02-10-2021, 08:01 AM | #1 |
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Scheduled charging
I get my 330e next week. I have a question about the charging and how it can be scheduled to make use of off-peak electricity prices. Is it done from the BMW App, or is it down to the particular charger's app? My local installation company is suggesting a Sync EV unit and I can't readily see if that allows scheduling.
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Personally, I think I would let the car/myBMW app do it. This is one of the videos in my "welcome pack" for my car. ps. would be interested in your experiences with SyncEV if you go down that route as that is a front runner for me if I dont get on with the granny charger. When I last spoke to SyncEV, scheduling was something they were planning but didnt yet have the back-office capabiity to support it. Apparently its ready to go in the app, but not switched on yet.
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02-11-2021, 12:24 AM | #4 |
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I use the BMW app. My thinking is if I use the app for my charger, the option is to charge off peak only which in my mind would mean that I will not be able to pre-condition the car in the mornings(which I love!)...........I may be wrong though
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02-11-2021, 02:43 AM | #5 |
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Just schedule pre heat in your app for anytime it will work
There shouldnt be an issue at all what tariff you are on for your domestic supply?
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02-11-2021, 02:57 AM | #6 |
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Not an issue, just OP mentioned they wanted to charge at off-peak electricity prices. Think that would need a smart meter and a ToU tariff.
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My original query was just about scheduling charging during the cheaper hours. In my case this will be 00:30 to 04:30. But the issue of pre-condition is an interesting one.
Will I be able to charge during the night (cheap rate) and then still set the pre-conditioning in the morning (albeit with the normal kwh rate) all on the BMW app? |
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02-11-2021, 04:30 AM | #8 |
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Sure, no problem as these are separate settings. Only thing will be the pre-conditioning will use battery power so you'll lose mileage. On the other hand I have scheduled charging every day to overlap with pre-conditioning and I have the impression it's still taking power from the battery despite the station being strong enough.
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02-13-2021, 09:56 AM | #10 |
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Just use the my BMW app easy to schedule charging and never let me down, as others have said you can overlap charging and pre conditioning for those cold mornings, you will lose electric miles but have a warm BMW )
I only use a 3 pin plug charger and get circa 27 miles without precondition the car takes around 5 hours if needs a full charge Last edited by cliveywolves; 02-13-2021 at 09:58 AM.. Reason: T |
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The 7kw charging is not enough to charge and pre heat/cool without drawing power from the car |
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That's with the vehicle connected to a mains supply using the UK 3 pin plug charger, and to be honest, I think the same happens even when connected on a 7kW charger at the office with a Type 2 blue cable 🤔 I have unlocked and locked the car again to try and force it to charge and pre-condition at the same time, but it won't 🤷🏻*♂️ My 2016 F30 330e did exactly the same. |
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That's what I thought. To be fair, once we're march-april don't think I'll be pre-conditioning so much, just turning heated steering wheel on as I do this al year round, so most part of the year not a big issue, but silly they can't fix that as in winter range is already short enough.
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No heated steering wheel this time, after never using it in the F30 (probably the Yorkshireman coming through in me) 😉 |
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I can get up to 28 miles currently with the cold temperatures but it drops to 23, even when it's plugged in during preconditioning. Though have to say, actual range is a little shorter as it drops as you start and turn some heating etc on
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On mine I've played around with the departure time setting.
Generally I set departure for 20 minutes before my actual leave time. The car is fully charged from the night before and still plugged into the wallbox. If I set it it for 08.00 it starts climatisation at 07.40. At 08.00 it is still drawing 3.7kW but if I wait till 08.20 it switches off and the car is fully charged and warm inside. It appears that delaying the departure allows the wallbox to top up what was used by the battery for climatisation especially with sub-zero temperatures. |
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Today's charge looks a little bit more like the miles I expect, without pre-conditioning 👍🏻
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