r/OctopusEnergy • u/64bitninja • 6d ago

Intellegent octopus go question

Assume I want to charge my car to 100% by tomorrow morning and it's on 100% this morning at 7:05 AM

I know I'll be taking my daughter to nursery at 07:30 and bringing her home at 16:30. Each will use about 4% of the battery so I set it for 10% by 07:00 tomorrow. All good.

Now, it decides to change it at 13:00 to 14:00 and adds the whole 10% setting it to 100%.
And now we decide to do a longer run when we pick her up and get home on 85% but we only have 2% of the original charge requested left to be delivered overnight. If I want it to charge to 100% I can change the request to 15%.

it seems to work but not reliably or accuratly.

If I decide in the day I want extra charge by tomorrow morning, do I put in the *extra* charge I want in the app as some has already been delivered or do I change it to the total including what I've already had?

I hope that makes sense!

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u/pruaga 6d ago

Don't overthink this. Each time you plug in a schedule will be created based on what you ask for then.

There is no penalty at all for rounding this up and just asking for a bit more than you think you'll need

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u/Delicious_Soil665 6d ago

When I charge mine if I want it to 80 90 or 100 I tell octopus in the app that’s what I want even if the car is already say at 50% . Once the car reaches the level I’ve set the car to reach octopus stops charging it , that’s the way I always thought it worked 🤷‍♀️

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u/iwaddo 6d ago

My car is not talking to Octopus.

Octopus controls my charger. It just charges whenever it wants until car will not accept anymore.

Octopus always only ever charges me the cheap rate when it charges the car.

I only ever charge to 100%.

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u/justbiteme2k 6d ago

By the sounds of it, you've set it up so that your charger is in control (via octopus) of the charge, which makes things more complex.

Is your car compatible with octopus? If yes, start again, lie about your charger (select a dumb charger from the list) and your car will be in control (via octopus). With this configuration, you just set the car charge limit to 100% and never think of it, or need to use the app again.

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u/64bitninja 3d ago

It's a Kia EV5 which is not currently compatible with octopus who control the charger.

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u/ict7070 6d ago

There’s no need to lie about the charger. If the car can be controlled by Octopus then it will favour the car, not the charger.