A comprehensive guide to the Zappi

[Stan]

I don’t want to teach anyone to suck eggs but this guide is beautifully put together. Not everyone will have an EV yet.

[Oliver90owner]

Thanks for posting, Stan,

The only real bit that he missed was the Tesla advice, to charge to 100% once a week (at least?), if it is fitted with a LiPO4 battery.

Likely the video was put up a bit too close to when Tesla started introducing LiPO4 batteries for the more ‘standard’ vehicles?

A good, enlightening video. But the Zappi needs careful consideration to judge the investment over return. My dumb charger was only about £250 all-in but no up-to-date price estimate for an installed Zappi. I can’t really decide on the best tariff (for me) yet - and I’ve had the car 7 months - let alone the best choice of charger.

[Stinsy]

The best tariff is almost certainly Intelligent Octopus. And you can make your “dumb” charging point “smart” with a Shelly (or similar).

[AGT]

I have the cheapest EV charger on the market, dumb as a box of rocks, it has an extra online energy meter added by me to let me see consumption. Thankfully the car Egolf has a smidge of technology so I can benefit from the intelligent octopus tariff, but don’t see what spending on a £1k charger brings to the table

[Stinsy]

I have the cheapest EV charger on the market, dumb as a box of rocks, it has an extra online energy meter added by me to let me see consumption. Thankfully the car Egolf has a smidge of technology so I can benefit from the intelligent octopus tariff, but don’t see what spending on a £1k charger brings to the table

Solar diversion is a decent feature. However now you can get a decent price for your exported electric that's nolonger the big-deal it was.

[AGT]

Forgot about solar diversion as I’m a combi boiler without any preheat tank.

Good shout though for the export something like 15 pence I think