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Excellent, thanks for this! I'm sure Octropus/Zappi could find a slicker way to make this happen...

Yeah I wished it also disconnected the lights from the box too! I bought one for my camper for my awning not realizing it don’t detach from the box. Can’t use it bc u can’t roll the awning in with the box or it get caught in the awning and ruin it!

How did you take the screws off? You didn't video how you took out the screws ..that's my puzzle

How long is the power cable that comes with it?

Great video Ian thank you, I can confirm they have modified the kit now there is a plug on the switch end before the light strip. (I did purchase the 20 meter option though) a lot of great info and hints and tips that made my install much smoother, thanks again.

Thanks Ian. A couple of things. I had to start the Intelligent octopus again from Home Screen as adding the device in the app it wanted to scan a QR code which isn’t on the Zappi. It’s a bit annoying having to enter the add percentage which I’ll need to check each time I get home ready for the next day. Like you I read that incorrectly thinking it was charge limit. I have tried setting the charge amount at 50% which seems to ensure the charge doesn’t start outside the lower rate window. I’ll see how it goes. Thanks for the very useful video.

What would you recommend to control some dumb dimmable spot lights or can you use any shelly? I bought shelly minis but it looks like you are using node red for dimming?

Excellent video. Just set my Zappi up a couple of days ago. I didn't realise that the Octopus app charge percentage was different. That explains why mine started charging really early.

Thanks for sharing. The diagrams were great and your explanations were on point!

I love this tv and The Lights. Where do I buy those Lights and how do I connect them to my tv?😊

Great simple Idea. Thanks for the video. I wonder if you put a diffuser panel over the LEDs if that would make it light cleaner or just be unnecessary.

good what kind home home bridge?

Cool. Wow that is cheap, but it doesn't seem to have a brake mechanism at 0-10°, which I need for silent close. I wonder, is it always recommended to install these at the bottom of the door? Why not the top?

Many Thanks. This just helped switching from my Ohme to the Zappi. I prefer the Ohme as a device, but the Zappi we have has a longer cable making it more practical for us

Thank you so much for providing this much detail! I have to say that this all seems like hot, proprietary garbage to me, and I can't see why Octopus can't get rid of the app completely and simply define a set of times when a broadly cheaper rate can be counted on? For the cheapest pricing of all, why couldn't they simply publish real-time prices (beneath that overall cap for the window) in an open, standardised format, such that chargers which support these price feeds could ramp-up and ramp-down the number of amps they're charging at, to minimise their costs? This would truly allow user controlled smart charging, like being able to configure your charger to only charge at super low prices (e.g. 2p/KWh) if the available charge within the battery is above 50%.

Hi Ian, great video. Could you explain how your home battery is also integrated into this arrangement? I want to ensure my home battery is not drained when charging the car overnight as I will need it fully charged to run the house during the day to avoid paying the higher daytime electricity rate. My roof could only take a small solar arrangement so Its not sufficient to run the house and charge the car and home battery which is why I'm sticking with Intelligent Octopus. Thanks.

Thanks for sharing. Learnt something there. Would be good to have seen the solder seal connector in action and how you wired it using the Shelly. I'll take a look at your prior video to learn it.

I'm a little confused. You talk about charging the car from the solar panels when it is sunny, because it is free. But with Octopus you get paid about 15p per kWh if you are supplying power to the grid, and are charged 7.5p per kWh overnight - so IWHT that it would be better to sell the excess electricity when it is sunny, and buy it back overnight. Am I missing something somewhere?

My current garage and house lights works with a light sensor. Could I add those led lights to work the same way (get the power from the same line) and when I want, through the app to change the colour scheme?

Did it came with screws when you bought the ring alarm?

Hello Ian, what are the dimensions (width & depth) of the strip? Thx

Thanks this was really helpful.

This has nothing to do with installing that specific AP, which is what the title suggests.

