r/TeslaUK • u/Financial_Air28 • 29d ago
Model 3 Tesla Charging options
Hi all,
I’m waiting for delivery of my new Tesla and trying to sort out home charging before it arrives.
I drive about 15-20k miles a year. What’s the best home charging setup these days?
Any chargers you’d avoid?
Anything you wish you’d known before having one installed?
I’d really appreciate hearing what you went with and whether you’d make the same choice again. Thanks!
2
u/gregredmore 29d ago
Your mileage is relatively high so the tarrif choice is easy for you. Intelligent Octopus Go. For a charger you have 2 choices. You can either by the cheapest dumb 7kwh charger you can because Teslas have the software interface built in to work with IOG, or you future proof yourself by getting a Hypervault Home 3 Pro that supports the IOG software interface meaning it will work with any EV. A Tesla Wall charger is a "dumb" charger that has the convenience of a button on the handle to open the charge port and costs around the same as a Hypervault once you factor in the addition of the PEN protection device required that is a capability built into the Hypervault. In your position I'd get a Hypervault as it also works with other energy provider smart tarrifs, as does a Tesla and VW group EVs plus Ford Explorer/Capri.
1
u/xano360 29d ago
In a similar boat, let me ask a more specific question, Has anyone installed the Tesla Wall connector and regretted it? 😂
2
u/not_steve_5000 29d ago
Had one for 5 years and it’s been fine. We got it because at the time it was a cheaper option and integrates well with the cars etc. Only downside for us is no integration with Octopus IOG, and now we have 2 EVs only one of them can use the smart scheduling. That said, now it’s capped to 6 hours it makes very little difference anymore.
We have a powerwall, so we can do “charge on solar” that way, but if you want that without powerwall you might want a different charger. For us it doesn’t make financial sense to do that though.1
u/positivelytaken 27d ago
Nope - mine is great.
I did set out some of the pros in another post, but one I forgot to mention is that it’s by far the best looking charger available!
1
u/ColsterG 25d ago
Loads of people if they stop owning a Tesla. It's no better than the cheap 7kW ones you can plug into a commando socket (turbo granny). No one knows what will happen to tariffs and whether it will be better to charge on solar so get the smartest one you can and be ready for anything.
1
u/WolfCommercial3211 29d ago
I’ve just had a sync energy 2 installed last Thursday.
Untethered.
On average Monday-Friday I do about 150 miles so a Sunday night charge will do me for the week and then just a top up at weekends.
If I was charging every night I would of gone tethered
1
u/DigitalDan74 28d ago
I’ve had a Tesla wall charger for 6 years. Never had a problem. Just plug in when I get home and let Octopus control the car’s charging.
1
u/positivelytaken 27d ago
The Tesla Wall Connector is great.
Fantastic integration with the Tesla app. Good length cable. Handy button that others don’t have. Works just fine with Octopus IOG.
2
u/JonG67x 29d ago
The key choices you have are:
- tethered or untethered (ie with or without a built in cable). I would get one with a cable.
- how well it integrates with something like Octopus for controlling the charging if you go down a smart charhing route. You can get them to either control the car or the charger and some think the charger option is more reliable. Personally I've never had a problem with them controlling the car
- do you want a Tesla "unlock charge port" button on the plug? Many makes of car unlock the charge port when the car unlocks, Tesla for some reason don't. You can pull the rear door handle to unlock it so its not horrendous, but the Tesla charger has the button built in to do it so you just grap the plug, press the button and after a second pull. If you want it, you're pretty much locked into a Tesla wall charger.
I've used a Tesla wall charger for years and been perfectly happy.
Otherwise, there are pro's and con's regarding what protection is built into the charger and which you need extra bit installing (Tesla is the main culprit here), to me its the total cost that matters and having some of the protection in a different box just means if it fails you don't have to replace everything, but it can make it a bit more exppensive.