Charger recommendations for Octopus energy

[yebaws]

Will be buying an Enyaq soon, so looking to get a home charger sorted out.

I'm with Octopus Energy. Currently on Agile Tarriff, but plan to switch to IOG (Intelligent Octopus Go) once we have our Enyaq.

In order to be able to get the IOG tarriff, I have to have either a "compatible car or charger", so that charging can be controlled by Octopus. From what I have read, the Enyaq is Octopus compatible, which would leave me free to use whatever charger I wanted, and save a bit of money over buying a Zappi or Ohme charger. I Am interested in something like this: https://shop.openenergymonitor.com/emon ... on-type-2/ The fact that integration with Home Assistant should be easier with this also appeals.

But I need to be certain that I don't need a specifically Octopus compatible charger, otherwise I won't be able to get the IOG tarriff, and it will be an expensive mistake...

Interested to hear experiences and suggestions please

[Walter Eagle]

Try the Octopus compatibility page at https://octopus.energy/intelligent-octo ... ibility/#/

It lists both the Enyaq and the EmonEVSE charger to select from, and then comes up with a "Congratulations, you're good to go" message.
Not sure what other evidence could add to this.

[Ken3966]

The garage I bought from had posters up and an example for an Ohme charger.
They got Ohme to contact me direct and quote for an install which was cheaper than a couple of quotes I had already had.
They posted me the charger direct and arranged a local installer to come in a fit it. He did a neat job.

[Fossilnot]

Ohme epod working well on Octopus Go (reverted to OG after rocky experience with IOG). Also cannot recommend EO chargers-mine ceased to perform after two years or so…. In any event, and it is a direct quote from Octopus, ‘We no longer work with EO’.

Fossilnot

[Largonaut1]

Myenergi Zappi works well, we are on the IOG tariff. We had to register the Enyaq a couple of weeks ago though.

[DazAutomatic]

The Enyaq is compatible, so you can get whatever cheap charger you like.
The dumber the better. But Zappi works well for me and worth the few quid extra.
As others have said, it's either/or, not both. Octopus just needs to control one, and it'll control your Enyaq.

[orrery]

I think there is some confusion on the Octopus pages about what constitutes a 'compatible' charger.
There are:
1 Chargers that control charging (with any EV)
2 Chargers that don't misbehave when you charge by allowing Octopus to control the car.

[NickyP]

I've been using octopus and a pod point for two years now, one or two minor issues setting up schedule at the beginning but been flawless ever since.

[RichR]

Apologies for the thread hijack - but does anyone know if Octopus now will control a Zappi to do a boost charge when it's in ECO+ mode, or does it only control the car (ie Zappi has to be left in Fast mode all the time)?

Most of the year mine sits in ECO+ mode so it can dump excess from the solar panels into the car rather than the grid once the house batteries are full, and I just do scheduled offpeak boost charges in winter if the car needs topping up.

[snalbansed]

If the zappi is connected to IOG then you leave the zappi in eco+ mode, which sounds like what you want.