Hi all I’m new here lm just about to place an order for a new mini electric and was looking for recommendations on what charger to go for ?
When I was looking the Zappi was the best option to use tge solar input. But you need another box to handle the monitoring and switching called an Eddi which is about £400. For me when I thought about how often I will be realistically able to connect while generating enough to put excess into the car throughout the year it wasn't worth it. Especially true as with my use case for the SE 100% of my charging is at 7.5p per kW. I think I calculated my break-even on the Eddi at about 5-6 years. Plus our solar array is OLD so we get around 50p per kW for feeding back.Thanks for the info
I have a 100A fuse
I also have solar panels I think they are 8kw so would want to make the most of them
Mini recommend the pod point but mite give that make a miss ! I do have a couple of independent firms coming to have a look but it is always good to have an idea of what I need 1st
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Hi all I’m new here lm just about to place an order for a new mini electric and was looking for recommendations on what charger to go for ?
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HiHi all I’m new here lm just about to place an order for a new mini electric and was looking for recommendations on what charger to go for ?
My install of the charge point was super slick at 4 hours, but my fuse was 60A so I was limited to 10A charging until the DNO spent 2 weeks doing this...Some installs appear to be easy and quick - and then there is me.....
Good luck with yours, I'm off outside now to finish digging the required trench between my house and garage.....
It means you can’t make use of cheap overnight tariffs though. I get four hours of electricity at 7.5p per kWh. That 4 hours is more than enough to fill up when I need it. If I had to use the granny charger I would exceed the 4 hours and end up paying 39.25p per kWh. That would quickly eat into any savings from not having a wall box.Lucky enough to have a small garage to park inside.
My SE is parked at home for at least 15 hours per day plus I very rarely drive over 90 miles in that day.
This means the 3 pin granny charger is perfectly fine.
The £700 saving on a wall box pays for a few years of overnight slow charging once or twice a week.
I had to give the installer my home network WiFi password..how do you initially setup the wifi if you can't talk to it without an internet connection?
Because anyone with my password can access everything on my home network including personal and financial details.How is giving out your WiFi password the same as handing over all your personal data?