I'm surprised nobody has commented on your Bokke jersey to pair with your English accent. Go Bokke!

I have the same set up as you Ian, so if my car is set to 80% and I have 20% battery on the car currently , I set octopus to charge to add 80% what will I get?? Will the car charge to 100% or will it stop at 80% ? If it does stop at 80% then we could still use the Tesla to govern what charge we want into the car and just set the add charge upto 100%

Thanks for the info Ian 👍 I have been using the Zappi integration since early March when JLR restricted access to the API for my i-Pace and I failed to notice the "Charge to add!" This explains why all my charges so far have taken me up to 100%. Funny, I have emailed Octopus but they didn't mention it, you would think they would know that the data field changes on the devices tab?! 🤔 Looking forward to trying it properly now. Cheers Howard

Very helpful. I recently had a tesla powerwall 2 installed and also switched to Octopus Intelligent Go after install, frankly not really understanding how it works ! Still having some teething problems, partly because Powerwall wasn't initially installed with a CT clamp on the battery (hopefully being fixed next week), but your video helped me understand some of the behaviour of the zappi charger on Intelligent Go. Hopefully I can set it up so solar divert works during the day and if I charge overnight, I need to make sure it doesn't drain the battery and charge from the grid. Still work in progress.

Good video thanks. The wires are such a faff, Govee didn't really think it through did they! I've installed a new outdoor socket outside and will be running the power supply and switch inside an adjacent connected empty junction box. Then I'll be feeding the LED strip out through the junction box gland and then behind the walls and benches. FAFF but I like problem solving! My question is what was your spacing for the clips running the whole 10m?

Excellent video. Just picked up our Nissan Ariya 87kw model and still learning about charging and Octopus charging schedules. A couple of questions though, I have battery and solar (6.4kwp), and need to figure out how to use Solar for free charging. Also, what have you done to have the Solar panels and battery on your Zappi app?? Lastly, love your Lego collection! Like you I’ve got the Saturn V, Lunar Lander and the Maclaren F1, and my collection also includes Mustang, Dom’s Charger from Fast & Furious, Ecto 1, and yet to build Alfa Romeo F1 and a Mega Bloks Tesla Cybertruck!

how much was the charger & install please Ian?

I'm new to this whole thing, and I was thinking I need to use my solar to charge my car. but, if I charge my car overnight at 7.5p/Kw and sell at 17p/kw when i'm generating, isn't that silly. Use the overnight to fill the car and my home battery and get paid for my generation during the day. this isn't gaming the system it's helping. take energy when the system needs to off load and provide energy when the system needs it. It is a hard one for me, a socialist at heart to get my head around, but in sync with the MD of Octopus it's all about making theenergy market fair and work for the users. (sounds like a tory. sorry, but it does make sense.)

I wonder what happened to this project. Did you manage to connect the LED above the kitchen counter? I have a similar idea. With 1 relay to control several white strips. With night scenarios active, can the relay be configured to turn on certain lines/ strips and others not ? I think the brightness of the ones I don't want to be lighted/ turned on should be 0.

Octopus limits what they call eligible cars. They select irrational criteria and then say no. Bad deal. 😢

what did the % mean on the fan? speed?

where can we buy this ring outdoor siren?

Currently model y but getting an extra ev and can only have 1 vehicle linked. Does that change if it’s Zappi linked to octopus rather than vehicle to octopus or still just the one? Also, any tips for sourcing solar?

Thank you for this video. Just changed over to IOG yesterday and failed to charge the MG4 last night (charge delayed displayed which maybe a car issue, will try again tonight). We also have the old Ioniq EV and was told (by Octopus) that the tariff is for one EV so might not work. Anyway it's a sunny Saturday afternoon and I plugged the Ioniq in and it's kicked in to charge and a schedule has popped up on the app. Great news! We have solar and battery and the 15p export tariff so hoping that this is going to be a great move. We were on agile for the last 10 months which has returned an average of 11p per kWh so hoping IOG is going to be even better. Quick question: When the Smart Charging Schedule shows daytime charging does that mean that I can charge the house battery at the cheap rate also?

