Andersen A2 Charge Point

[BigCat]

Is there anyone on here with a Cayenne E-Hybrid using an Andersen A2 charge point I would be interested to know what your experience has been like?

 

[gdavison]

They do look ever so cool, I just have a Chargemaster one, which looks boring but works

Looking at them it all should work, however you could get an EVSE installed cheaper

 

[BigCat]

Thanks Graeme, are you able to set a start time and duration of the charge from your Chargemaster rather than use the car’s internal timers which set the Departure Time, i.e when the charge is to end? I cannot do this on the myenergi Zappi V2 which I bought in preference to the Andersen. The feature is there to set the start of the charging process and a duration which means I could make use of the lower cost tariff during the night. Unfortunately it doesn’t work as my car (MY2020 Cayenne Turbo S E-Hybrid Coupe) does not "wake up” at the time the Zappi wants to start the charging process. Using the Porsche Departure timer works but it’s not easy to judge when to set as the start can vary according to what residual charge is left before charging begins. Myenergi believe that Porsche have not fully implemented the IEC 61851 Charging Standard which allows for a start sequence sent from the charging point to "wake up” the car and start charging.
So it looks like a finger pointing exercise hence trying to establish if anyone else has succeeded with an Andersen A2 as this is promoted with that feature too.

 

[gdavison]

Hi

No, the Chargemaster one is pretty dumb, with no timers and the web Dashboard (where you can see the results of your charge cycles) as of Dec 2019 no longer works, as our need is basic charge both of our cars and I kinda like the frills free usage I have no need to swap it out. If / when it fails I will get it swapped to another dumb unit and that Anderson unit does look superb []

Sadly I believe MyEnergi will probably be right re an incomplete implementation, I have never used Departure timing as I'm retired and no longer leave home at a fixed time every day and could never get it to work on my 2017 Cayenne S e-hybrid, as such I never got into a habit of using it and we are not on a dual tariff at home.

Perhaps an email to Anderson and ask if they have an install in your area you could try the car ?

 

[BigCat]

Thanks Graeme.
I considered the Andersen A2 and it does look superb aesthetically but when I started looking a bit further beyond the marketing hype on their web site I didn’t get a good feeling about post sales technical support. So hence Zappi as it also the only other charge point that does not require an earth rod, it was also available ex stock from a wholesaler. (My Turban S doesn’t qualify for the OLEV grants so I just used an qualified electrician to install it who had already done some work for me.)
Myenergi have been brilliant in terms of availability of telephone and email technical support, there is also a very active forum with technical advice etc. Unfortunately I’ve exhausted all of that and it does look like Porsch have not fully implemented the charging standards. However I thought I would call Andersen but got nowhere and it confirmed my original thoughts, they operate from an office in London unlike myenergi who although despite also being a start up have a fully staffed facility over in Binbrook. They offered for me to go over so they could do some tests on my car, it’s a bit far but I may do that.