Random EV thoughts.....

Black_Knight

tom_tarbucket wrote: »

For 1. It seems like free credit. See attached.

Edit: Or maybe not, I think they are saying the actual card is worth 10 Euro.

That's exactly what it is. Replacement card sounds like it's gonna be €10. Seems a rip off really, though I guess the app is planned to be the free alternative to the card.

tom_tarbucket

Black_Knight wrote: »

That's exactly what it is. Replacement card sounds like it's gonna be €10. Seems a rip off really, though I guess the app is planned to be the free alternative to the card.

I already have a card. (Credit card sizes)

Be great if they had a smaller fob type card to attach to keys. Anyone know of the new card is still credit card sized.

September1

tom_tarbucket wrote: »

I already have a card. (Credit card sizes)

Be great if they had a smaller fob type card to attach to keys. Anyone know of the new card is still credit card sized.

It is exactly same card as ones they were giving last year, so credit card sized and same design.

Black_Knight

Here's a random EV thought/mention.

Google maps is gearing up to allow you to pay for EV charging through it.

https://www.xda-developers.com/google-maps-10-30-electric-vehicle-charging-payments-compatible-plugs/

tom_tarbucket

unkel wrote: »

Owl intuition. I bought one on adverts.ie for €15 and another on eBay for GBP8

Early bird gets the worm and all. You have to put in the time and the effort to get a bargain.

Will these owl things work on the new digital meters (with no spinny wheel etc)

unkel

tom_tarbucket wrote: »

Will these owl things work on the new digital meters (with no spinny wheel etc)

Yep, they just clamp onto the incomer. No matter what fancy meter you have after that.

handofdog

I'd highly recommend the Owl.


We have ours approx 5 years now. In the first few months it paid for itself - even at full purchase cost of approx €40.



It helped me to hone in on devices that were really uneconomical - one particular lamp was just burning money! I realise that this could have been done without the Owl but using the Owl just made things so much more convenient,

Black_Knight

Does the Owl have any integrations? Any APIs to hit? I've home assistant doing all my home automation and metrics gathering, so ideally i'd get something which works with that.
Shelly energy monitor crossed my mind too.



I want to be able to pull data from it and store it on a local DB I have. From where I can display everything in Grafana, where all my other metrics are.

handofdog

Black_Knight wrote: »

Does the Owl have any integrations? Any APIs to hit? I've home assistant doing all my home automation and metrics gathering, so ideally i'd get something which works with that.
Shelly energy monitor crossed my mind too.



I want to be able to pull data from it and store it on a local DB I have. From where I can display everything in Grafana, where all my other metrics are.

It seems to have some form of API but I've never used it: https://theowl.zendesk.com/hc/en-gb/articles/201284603-Multicast-UDP-API-Information


Scroll down the page to see some pdfs that have sample data,

charlieIRL

Black_Knight wrote: »

Here's a random EV thought/mention.

Google maps is gearing up to allow you to pay for EV charging through it.

https://www.xda-developers.com/google-maps-10-30-electric-vehicle-charging-payments-compatible-plugs/

Wouldn't it be great to have one app which shows all charge points available, no matter who supplies them, and see if they are free or in use?

No more swapping between ecars / plugshare etc.

Mickeroo

charlieIRL wrote: »

Wouldn't it be great to have one app which shows all charge points available, no matter who supplies them, and see if they are free or in use?

No more swapping between ecars / plugshare etc.

Doesn't Zap Map do that?

Black_Knight

handofdog wrote: »

It seems to have some form of API but I've never used it: https://theowl.zendesk.com/hc/en-gb/articles/201284603-Multicast-UDP-API-Information


Scroll down the page to see some pdfs that have sample data,

Cheers. Had a quick google around, and it appears that the OWL transmits its data over 433mhz. I can listen and capture data on 433mhz using rtl_433, and pump that onto an MQTT topic for my automation to consume. That's my theory anyways

JohnC.

Bjorn found a Leaf in Thailand with 70% degradation. Grey import from Japan from 2011, but sat in a showroom for 5 years until bought in 2016. And being Thailand, it's always hot. Owner says he's getting 40-45km range these days.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s9wIYbTx-xY

handofdog

handofdog wrote: »

It seems to have some form of API but I've never used it: https://theowl.zendesk.com/hc/en-gb/articles/201284603-Multicast-UDP-API-Information


Scroll down the page to see some pdfs that have sample data,

I used a raspberrypi and a python script to extract and graph the data.

tom_tarbucket

handofdog wrote: »

I'd highly recommend the Owl.