Great video, ive just changed to IOG through the zappi and first scheduled charge worked a treat last night but im still not sure if the zappi takes control when there is surplus solar or whether it was just coincidence today when the car charged during the afternoon and the sun was out. Either was i thought this was great but soon noticed the zappi was drawing full power from my home battery storage which i can see online that it can do. This is a disaster and there doesnt seem to be any way to stop this short of a manual override which defeats the object of the intelligent tariff. Any views or advice on this issue would be welcome.

Do you know how warm the access point is? Not only the part outside, also the part of the access point which is inside the roof would interesting, as the Unifi devices get hot quickly.

Does anyone know if this works with the Tesla granny charger please?

This now makes Zappi charging a Jaguar i-Pace a lot more reliable with Intelligent Octopus Go, too. Interestingly, I had the same car integration problem you had with your Tesla; sometimes it just wouldn't work. And it was never a great thing anyway because it could take a long time to stop the charge after you plugged it in (an advertised up to 30mins of expensive electricity - utterly stupid and unfit for purpose as that could be the same cost as 2hrs at night - to avoid that I always had to use the car app to 'stop' charging as soon as I plugged in and then hope that Octopus would un-pause it when it wanted to charge later at night - sometimes it worked, sometimes it didn't, who knows why?). Apparently the Jaguar integration with IOG now no longer works so it's great that myenergi and Octopus have sorted out an interface. As you say, the big difference is that you have to work out how much you want putting into the car (unless you don't mind it fully charging or reaching whatever the max is that the car has been set to charge to every night) because neither the Zappi, nor Octopus communicates with the car anymore. They now have no idea how charged the car battery is before charging or while charging but obviously it will stop charging when the car refuses to take anymore. You tell the Octopus app which model of car you have I expect solely so that it can calculate the kWhr quantity it needs to try to feed it for the % top up you specify. By telling it what car you have, you are telling it the total capacity of your battery. Because of the expensive plugging in hassle and inability to use solar, I hardly ever used to let IOG control the car charging anyway; I used to set the car to manually charge using the Smart setting on the Zappi, though you are not really supposed to under the IOG tariff. Technically, I think you only had to let IOG take control once a month to satisfy the IOG tariff agreement but I doubt Octopus were going to complain to anyone anyway. It was just cheaper and easier not to, and meant you could use solar to charge the vehicle. Now, I shall see how this new method goes. I don't like charging the car to 100% unless I really need to in order to maximise battery life (yes, I know there are differing opinions on this and 100% means different things on different cars - Jaguar say that 100% is not 100%; it's actually a bit less in order to stay on the safe side of not overcharging the battery, but not so with other models as I understand it).

Ian. Thanks for an excellent video. My configuration is like yours except I have a model Y rather than a 3. My only confusion is over the ‘Charge to add’ issue. Essentially I don’t want to do nightly adjustments but simply want it charged to 100% every night - set once and forget. Is that not possible?

Really helpful as trying in integrate our new Zappi with Octopus 😵‍💫. It worked one night then not the next! Think you’ve helped sort it, thank you 🤩

Can this alarm workout the d batteries,just using a ring battery and a hard wire supply.

This was a great help as Octopus and me where getting nowhere fast! after a few minor stops and starts I am at the point where I will see if I get a charge at the scheduled time. Thanks for the heads up on the amount of charge I need to add, makes sense now. Thanks

Brilliant video - I have the exact same setup as you, so it was helpful to see someone who had switched now the Zappi is compatible with Octopus intelligent - so thank you :)

Thanks Ian. Great video.

Rather you than me - eek! 🙄

Very useful videos - thanks for taking the time and effort to post them. 👍👍👍

First time I seen a multicolor fan in the UK