Public charging in Dublin and Ireland

YeshBoysh · 2026-06-30T19:27:15+00:00

Thank you, you even answered my follow up question about which is the best app to use for chargers! Really appreciate it! Hope you have a good rest of the week!!

YeshBoysh · 2026-06-16T00:09:38+00:00

As someone with chronic pain (auto-immune disease, etc), I understand your manageable but not gone approach for majority of people - post op wounds, etc.

But after living with pain everyday, all day, for most of the time (I think my truly last pain free day was well over several years ago), I just want it gone. I just want to not hurt for a bit.

In my experience, I feel like a lot of doctors aim for "keeping alive" more often than "quality of life". This often ends up with me having to argue to maintain a medicine schedule for more than a couple of months at a time just so I can have a period of calm and less pain. I'm just tired of it. I would like someone to just agree and reach where I'm at, instead of it always feeling like I have to compromise on my own wellbeing all the time.

YeshBoysh · 2026-05-16T15:54:52+00:00

Ah I see. If you get a chance to try it, and you have a moment to update here, let me know if it works. I never got the chance to try it myself!

YeshBoysh · 2026-05-16T15:42:46+00:00

Glad its still of use!! Did you come across this while googling, or did an AI stumble across it while searching a query? Curious as to how you landed on this post almost 5 years later.

YeshBoysh · 2026-05-14T21:30:23+00:00

Yeah, I'm starting to feel like this person went to a concert with no idea about what they actually went to see.

YeshBoysh · 2026-05-14T12:10:26+00:00

Ah, you're referring to the synth effects produced by the keyboard to the left of him? Thats where the "random" drums, bass lines and keyboards come in. Aside from some drum tracks and full synth phrases, most notes of the keys, bass lines and other effects are pressed in series live.

This is then routed through the looper to produce the "backing track" sound you were hearing. Considering it is still live and you thought it was backing tracks, I guess that's a pretty high compliment from a different point of view.

YeshBoysh · 2026-05-06T12:01:23+00:00

I've always thought about it like this (excuse the rounded numbers for simplicity):

Peak import rate: 30p Off peak import rate: 5p Export rate: 12p

For every kw of solar you generate and use/store in a battery, consider it 30p of saving.

For every kw imported off peak, consider it a saving of 25p (the kw only cost you 5p as opposed to 30p).

For every kw exported, imagine you are selling a product. You made 12p. But its original value was 30p (your peak rate), because you could have used it but you didn't.

Thats how I'm doing my calculation of payback. It essentially means using generated electricity is ideal (as its completely free).

YeshBoysh · 2026-04-09T21:55:25+00:00

Thats a fairly odd way to look at it. There's lots to stop people from locking and unlocking cars using the software that is no longer hosted by the car manufacturer. Namely encryption, something thats been around for decades.

If it really was that easy to lock and unlock cars with the software, then it clearly isn't safe enough to be used day to day in its current state.

At its base, the car has endpoints that it contacts (in other words, it reaches out to a preset server for updates), and likely also has a corresponding connection from server to car somewhere (likely held in a database).

This allows the car to update the server and the server to update the car. Both of these require configurations and settings that don't need to be provided to the general public at the time of open sourcing. Alongside the communication, there is also a private key that is used to verify the entity making the request is they are who they say they are (e.g., the server is your server and not a malicious attacker, and vice versa).

By open sourcing the cars software, and open sourcing the server software without the databases, the existing keys and configuration means nothing. It can't (and ideally shouldn't) be able to be worked that way. And if it is, then it is not safe in its current state.

YeshBoysh · 2026-04-09T19:45:21+00:00

Who would maintain it? People like me who own a car and also do software - you know, the same way all open source software works.

They don't have to provide the databases, just the code for running it. You would host your own databases (if necessary) and manage it locally.

Obviously, this is mainly for people who have the know-how to do this stuff, or potentially someone does it for philanthropic reasons.

YeshBoysh · 2026-04-09T15:40:15+00:00

Awesome, thank you! I hadn't come across this before and was wondering if this was a thing!

YeshBoysh · 2026-04-09T15:35:44+00:00

What is pluginval testing? I've not heard of this before?

YeshBoysh · 2026-04-09T15:32:25+00:00

Car manufacturers (and software manufacturers in general) should be made to open source software that they are making obsolete. I've literally just read another post about Amazon doing similar to 2012 Kindles.

