Automating E-Bike Charging with Home Assistant
I’m on an Octopus Go tariff, which gives me electricity at 7.5p/kWh overnight between 23:30 and 05:30. I also commute on an e-bike most days. The obvious thing to do is charge the bike overnight — but doing it well turns out to be more involved than it sounds. What I wanted: Charge automatically during the cheap window Stop at 80% on normal days (better for battery longevity) Charge to 100% the night before a longer ride Not leave the charger running all night every night Simple enough in principle. In practice, nothing I could find actually did this. ...