Tapo smart switch - why is my schedule change not working?

Those devices are sometimes susceptible to which app you use for setting. What are you using?

I’m using the Tapo App on my iPhone. After making changes to the schedule, I can see the new settings on the phone, but the device seems to “remember” the old ones. A few minutes ago I came back home and plugged the car in - the device was switched on, but a couple of minutes ago it switched off. (? in good time for the 16:00 - 1900 Power Move settings). I have the schedule set up to switch on at 16:00, and am waiting to see what happens…

Ah! the power to the car has come back on again. This suggests that a switch-off happens a short time before the appointed hour and a switch-on slightly after. The next scheduled change is to switch off at 18:00.

I assume you have no setting actually in you car to manage when it can charge rather than rely on a switch? I manage my EV charging by setting it inthe car to charge from 21:00 and go off at 18:00. So the 3 hours are blocked out. I have Tapo plugs for other light load switching and they all work OK. I did have one that failed and stopped responding to any setting so ditched it a purchased a new one.

Thanks.

Until I signed up for Power Move, I had no need to set a charging schedule, and when the free Tapo plugs arrived I set them up for the Power Move times - which left me with flexibility in relation to weekends - I decided not to charge the car on Sundays, switching on at 00:01 on Mondays so as to shift some consumption into the week and increase the denominator for the usage calculation.

Now that I’ve taken the plunge and dived into the manual, I’ve set the car up for a 21:00 to 18:00 charge window, and will have to remember not to plug the car in on Sunday.

What’s the power draw of an EV? I’m careful not to use those Tapo plugs with things like internal heaters, they are rated only for about 2kw.  

Maximum charging current set on the car to 10 amps, say 2.3 kW.

This looks about right on the in-home display when observed as the charging cycle starts.

Label on Tapo P110 says 100-240v 50-60 Hz 13A Maximum.

The Tapo warms up during the charging process, but not excessively. It clicks when switching on, suggesting that the charging current is controlled by a relay.

Would it be cheeky to ask Ovo to replace the faulty P110 under guarantee?

Michael

Even though supplied FOC they will still be under the manufscturers warranty if faulty.

I seem to recall the blurb saying that too when I got mine.

Have emailed the support address, but don’t expect a reply until Monday at the earliest.

Thanks, 

Michael

Progress Report:

(or perhaps not)

Despite exchange of several emails in our respective languages, including suggestions which I’d already tried and some which involved installing a Tapo Debug App which wasn’t available on the App Store, I’m no further forward - except that a work-around for the persistent 4pm OFF and 7pm ON has worked.

4pm (Ghost) OFF

4.02 pm ON

6pm OFF

7pm (Ghost) ON

7.02pm OFF

9pm ON

Michael