Clock

Is there a clock within the charger which needs to be synchronised please? As the times set in the scheduler do not ‘start’ the charging process. Thanks M

Martinclift Are you allowing for the up to 10 minute delay?

Martinclift

Why is there a random delay when my charge starts?

The random delay is due to a government regulation. The incentive behind this government regulation is to prevent too many EV owners starting or stopping charging at the exact same time. (For example, when a high volume of scheduled charges are set to begin, based on popular smart tariffs.)

If everyone starts charging their EV at the same time, grid load increases too quickly for electricity generators to respond.

So, the randomised delay stops this happening. It creates a randomised delay of up to 600 seconds (or 10 minutes) for all scheduled charging slots. This protects the grid and prevents any power disruption.