Hypervolt EV Charger, Solar, and Charge Anytime- How do charging modes work?

​@JulesT-001 

I’m not quite sure how you have interpreted the comments.

No-one has stated the EV battery gets damaged, just maybe the software (like most packages) isn’t always 100% perfect. I don’t allow my EV to get charged from the home battery, thats not ideal from an economics perspective.

OVO CA works fine and is quite reliable.

I was referring to the periods when CA is not operating. Solar charging can be somewhat sporadic unless there is a consistent 1.4kw+ of spare export. Its only when it exceeds this that the Hypervolt will activate solar charging. In my case thats not common, but other solar installations may well have bundles of excess solar.

Its down to the UK weather. The past 2 months has been pretty good, but on a normal intermittent sunny/cloudy day it can have a stop/start charging effect. Its quite easy to overcome anyway by keeping the EV unplugged until evening.

Don’t get me wrong 

The new Hypervolt Home 3 Pro is great. I hadn’t fully appreciated how Ovo Charge Anytime worked, and that’s my fault.
 

I’m already feeling like I’m not master of my equipment, and that’s the Ovo Charge Anytime app and controls making me feel that way.

But I’ll read my vehicle manual about “stop start charging” and potential impact on vehicle battery as well as do other research. 
 

​@JulesT-001 

No worries, I understand your concerns. When I researched about potential damage to the EV battery, I got very conflicting information. But generally the consensus seemed to suggest the stop/start isn’t a major problem.

We aren’t really talking about stop/start every few seconds, but longer periods. I think if it was happening very frequently, which I guess is possible if the sky was that broken up, I’d be tempted to unplug until the evening. I also don’t know what impact that would have on the Hypervolt.

To be fair, the same concerns must also apply to the home battery, but that generally has much more consistent charge/discharge cycles.

The exception to that is when we use the induction hob. Because of the speed and frequency of the on/off, it has a very “spikey” impact to the home battery supply graph. I see it flipping very frequently between grid and battery supply, because it can’t react that quickly and obviously doesn’t attempt to smooth it out from what I’ve seen.

Apologies if this is a FAQ. I’ve had a MINI Aceman for a year and it’s connected into my OVO Charge Anytime app and plan. I’ve been charging it with a granny charger and all scheduling etc. is negotiated between OVO and the car.

We now have a Hypervolt Home 3 Pro installed. I can’t add the charger into the OVO app so I’m guessing that the control continues to be via the car and not the charger.

Do I need to do anything vs the charger with the Hypervolt app or is it superfluous?

Hey ​@gmdh555 ,

You can indeed migrate to the Hypervolt integration! It’s actually better if you do. :)

Give the team a shout on 0330 175 9678 and they’ll help you do this.

Hey ​@gmdh555,

To get started with the OVO Charge app, just link your OVO accounts, and then follow the easy instructions to pair your charger. I've attached an article below that has more details for you. And as Blastoise said, if you run into any issues, our friendly Charge Anytime team is just a call or live chat away. They're here to help you with anything you need.