We have ours approx 5 years now. In the first few months it paid for itself - even at full purchase cost of approx €40.



It helped me to hone in on devices that were really uneconomical - one particular lamp was just burning money! I realise that this could have been done without the Owl but using the Owl just made things so much more convenient,

Is there any such thing as just one that you can use on a iPhone for example. Clamp on the wire, app on the phone, view from the comfort of your phone.

MJohnston

tom_tarbucket wrote: »

Is there any such thing as just one that you can use on a iPhone for example. Clamp on the wire, app on the phone, view from the comfort of your phone.

A few here: https://3dinsider.com/home-energy-monitors/

Also: https://www.smappee.com/be_en/homepage?l=en_IE

tom_tarbucket

MJohnston wrote: »

A few here: https://3dinsider.com/home-energy-monitors/

Also: https://www.smappee.com/be_en/homepage?l=en_IE

Thanks.
To be honest not looking for anything over complicated. just something to show my real-time kWh readout from the meter box. any tips?

Black_Knight

tom_tarbucket wrote: »

Thanks.
To be honest not looking for anything over complicated. just something to show my real-time kWh readout from the meter box. any tips?

He has literally posted you links to options which do what you're asking. Find one that suits your needs and go with it.

Stealthirl

Whatwicklow wrote: »

2 Disaster - Water bottle frozen and no under bonnet heat to defrost, Ballygowan out the window was less than satisfactory to clear the window.

I use this in the winter, available at woodies and micksgarage, €10 for 5L

unkel

No need for that. A €1.29 bottle of concentrated screen wash from Lidl mixed in with 2-3l of water and it will never freeze over in Ireland.

Stealthirl

unkel wrote: »

No need for that. A €1.29 bottle of concentrated screen wash from Lidl mixed in with 2-3l of water and it will never freeze over in Ireland.

Mistake on the image as it should be 5L not 2L
€2/L wont break the bank

MicksGarage.com

Stealthirl wrote: »

I use this in the winter, available at woodies and micksgarage, €10 for 5L

Prestone is a brilliant brand as mentioned our 5L bottles are €9.99 at the moment. We'll put a link to the product here: Prestone Screen Wash

charlieIRL

i was charging at a 22kWh charger there while i got some lunch today and when i came back, a UK reg Tesla was charging beside me. Would it not take hours and hours for them to get a decent amount of charge?

Model S, crikey they are lovely!!!

Black_Knight

charlieIRL wrote: »

i was charging at a 22kWh charger there while i got some lunch today and when i came back, a UK reg Tesla was charging beside me. Would it not take hours and hours for them to get a decent amount of charge?

Model S, crikey they are lovely!!!

Yup. Charges at 11kW/hr as far as I know. Were they just sitting in the car while it charged?

JPA

charlieIRL wrote: »

i was charging at a 22kWh charger there while i got some lunch today and when i came back, a UK reg Tesla was charging beside me. Would it not take hours and hours for them to get a decent amount of charge?

Model S, crikey they are lovely!!!

Could get 25% in 2 hours, nothing wrong with that.

KCross

charlieIRL wrote: »

i was charging at a 22kWh charger there while i got some lunch today and when i came back, a UK reg Tesla was charging beside me. Would it not take hours and hours for them to get a decent amount of charge?

The amount of km added is easily as much as you got in the same time so it’s not so much what % they got but what km they added!

unkel

charlieIRL wrote: »

i was charging at a 22kWh charger there while i got some lunch today and when i came back, a UK reg Tesla was charging beside me. Would it not take hours and hours for them to get a decent amount of charge?

Some of them have a dual charger, so can take 22kW. Which would mean 20% to 80% charge in for a S70 in under 2 hours. A similar 20% to 80% charger would take longer in my 28kWh Ioniq at the same charger getting 7.2kW...

tom_tarbucket

Any good site or app that lets you enter your car type and battery power and it will do a route plan and charging locations along the way? Specifically anyone Irish centric

Dempsey

tom_tarbucket wrote: »

Any good site or app that lets you enter your car type and battery power and it will do a route plan and charging locations along the way? Specifically anyone Irish centric

Zap Map

liamog

tom_tarbucket wrote: »

Any good site or app that lets you enter your car type and battery power and it will do a route plan and charging locations along the way? Specifically anyone Irish centric

https://abetterrouteplanner.com ZapMap is useful for status but not great for planning. ABRP is also great for 'testing' new cars with longer ranges.