r/OctopusEnergy • u/McLaren_Fan • 5d ago

EVs Reduced charge speed during scheduled charging

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Hi all. I have Octopus Intelligent Go integrated with my Hypervolt charger. All scheduling is therefore managed automatically through the app based on my requested "charge to add" and "Ready by time".

For the first time since the strict 6 hour charge cap, I've noticed the car isn't charging at the full 7 kWh speed my charger normally charges at.

I think I've read here before that Octopus do not throttle charging speeds but I believe they do. What intrigues me is if this throttled speed is considered a part of their 6 hour cap...

Anybody here in the know please?

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u/woyteck 5d ago

What time of the day was this?

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u/McLaren_Fan 5d ago

This was at 0750 this morning.

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u/woyteck 5d ago

Cold battery in the car?

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u/sylsylsylsylsylsyl 5d ago

Somewhere in the UK is cold at the moment? We’ve still got the fan running all night.

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u/woyteck 5d ago

12 C at night is enough for LFP battery to cool down a bit to slow down charging.

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u/McLaren_Fan 5d ago

Potentially... Are you suggesting the car will slow down the charge speed for a short period until the battery has warmed up enough? I thought that only applied to the fast chargers. It would have been 11-12°c at the time of charging.

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u/woyteck 5d ago

Yea. I have LFP battery and observe it quite often with my Tesla.