about 23p for 10 hours or 20p for 10 hours (based on my tariff). Better than petrol anyhow!
If you're electrically inclined, you could wire the timer to a relay with a 230 V AC coil, and use the normally open contacts to interrupt the control pilot signal. That means modifying inside the granny "charger" (be safe!) or inside the granny's plug, which is not ideal.So there is no work around for the pre-facelift with granny charging?
This is what I did so that I could wire in a light sensitive switch to charge off the solar panels when the sun shines.If you're electrically inclined, you could wire the timer to a relay with a 230 V AC coil, and use the normally open contacts to interrupt the control pilot signal. That means modifying inside the granny "charger" (be safe!) or inside the granny's plug, which is not ideal.