Best ev charger?

[mmmm2026]

Are Andersen's ev chargers any good? We had one instead over a month ago and keeps on having problems with solar charging. Thanks

 

[blup]

Hypervolt are good from what I have seen and come with a 10 metre cable option unlike many others.

 

[Munroast]

Are Andersen's ev chargers any good? We had one instead over a month ago and keeps on having problems with solar charging. Thanks

please explain "having problems with solar charging" in what way

 

[mmmm2026]

When we set the car to charge off the solar only, it charges for a little bit but then it stops and even if we have 3kw of solar spare, it doesn't come back on. The car then says "car not requesting charge". No problems charging at night from the grid or on cloudy days when the solar output is too low to charge the car at all. We don't have a battery system. The electrician who did the charger says Andersen have called him and said to him they have a known solar issue with solar charging so wondering if everyone with an Andersen charger is indeed having this problem or it's just me. Thanks

 

[Munroast]

do you not export, 12 p per kwh to export only 7p from the grid during the night, so really charging from solar is expensive way to charge


I'm interested in chargers, (i have an ev van and manage fine with 3 pin plug) wife wants an ev car so we will need a proper 30 mp charger. don't know watt to get

 

[mmmm2026]

We are on a gov scheme/contract from 2011 which will last till the end of the kife of the system. This means they assume you use half of the energy you produce. I think they pay us about 80p per kw (rising with inflation) regardless of how much we export. The more energy we produce we actually use the better as it's free.

 

[Rodders53]

Andersen are in Stewartby, the next village to me... former brickworks... very close to the Universal Theme Park now in build. Allegedly went bust and now Andersen/Evios. So beware! Oops, too late.

SpeakEV forum has probably a larger potential user base... search there for the issue?

I went for a Hypervolt myself, but don't have any solar panels.

 

[Highway Man]

I have a hypervolt and can fully recommend them. Zappi are also a good charger.

 

[Brigadier]

do you not export, 12 p per kwh to export only 7p from the grid during the night, so really charging from solar is expensive way to charge


I'm interested in chargers, (i have an ev van and manage fine with 3 pin plug) wife wants an ev car so we will need a proper 30 mp charger. don't know watt to get

I have a Wallbox, and it charges the car at 7kw, which is the maximum for a standard domestic supply, iirc.

If you have 3 phase at your house, you could have a 22kw charger.
Again, iirc.

The Wallbox has an app on my phone, you can program the charge schedule (for the cheapo night rate leccy, for example) and has (so far, and touching wood) given me no bother.

 

[Munroast]

I have a Wallbox, and it charges the car at 7kw, which is the maximum for a standard domestic supply, iirc.

If you have 3 phase at your house, you could have a 22kw charger.
Again, iirc.

The Wallbox has an app on my phone, you can program the charge schedule (for the cheapo night rate leccy, for example) and has (so far, and touching wood) given me no bother.

does yours communicate with your car and can you limit it to lets say 80% charge ?

I control my 3 pin plug via a python script on a raspPi but can't communicate with my van, so all I can do is type thee current charge % into the computer and since it charges at about 4% per hour I can effectively limit the chjarge that way

I also have a problem with the stupid growatt inverter, it sometimes decides to charge by van via the solar batteries which is relly annoying, however the Pi now controls the growatts access to the cloud and this seems to be working

 

[Brigadier]

does yours communicate with your car and can you limit it to lets say 80% charge ?

I don't know.

What I do know is that I can and do set the car - either through its screen or through the app on my phone - to limit the charge it will accept.

Think about it this way. The charger is like the counter at an all - you-can - eat buffet: it'll keep on feeding.
Your vehicle is the diner: it chooses when it has had enough.

Normally, I "tell" it to quit chugging electrons when it's 80% full.
When I have a longer day, I adjust the app and tell the car to fill it's boots.

 

[Highway Man]

I dont look on my charger as a counter at an all you can eat buffet,, I look at it as a piece of technological art.

 

[Munroast]

I don't know.

What I do know is that I can and do set the car - either through its screen or through the app on my phone - to limit the charge it will accept.

Think about it this way. The charger is like the counter at an all - you-can - eat buffet: it'll keep on feeding.
Your vehicle is the diner: it chooses when it has had enough.

Normally, I "tell" it to quit chugging electrons when it's 80% full.
When I have a longer day, I adjust the app and tell the car to fill it's boots.

no such settings in my van, I don't have a smartphone which I believe would give me some control, however I will get my finger out at some point and link its API to the pi and hopefully that will give me better control over charging