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 Batpred
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Topic starter 22/10/2025 2:10 pm  

I had an EV car for a few years and an EV charger for a bit longer.
You may wonder why I didn’t wait until ordering my BMW and let the salesperson “handle that for me”?

Everyone’s different. We read the regs, we wanted the wiring neat. Our wall insulation was planned. We wanted the wall tidy. So we took charge (pun mildly intended). We bought the charger unit, got a proper electrician who gave the certificate and all. When I realised the registration hadn’t been done with the DNO—well, I did it.

Now I’m eyeing up a second charger. Same house, same optimism—but definitely not the same brand.

Here’s what matters to me these days: reliability. Do what it says on the tin. No “beta features” that turns us into lab mice testers. No app that thinks my driveway is under the 5G mast. Or one that tries to deceive the ISO level API security standards my car manufacturer made available (with a sorry end).

Ideally my charger should:

  • Top up the car battery to a minimum level by a set time (for those early commuters among us). No ifs nor buts.
  • Do it as cheaply as possible, without any safety shortcuts.
  • Use my PV power smartly or buy leccy when the grid’s cheap. And if so, charge it  to a higher level.
  • Have an app that remembers who it is from one week to the next. Or no app at all, what’s wrong with a touchscreen on the charger?

And yes, it should be “kind to the grid.” Though honestly—how’s a normal human supposed to know what that means? Half the time, “grid-friendly” seems to mean “we limited your charging speed without telling you.”

What about you—have you found a charger that behaves like a grown-up appliance instead of an overexcited teenager with a Wi-Fi addiction?



   
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