Simpson & Partners Home Series

The app is nicely done and easy to navigate. It’s useful that there is an online video walkthrough on Simpson & Partners’ (S&P) website. S&P uses its Energy Manager (EM) system to help you charge your car efficiently and safely by automatically adjusting the power consumption between your home and the charger. This feature is often referred to as load management. The Energy Manager comes in two versions: wired and wireless. The Energy Manager works with S&P chargers to prevent overload and nuisance trips. The system also detects how much electricity your home needs and regulates the power to your car accordingly. For example, when you use appliances like an oven, heating, or dryers, it gives more power to your home and less to your car. When your home uses less power, it gives more to your car. The system also enables you to use your excess solar power to charge your car (if you have solar panels and select a Home Plus model). The wired energy manager is compatible with all Home Basic and Home Plus models and is useful if the distance between your meter cupboard and charger is short (less than 10 metres). It also has a lower cost and higher accuracy than the wireless version. The Wireless Energy Manager, however, has one-click pairing technology called Quik Connect for easy set-up and has self-charging where it harvests its own energy from the power cables (no need for batteries). The standard range mode is 65 metres while ‘long range mode’ is 120 metres. The Home Series also uses what is known as ‘LoRa radio technology’, which sounds fancy, but all it means is that it doesn’t require WiFi. To activate the long-range mode you just connect the wireless energy manager to a power source using the USB-C cable. This way, the device does not depend on harvested energy and can send a stronger signal with better range. Unlike many EV chargers that rely on cloud connectivity, Home Series chargers operate effectively even when offline. All schedules and settings are stored locally and accessible via Bluetooth, ensuring consistent smart charging even in the absence of WiFi. In terms of all the other functionality, it does all the stuff you should expect from a smart home charger: you can see your historical energy cost, view charging history, schedule charging for off-peak rates and override if needed. The easy-to-use app allows you to lock the charger cable and mute your status light. Simpson & Partners also highlights the fact that you can name your charger on the app tutorial website page: as we have said, we like the name Kenneth, but it’s up to you.