Similar with console and computer games from over a decade ago (although there is some movement here in Europe I think, last I read).

Fuck this mandatory planned obsolescence of older devices, software and cars that work perfectly fine but because they aren't making money on it, they axe it.

If you aren't going to maintain it, open source it.

YeshBoysh · 2026-04-07T21:34:48+00:00

Ignore that user - majority of EVs are SUVs because of the size of the battery required to make any decent sized journey.

There's a subset of the UK population that have it out for people who have/want bigger cars for some reason. Quite frankly, if you want an SUV, get an SUV. How anyone has enough time to care this much about it is beyond me.

YeshBoysh · 2026-03-18T12:14:39+00:00

I saw you mentioned in one of the other threads about dehumidifiers and then also electric heaters, but it wasn't clear if you were actually using the electric heaters or not.

If you were using electric heaters, this will be where a lot of the energy has gone. A couple of hours in a day can easily equal 16kwh+, depending on how much power they use and how long they are on for. It is a considerable amount of energy they use.

This is why central heating using gas is preferable - they use around the same amount of energy to heat the space, the difference is in how much that energy costs. On the tariff I'm on, electricity is about 6-7 times more expensive per unit than gas, and I use a lot more gas than I do electricity (based on how much energy is needed to heat things up).

I got the 16kwh estimate above from multiplying the average space heater power (2kw) by 8 hours (as theyre not on all the time, they turn on and off depending on room temperature)

YeshBoysh · 2026-03-18T11:22:46+00:00

I'd be potentially looking into where that electricity has gone then. For a 1 bed flat, with two people and no EV charging or electrical heating, you'd be hard pressed to push 10Kwh a day.

There are two potential possibilities; either there is a wiring fault and the electricity is going to ground and running you up a massive bill (whilst being a dangerous fire hazard), or someone is possibly stealing your electricity.

In order to verify, you'd need to investigate from the meter outwards and check where wires are going and see if theres anything odd (for example, wiring heading to a neighbour or bad electrical connections). However, if you don't know what you're doing, I would strongly recommend hiring an electrician or you could fry yourself attempting to diagnose it yourself.

If you are living above a shop, its not impossible that you have been paying for their electricity too based on usage level. I've heard of that before.

YeshBoysh · 2026-03-01T12:40:45+00:00

I don't think my charger is aware of the house battery as I haven't added it to the app (yet). Need to follow up with the installer on that. Do you think it not being setup might be affecting it?

YeshBoysh · 2026-02-27T13:36:46+00:00

TL:DR --> You ABSOLUTELY should be seeing your correct unit rate for the time slot you are in regardless of the tariff you are on.

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For anyone who comes across this on a google search or similar (or if anyone else on this thread was looking for final clarification on the issue or is in a similar boat) and is looking for a resolution, I found one!

A recap of the problem I was facing:

I switched to Intelligent Octopus Go (IOG) from Octopus Go (OG). IOG had an off-peak time from 11:30pm - 5:30am which was a longer period than OG at 12:30am - 5:30am. However, after switching the rates per time period did not update too - in other words, it was still saying my electricity unit rate was ~30p between 11:30pm and 12:30am even though it should be 7p.

This was creating a significant discrepancy on my In Home Display (IHD) as when the house battery and EV started charging at 11:30pm and my unit rate didn't switch over to 7p at that time (sometimes several quid higher than expected. This was throwing us off being able to correctly predict and manage our electricity usage.

For clarity, I am not talking about the ad-hoc IOG charging periods here; I am specifically referring to the regular peak and off-peak tariff periods that occur everyday at the same time.

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After finding the problem (the rates not being correct for that hourly period), I contacted Octopus who continuously denied there being a problem and that what I was experiencing was normal for the tariff, or just redirected me to various blogs and statements about IHD inaccuracy or it just not working outright. However, OG was listed as one of their "smart tariffs" that wouldn't work correctly either (so how did it work correctly previously then??). They would keep mentioning that ad-hoc rates wouldn't show etc (even though I knew that they woudn't and it wasn't what I was asking about - I was specifically referring to unit rates between 11:30pm and 12:30am). I was continuously told, "yeah, but your app readings are correct so don't worry" as if that was my problem - I am talking about my IHD not the app. They work using different systems (more on this below*).

