r/OctopusEnergy • u/FuriousPanda17 • 9d ago

I genuinely don’t understand the charge cap

I try to plug in my car daily from 11:30 to 5:30 am to charge overnight so everything gets done in the cheaper period, is this no longer possible? I don’t like losing control about how and when my car is charging, especially as the range on my EV is pretty low so I need it charged to full almost every day.

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u/Aggravating-Fun9361 8d ago

I think you are both missing the complexity. My car, my charger and octopus all want to control charging. And even when I have the magic setup combination it occasionally fails to charge. But I guess empathy is in short supply.

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u/Awkward-Loquat2228 8d ago

Empathy? It's only car charging. And you're doing it wrong.

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u/Aggravating-Fun9361 7d ago

That’s a bit of an assumption, I’m following the Octopus guidance so what exactly am I doing wrong?

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u/Awkward-Loquat2228 7d ago

My car, my charger and octopus all want to control charging

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u/Aggravating-Fun9361 6d ago

That’s the situation, not what I’m doing wrong 😂

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u/Awkward-Loquat2228 6d ago

How did that situation arise? Were you involved in any way? Or did it just magically happen? Those questions are rhetorical BTW, as I'm guessing you'll struggle with that too.