Really want "Charge Window" settings

I’m a new (3 day) owner and haven’t played with the timers yet, but have looked over the owner’s manual around page 160.

Why won’t it charge on weekends? The manual seems to indicate you can set different charging parameters for each day. Not true, or I don’t understand?

I might just set the departure time to 5am so that you can plug in anytime the night before?

I’m playing with one item at a time, guess I’ll look at the charging schedule next

Craig

 

You can program "charge for departure" at a pre-set time, then plug it in anytime before then: mine seems to finish about 1/2 hour before that time.

 

I just set it for every day; if I don't use the car on a given day I just don't plug it in that night because it's already charged.

 

as to your original question, sign up at toyota owners website, and see if if there is a contact point. or, you can call them, but don't hold your breath. toyota is not the most customer responsive company in the world.

 

Again, I’m new and haven’t touched the timers yet. Just what I THINK I’ve read from the manual.

What would happen if you set the weekend start time to just after midnight? Would the car then start to charge anytime Saturday or Sunday?

Craig

 

If you want to set it to charge every night starting at midnight you can. You just have to plug it in before midnight.

If you want to change that, it is ONE button pushto switch to "charge now" when you park at home, or TWO buttons pushes if you do it later (although you do have the additional exertion of opening the door and getting in the car).

And the timer should automatically revert back to the preset schedule after that charge.

 

You probably can’t, at least not effectively, for two reasons:

• Like many large firms, Toyota has an announced policy of not accepting unsolicited, outside suggestions.

• Toyota’s practice, as far as I know, has been to release software updates for delivered models only to correct defects, such as safety, reliability, or compliance issues, not to add features or improvements.

There may be another way to do this: leave Charge Now set to On, but put the outlet or circuit used by your home charging cable or equipment on a time switch, set to turn on only at times when electricity rates are low.

A plug-in timer, like you’d use to switch a table lamp to scare burglars away, typically wouldn’t be rated for the current involved. Instead, you would need a time switch made for commercial or industrial use, from a supplier such as Intermatic, NSI, or OMRON. Electrical contractors should be familiar with these, since they’re often used to control outside lights on a schedule.

For a weekly schedule, rather than a 24-hour one, and to keep the standby energy use as low as possible, it would be better to use a digital time switch than an electromechanical one. You might need a separate relay or contactor to do the actual switching, depending on the expected load.

 

I believe that if you plug the charger into the car, unplug it for a second and then plug in again, the charger starts immediately.

 

Absolutely correct.

 

Right - page 139 of Owner's Manual " While the charging indicator is flashing, remove and reconnect the charging
connector within 5 seconds" or turn on Charge Now.