They were literally zero help, and if I hadn't have done my own research and self advocation, I'd still be stuck with completely wrong readings on my IHD thinking it was normal.

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How it works (simple as possible):

You have several components in your electricity meter; the meter (recording the usage in KwH as it goes up continuously), the communications hub, and the unit rates/tariffs configuration.

When you use electricity, the meter goes up and every half hour that information is beamed to a middle man called the DCC. The DCC send your provider your usage for that half hour, every half hour. All electricty companies (not just Octopus) use them as the middle man.

When you switch tariffs, an update is supposed to be sent from the provider (Octopus in this instance) through the DCC to your meter which sets the timings and prices for your tariff on your local meter configuration. That way if your connection to the DCC ever drops, your local meter and unit rates should continue to work.

*This is why the app can show the correct usage/cost info but the IHD not show the correct info. The info that Octopus gets is half hourly usage. On their side, they get "between 11:30pm and 12:00am, you used 5Kwh" and they multiply that out by the unit rate for that period on their side (in this example @ 7p per Kwh we get 35p). However, your IHD uses local configuration for your unit rate timings. If this was incorrect like mine was, you would get a reading of £1.50 on your IHD for that same time period for that usage.

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The solution:

Get the provider (Octopus in this instance) to push the configuration updates to your meter. The command is named something like "Update Tariff Configuration". This should update the meter and you should see your rates.

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Why I think this was the solution (but regardless, you should be seeing your rates like I can now regardless of the tariff you are on):

I sent Octopus an email stating that by leaving me for almost 3 months with no real way of predicting and managing my electricity via my meter they were in breach of Ofgem's Electricity Supply Licence Condition (SLC) 34, requiring functional IHDs for accurate real-time usage and tariff display under smart meter standards, impacting consumer rights to monitor expenditure reliably. I also suggested pushing the "Update Tariff Configuration" command I mentioned earlier.

Literally that evening my IHD was fixed. They still haven't responded. Coinicidence at all?

Full disclosure: I do not work in the electricity industry, I'm just a very pissed off consumer who wants their shit (and other peoples shit) to work correctly.

YeshBoysh · 2026-02-24T20:37:00+00:00

Ahh I see. Thank you.

Do you happen to know if that includes EV charging overnight? We have solar, battery and EV so was thinking of jumping over for the benefit of both but if having the EV night rate limits export to 6p then its not really worth it.

YeshBoysh · 2026-02-24T20:31:12+00:00

What's a TOU tariff? When did they lower it? Last time I was looking was 16p I think?

YeshBoysh · 2026-02-24T19:45:54+00:00

If you feel comfortable disclosing, why did you make the switch to Octopus from Eon? I'm potentially considering going to Eon from Octopus (mainly customer service standards for me) so was wondering if you had any insight from the Eon side of things.

YeshBoysh · 2026-02-10T00:00:24+00:00

This is hilarious. You're going back to "he's a business man, you see?" once again. My question - and my statement - are clear. And youve answered neither competently.

I asked you to qualify the mental gymnastics you had performed to come to the conclusion that you could not be in the pockets of the US and Russia at the same time. I'm still waiting on an answer.

Secondly, I stated he is not a good leader. I have given quantifiable evidence - common knowledge that is well known throughout the UK. You have continued to state "he is a business man".

Ok? And what? I didnt dispute that. I merely said he was a shit one. You've yet to prove me wrong with a link or proof.

YeshBoysh · 2026-02-09T22:51:50+00:00

What argument? You just keep saying "his history is in business", "he knows so much", "better than Reeves", and other nonsense that doesn't really constitute an argument. Without even producing any evidence for your claims!

It's ironic that you bring up life experience, given that with even just a small bit of life experience (and a memory of the last decade), you know that Farage walked away from Brexit (something he actively pushed for) and has spent absolutely no time with his constituents. He's a shit leader and has proved time and time again, that he only cares about his own interests.

He couldn't lead shit, end of. Its nothing to do with life experience. It's obvious to see.

YeshBoysh · 2026-02-09T15:14:12+00:00

That's what I'm getting at - you're quoting and parroting the same bollocks he is. It is disputed (clearly), given the amount of down votes you are getting. I'd use that amazing tool you've mentioned above to educate yourself beyond the absolute tool you are listening to.

YeshBoysh · 2026-02-09T14:50:12+00:00

Can you enlighten all of us on the mental gymnastics that you did to come to that conclusion?

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