Charging Profiles and Timers Graphic

[Jhenson29]

Here's how profiles and timers work. They are not complicated.

Thanks for your time...

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[Gwaihir]

But what happens if you reach your target charge level BEFORE timer departure time? From what I’ve seen, it will continue to charge above your set threshold.

 

[Thor]

Thanks for that graph. I also assumed that is how it works. However, I found that it was charging outside the charging time window even though the car had more than the minimum charge. That was causing some confusion for me. Until someone here mentioned that there was a recent software bug.

 

[Jhenson29]

But what happens if you reach your target charge level BEFORE timer departure time? From what I’ve seen, it will continue to charge above your set threshold.

I’m not sure why it would reach it before, or at least not much before, but it will continue charging if left plugged in for 30 min after the timer.

 

[W1NGE]

But what happens if you reach your target charge level BEFORE timer departure time? From what I’ve seen, it will continue to charge above your set threshold.

It won't if you set a departure timer - this is the key instruction to stop the charging process at a specific time and therefore a profile and a timer work in tandem.

 

[W1NGE]

I’m not sure why it would reach it before, or at least not much before, but it will continue charging if left plugged in for 30 min after the timer.

Huh?

I don't have that happen with mine - it stops at the allotted time (07:00) and SOC (85%) on a daily timer and profile. My PMCC remains on pause until either the next timer event or I remove the plug. I get the same behaviour on a non-Porsche charger too.

I suspect this 'feature' mentioned in the Porsche Good To Know App only occurs if no profile is active otherwise it would be fairly pointless and largely unworkable - preferred charging times etc. to take advantage of cheap rates.

So actually, if the timer function is active at the same time, the high voltage battery is charged to the target charge level programmed in the timer function after the minimum charge level programmed in the profile has been reached.

The above 30 mins excerpt relates to a timer in isolation to my mind.

 

[Klepper]

Huh?

I don't have that happen with mine - it stops at the allotted time (07:00) and SOC (85%) on a daily timer and profile. My PMCC remains on pause until either the next timer event or I remove the plug. I get the same behaviour on a non-Porsche charger too.

I suspect this 'feature' mentioned in the Porsche Good To Know App only occurs if no profile is active otherwise it would be fairly pointless and largely unworkable - preferred charging times etc. to take advantage of cheap rates.

So actually, if the timer function is active at the same time, the high voltage battery is charged to the target charge level programmed in the timer function after the minimum charge level programmed in the profile has been reached.

The above 30 mins excerpt relates to a timer in isolation to my mind.

Hmmm, I don't understand that part in the good to know app either. I ONLY use a timer, and my car charges up to the specified SOC and then stops. In my case, I set the timer for the car to be ready at 5:30am at 85%. When I go out to leave in the morning (typically not until 6:30am), the car has stopped charging and is at 85%.

 

[Klepper]

I wonder if that only applies if you interrupt the charging while on a timer, but then don’t take out the plug:

 

[W1NGE]

Could be - good spot!

Poor english!

 

[XLR82XS]

I’m not sure why it would reach it before, or at least not much before, but it will continue charging if left plugged in for 30 min after the timer.

This is not true or me. I have left the car plugged in for over a day after a departure timer was reached. It never charged over my requested 80%.

 

[Jhenson29]

I wonder if that only applies if you interrupt the charging while on a timer, but then don’t take out the plug:

Could be. I’ll have to try it.

 

[Jhenson29]

The above 30 mins excerpt relates to a timer in isolation to my mind.

I wonder if that only applies if you interrupt the charging while on a timer, but then don’t take out the plug:

I think @W1NGE is correct here. Last night I tried charging with just a timer and no profile. 30 min later the car started charging again.

 

[Klepper]

I think @W1NGE is correct here. Last night I tried charging with just a timer and no profile. 30 min later the car started charging again.

Weird. It doesn’t work that way at all for me. I only use a timer, with no profile, and I can leave my car for hours without unplugging it after the timer finishes.

 

[SwissTaycan]

The ongoing timer and profile, only timer, only profile discussion continues !!!!!! And that excerpt from good 2 know is indeed bizarre. Wonder what the thought process was behind programming for the car to react this way?

It’s like a round about way of putting the car in direct charge in case you had forgotten your key or had access to Porsche Connect whilst standing next to your car? No that would not work as the release button does not function when car is locked.

 

[W1NGE]

The ongoing timer and profile, only timer, only profile discussion continues !!!!!! And that excerpt from good 2 know is indeed bizarre. Wonder what the thought process was behind programming for the car to react this way?

It’s like a round about way of putting the car in direct charge in case you had forgotten your key or had access to Porsche Connect whilst standing next to your car? No that would not work as the release button does not function when car is locked.

Well, apparently some folk in US are saying that their plug can be removed without pushing the 'eject button' after a charging session as it has been 'ejected' automatically. I've never had this but several folk on the forum have mentioned it and perhaps it's a feature of the EVSE being used.

Potentially country / regional dependent behaviour....surely not!?

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