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by ItshardtobuyId3
Sat Apr 23, 2022 8:13 pm
Forum: Main Volkswagen ID.3 chat
Topic: Time to charge
Replies: 2
Views: 930

Re: Time to charge

I’m charging from a three pin plug. I’m a little confused by the app and the synchronising. The charging unit says it’s charging but the app doesn’t seem to be showing that it is… Do I need to be doing something specific on the app? I’m finding the app isn’t updating very well on iOS. If the app wa...
by ItshardtobuyId3
Sat Apr 23, 2022 6:20 pm
Forum: Faults & Technical
Topic: Don’t buy an Ohme Charger
Replies: 52
Views: 14277

Re: Don’t buy an Ohme Charger

I’ve been asked to start using the API again while they investigate the issue. I’m gonna be for some pretty random charge session outcomes I reckon. Then again it will probably behave flawlessly now it’s being watched. I’ve put it on charge for tonight and I’m actually willing it to go wrong so I sh...
by ItshardtobuyId3
Fri Apr 22, 2022 11:53 am
Forum: Faults & Technical
Topic: Don’t buy an Ohme Charger
Replies: 52
Views: 14277

Re: Don’t buy an Ohme Charger

Ohme emailed me to apologise for closing the support ticket without checking with me first and have reopened it. It being escalated up so there is hope after all. I feel a bit bad about this thread and the snotty response I gave to the email yesterday but I was really very unimpressed! Fingers cross...
by ItshardtobuyId3
Fri Apr 22, 2022 9:06 am
Forum: Faults & Technical
Topic: Don’t buy an Ohme Charger
Replies: 52
Views: 14277

Re: Don’t buy an Ohme Charger

This is interesting. I have an Ohme Pro sat by my desk waiting to be installed next week. We'll (probably) be getting a Cupra Born, so I guess that most of the info here is relevant. One question for people - mine has support for a "load balancing" sensor, which can monitor the overall ho...
by ItshardtobuyId3
Fri Apr 22, 2022 8:38 am
Forum: Faults & Technical
Topic: Don’t buy an Ohme Charger
Replies: 52
Views: 14277

Re: Don’t buy an Ohme Charger

The other night I just wanted to charge from 65% to 80%, as I have the Tour we are talking somewhere in the region of 11.5 kWh. So it was simple to charge that amount in the 4 hour window you would think. No the Ohme only managed 7.3 kWh in that time and this is how it delivered this. kW Start End ...
by ItshardtobuyId3
Fri Apr 22, 2022 7:44 am
Forum: Faults & Technical
Topic: Don’t buy an Ohme Charger
Replies: 52
Views: 14277

Re: Don’t buy an Ohme Charger

I've had similar unreliable experience as the OP with an Ohme Home Pro. I had some initial problems but managed to find a specific set of settings that worked reliably until they updated the app to allow API integration (note, I have never connected ot to my car's API.) Since that update it only wo...
by ItshardtobuyId3
Fri Apr 22, 2022 7:21 am
Forum: Faults & Technical
Topic: Don’t buy an Ohme Charger
Replies: 52
Views: 14277

Re: Don’t buy an Ohme Charger

It does seem from other posts on the forum that’s it’s the Home Pro that others are having trouble with. It might well turn out there is some fault with the car and it’s not the charger, but over a month to respond to a support ticket and then to just close it because the last charge worked is blood...
by ItshardtobuyId3
Thu Apr 21, 2022 8:53 pm
Forum: Faults & Technical
Topic: Don’t buy an Ohme Charger
Replies: 52
Views: 14277

Don’t buy an Ohme Charger

Rant alert! Don’t buy an Ohme charger if you have or are buying an ID.3. I’m a bit annoyed right now and perhaps shouldn’t be posting until I’ve had time to reflect but…. save yourself from their useless customer service. Buy a pod point or a dumb charger with a timer, anything else but DON’T by an ...
by ItshardtobuyId3
Tue Apr 19, 2022 6:17 pm
Forum: Main Volkswagen ID.3 chat
Topic: First service cost
Replies: 6
Views: 2917

Re: First service cost

not milage related?? 24 months unlimited miles https://www.volkswagen.co.uk/en/owners-and-drivers/servicing/service-plans/service-schedules/electric.html Wow I can’t believe is actually says “ High-voltage battery: we check the charge level and recharge if necessary”. Just as well they do that. It ...
by ItshardtobuyId3
Sat Apr 16, 2022 10:11 pm
Forum: Faults & Technical
Topic: Intermittent charging fault
Replies: 3
Views: 1126

