Charging Timer

[Meg]

When plugging my Taycan into to my home charger, I've noticed that charging begins early, sometimes completing the charge during peak hours before the time it's programmed to begin. This occurs using either the PCM or Porsche App.

Has anyone experienced and corrected this?

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[Jhenson29]

Can you post your profile and timer settings, what EVSE you use, what time you plug in, what the SoC is when you plug in, what time you observe the charge starting, and what SoC it charges to?

 

[Jhenson29]

Also note that you can’t strictly set a time for a timer to start charging. But we can help adjust your settings or explain what’s happening with more information.

 

[Meg]

Also note that you can’t strictly set a time for a timer to start charging. But we can help adjust your settings or explain what’s happening with more information.

 

[Meg]

I'm s newbie. What is SoC?
I'm plugging in around 7pm or 8pm

 

[Jhenson29]

What is SoC?

State of charge. Your battery charge level.

 

[Jhenson29]

Do you know how many kW or amps that Clipper Creek is? Is there a label on it?

 

[ShiftyWolf]

When plugging my Taycan into to my home charger, I've noticed that charging begins early

To start, check the overview tab and make sure Direct Charging is turned off.

 

[Meg]

State of charge. Your battery charge level.

Usually around 8pm. I don’t connect the charger at any specific time.
Clipper Creek (installed Nov, 2022) 32 Amps, Level 2, 240 Volts
i think the timing worked in the past. I’m not sure when the problem started.

To start, check the overview tab and make sure Direct Charging is turned off.

Direct charging turned off.
Minimum was set at 85% in error
Got it! Thanks for the help to get me thar far.

 

[ShiftyWolf]

FWIW, there seems to be a lot of confusion about profiles and timers. There's another thread here with conflicting information as to how all the options work separately or together, and I'm not sure how country-specific it is either.

For me in the US, and from what I've learned on this forum, here are my settings. I plug in whenever I want and the car will only begin immediately charging if the SOC is below 35%. Once it reaches that threshold, or if it's already above 35% as shown below, it will pause and then begin charging again sometime after 10:15 PM in order to reach 80% SOC by 5:00 AM the next morning.

For me, this works like a charm.

 

[Meg]

This turned out to be a simple problem.
Instead of the minimum being set at 25, it was set at 85. Thanks for your help.

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