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Doing a quick review on the Rivian Charger.
Unboxing... the charger seems to be of good quality. All the packing was nice and tight. The screws were a bit hard to find. The instruction manual was meh.. good enough.
Physical installing was simple. Instruction was easy to follow.
Connection to app via bluetooth was good. Getting it on WIFI was a bit difficult as the charger doesn't like wifi SSID with a space or special character in it... umm.... OK... no biggie got around it by setting up a guest wifi network dedicated to the charger.
Annoying things...
The F-ING LIGHT BAR!!!! When it's doing nothing waiting IDLE it pulses!!!
When it's charging the light bar is GREEN and pulsing lighting up the whole garage you can it from the outside. No way to disable the LED or change it so it's more subtle.... and doesn't scream come rob my house please!
Why did I add it to wifi... I can't control it remotely... FFFFFFF! Beside update and potential "future enhancement" wifi is basically useless.
The "interface" is basic like a 12 year old programed it... it's awhile away from Tesla...
When I use it to charge my Tesla it doesn't show power draw in the app. KW, and AMP is blanked out....
All in all I bought this charger cause I bought a Rivian Truck. No additional Integration...
If anyone else with the charger is doing something different and getting more value out of it please let me know!
Unboxing... the charger seems to be of good quality. All the packing was nice and tight. The screws were a bit hard to find. The instruction manual was meh.. good enough.
Physical installing was simple. Instruction was easy to follow.
Connection to app via bluetooth was good. Getting it on WIFI was a bit difficult as the charger doesn't like wifi SSID with a space or special character in it... umm.... OK... no biggie got around it by setting up a guest wifi network dedicated to the charger.
Annoying things...
The F-ING LIGHT BAR!!!! When it's doing nothing waiting IDLE it pulses!!!
When it's charging the light bar is GREEN and pulsing lighting up the whole garage you can it from the outside. No way to disable the LED or change it so it's more subtle.... and doesn't scream come rob my house please!
Why did I add it to wifi... I can't control it remotely... FFFFFFF! Beside update and potential "future enhancement" wifi is basically useless.
The "interface" is basic like a 12 year old programed it... it's awhile away from Tesla...
When I use it to charge my Tesla it doesn't show power draw in the app. KW, and AMP is blanked out....
All in all I bought this charger cause I bought a Rivian Truck. No additional Integration...
If anyone else with the charger is doing something different and getting more value out of it please let me know!