Re: Intermittent charging fault

Forgot to say in my last post that I think I'd caught the 'select Reduced AC charge' when stopping the previous charge from within the car, the two selectors are close together. I’ve never selected that setting and it isn’t turned on, thanks for the suggestion though. It’s bound to come up but I do...
by ItshardtobuyId3
Sat Apr 16, 2022 8:02 pm
Forum: Faults & Technical
Topic: Intermittent charging fault
Replies: 3
Views: 1126

Intermittent charging fault

As some of the regulars here will already know, I’ve been having problems with my car charging overnight on my Ohme where it sometimes only charges at 3.7 kWh. I was pretty convinced it was a problem with the charger because I could pause and resume an affected charge and it would jump straight to 7...
by ItshardtobuyId3
Thu Apr 14, 2022 11:54 am
Forum: Main Volkswagen ID.3 chat
Topic: VW We charge / Elli
Replies: 13
Views: 4250

Re: VW We charge / Elli

Big277wave wrote: Thu Apr 14, 2022 10:32 am Sorry to hijack the thread a bit but does anyone know if you still get a reduced price offer for Ionity with a new ID.3?
I did when I signed up to we charge a few weeks back. You get the lowest paid subscription free for a year.
by ItshardtobuyId3
Mon Apr 04, 2022 9:16 am
Forum: Main Volkswagen ID.3 chat
Topic: For those with Ohme charger.
Replies: 42
Views: 11921

Re: For those with Ohme charger.

When this change was announced (email received March 10), I was eager to get going with it, so that the charger would have car-verified data about charge state instead of assuming 0% start 100% finished. But the Ohme app stubornly refused to accept my VW login. I told Ohme, got an immediate automat...
by ItshardtobuyId3
Sun Apr 03, 2022 7:40 pm
Forum: Off-Topic Chat
Topic: Solar Panels
Replies: 28
Views: 12917

Re: Solar Panels

Yes, it’s odd how people rush down the road of payback when that wasn’t one of my primary concerns. I've been pondering solar for a while, and the primary reason for installing would be environmental. But its a lot of money, so we can't just write it off - we need to be able to recoup much of the i...
by ItshardtobuyId3
Sun Apr 03, 2022 3:36 pm
Forum: Main Volkswagen ID.3 chat
Topic: Trip to Cornwall from Wilts (inc recommendation for holiday accommodation.
Replies: 5
Views: 1287

Re: Trip to Cornwall from Wilts (inc recommendation for holiday accommodation.

Does anyone know what progress there is with the gridserve hub at Cornwall services in Bodmin? I thought they were supposed to be finished but doesn’t look like it. Going down in May and they’d be in a perfect spot. Think Cornwall is in the early stages, see twitter link. I guess possible by later ...
by ItshardtobuyId3
Sun Apr 03, 2022 2:31 pm
Forum: Main Volkswagen ID.3 chat
Topic: Trip to Cornwall from Wilts (inc recommendation for holiday accommodation.
Replies: 5
Views: 1287

Re: Trip to Cornwall from Wilts (inc recommendation for holiday accommodation.

Does anyone know what progress there is with the gridserve hub at Cornwall services in Bodmin? I thought they were supposed to be finished but doesn’t look like it.

Going down in May and they’d be in a perfect spot.
by ItshardtobuyId3
Sat Apr 02, 2022 9:17 am
Forum: Main Volkswagen ID.3 chat
Topic: Octopus Go New Tariffs
Replies: 144
Views: 41869

Re: Octopus Go New Tariffs

I see they have sneaked the day rate up from 30p to 35p. I’m glad I switched a month earlier now. Couldn’t see them keeping at at 30p when the new cap kicked in, it would have been been a bargain (if you can call 30p that) even without an EV.
by ItshardtobuyId3
Sat Apr 02, 2022 8:10 am
Forum: Off-Topic Chat
Topic: Direct Comparison to the Cupra Born
Replies: 283
Views: 105883

Re: Direct Comparison to the Cupra Born

Shame about the wipers but at least they moved the lights. A step in the right direction.
by ItshardtobuyId3
Fri Apr 01, 2022 8:30 pm
Forum: Off-Topic Chat
Topic: Direct Comparison to the Cupra Born
Replies: 283
Views: 105883

Re: Direct Comparison to the Cupra Born

Last Saturday I popped up to Kirkcaldy to have a look at the Cupra Born in the metal as they have their demonstrator car and a showroom car now in. For comparison purposes it was handy their demo was white, the same as my ID.3. Side by side lets you get a decent comparison where you can see both th...
by ItshardtobuyId3
Fri Apr 01, 2022 6:31 am
Forum: Main Volkswagen ID.3 chat
Topic: Octopus Go + Ohme
Replies: 7
Views: 2514

Re: Octopus Go + Ohme

Hmmm… last night it worked again. Very odd!