EV Charger Newbie

Your 3 pin charger will be too slow for charging your new EV. Use it as a last resort.

i arranged for OVO to install an Indra charger. It’s reliable and works a treat. A long overnight charge giving me a full battery for a range of 280 miles costs under £4. I avoid using public chargers unless I have to as they are currently relatively expensive but not prohibitively so.

Take advice from the forums as the transition from petrol to EV is not plain sailing. Make sure you have breakdown insurance for the rare event of inadvertently depleting the second battery as I did on the ferry when my alarm went off triggered by the motion of the sea.

There’s also other Chargers you can check out too. We’ve seen Hypervolt perform pretty well with OVO Charge Anytime recently for example.

All the ones listed at https://www.ovoenergy.com/electric-cars/smart-charger are fully compatible. Please note that if you purchase one via OVO, then OVO may receive a commission from the sale, but it won’t get passed to me.

OVO Charge Anytime runs as an Add-On/Bolt-On that you can use with any of their Plans/Tariffs - it doesn’t cost any extra and reduces the rate for 24/7/365 EV Charging to 7p/kWh without pushing up the costs for anything else. You can charge up with it whenever you want and still get the cheap rate as long as you don’t hit Urgent/Boost Charge.

Either way, the OVO Forum strongly recommends that you get some kind of discounted EV Charging one way or another.

Thanks for the replies all.

i have logged a survey with OVO so hopefully my quote comes soon to get the charger installed. 

Keep us posted with how you get on ​@deyoung50 😊

Thats really helpful thanks Taj. 

I think I’m going to have to use a local installer as I’m still yet to hear from anyone regarding my survey I sent in.

I’ve been looking at the Ohme pro which looks like it’s approved by OVO. 

Hi ​@deyoung50,

Hopefully the replies you got to your question have been helpful. 

It may be worth contacting the team directly to discuss your options. 

How to get in contact with the Charge Anytime team

• Charge Anytime - 0330 175 9678 (Option 1 new customers/option 2 existing customers) 

• chargeanytime@ovo.com

Can anyone recommend a tariff for my current situation please? I am awaiting an install of a charger which is likely to happen in the middle of this month and I need to charge my vehicle. I’m currently on the simpler plan which is the variable plan and I am told that there are no benefits to this such as cheaper rate overnight. Is there a current tariff with Ovo that I can jump on now which I will also benefit from the charge any time when my charger is installed?

I think you should be able to use D2V Mode via the Charge Anytime app. No tariff swap needed - OVO Charge Anytime works on ALL OVO Tariffs except PAYG. Just grab the app and start setting it up.

Once you get the Charger, you’ll need to call 0330 175 9678 to get support to switch mode so that the integration runs on the Charger instead of the EV.

Thanks for the quick reply.

do you mean I can benefit by charging with my three pin charger at home at the moment using the charge any time rate? Or do you mean I need to go and find a charger locally for now?

I’ve opened the app and all I can really see is local charges which does make sense and I suspect I may be able to open other doors once that charger is installed in a couple of weeks. Sorry, quite new to all of this

You can use the 3-Pin temporarily and get the Charge Anytime rate that way. We do not recommend using a Granny Charger long-term though.

You have the other app called OVO Charge - the one you want for home use is called OVO Charge Anytime:

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.kaluza.flex.anytime&hl=en_GB

https://apps.apple.com/gb/app/charge-anytime/id1660027420

The OVO Charge app is best used when public charging. You may use both at once if you wish.

That’s really helpful thank you.

doesn't look like the egolf is on the list at the moment so fingers crossed after charger install I’ll see the charge anytime benefits. 

I also don’t see the Ohme pro listed on the app

  I don’t have that charger, but I believe you don’t use the Ovo charge anytime app. only the Ohme app. Do a Google search for Ohme  and charge anytime.

Hey ​@deyoung50 

If you have a compatible charger (such as an Indra or Ohme) then you need to link the charger to your OVO online account. You don’t need the additional Charge Anytime app. Ohme have made step by step instructions on how to set up Charge Anytime.

We recommend opening your OVO online account in Google Chrome, and following these steps: (If this doesn’t work the first time please try this using a new ‘Incognito’ window)

1. Go to the Offers and Upgrades section.
2. Click on the Charge Anytime banner.
3. Select the compatible charger that you have (Ohme or Indra).
4. It’ll ask you for the username and password to log in to your charger manufacturers’ app.
5. This will link your charger to your OVO account and you’ll get a new heading in your OVO account called ‘Your EV’. 
6. You’ll still need to schedule the charging in your charger manufacturers' app. And after you’ve charged, the savings will show in the Your EV section of your online account.