diff --git a/.changeset/ocpp-socket-read-wait.md b/.changeset/ocpp-socket-read-wait.md
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..760c4c0d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/ocpp-socket-read-wait.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+"ftw": patch
+---
+
+An idle OCPP charger no longer loses its connection about once a minute. The OCPP library closed a charger socket that had sent nothing for 60 s, the same as a 60 s heartbeat, so a charger that only sends heartbeats could be dropped as each one arrived, reconnect, and briefly show Home use as "≈". A charger socket may now stay silent for five heartbeat intervals (150 s with the default 30 s heartbeat). FTW's own watchdog still decides when a quiet charger is offline.
diff --git a/go/internal/ocpp/read_wait_test.go b/go/internal/ocpp/read_wait_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..7898d7c9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/go/internal/ocpp/read_wait_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,50 @@
+package ocpp
+
+import (
+	"context"
+	"fmt"
+	"testing"
+	"time"
+
+	"github.com/gorilla/websocket"
+
+	"github.com/srcfl/ftw/go/internal/telemetry"
+)
+
+// An idle charger that sends only heartbeats must keep its socket. The
+// library's own limit was 60 s, the same as a 60 s heartbeat, so the socket
+// was closed as the heartbeat arrived. The limit now follows the heartbeat
+// interval: with a 1 s heartbeat a silent charger is closed after about 5 s,
+// not after 60 s.
+func TestSilentChargerSocketFollowsHeartbeat(t *testing.T) {
+	port := freePort(t)
+	cfg := &Config{Enabled: true, Bind: "127.0.0.1", Port: port, HeartbeatIntervalS: 1, ApprovedIDs: []string{"garage"}}
+	srv, err := Start(context.Background(), cfg, telemetry.NewStore())
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("start: %v", err)
+	}
+	t.Cleanup(srv.Stop)
+	waitForListener(t, port)
+
+	dialer := websocket.Dialer{Subprotocols: []string{"ocpp1.6"}, HandshakeTimeout: 2 * time.Second}
+	conn, _, err := dialer.Dial(fmt.Sprintf("ws://127.0.0.1:%d%sgarage", port, srv.Path()), nil)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("dial: %v", err)
+	}
+	defer conn.Close()
+
+	start := time.Now()
+	_ = conn.SetReadDeadline(start.Add(12 * time.Second))
+	for {
+		// Core may probe the charger; a silent charger never answers.
+		if _, _, err := conn.ReadMessage(); err != nil {
+			break
+		}
+	}
+	if got := time.Since(start); got < 4*time.Second || got > 8*time.Second {
+		t.Fatalf("silent charger socket closed after %v, want about 5 s (five 1 s heartbeats)", got.Round(100*time.Millisecond))
+	}
+	if got := socketReadWait(30); got != 150*time.Second {
+		t.Fatalf("default 30 s heartbeat gives %v, want 150 s", got)
+	}
+}
diff --git a/go/internal/ocpp/server.go b/go/internal/ocpp/server.go
index 992b3b1e..4b032971 100644
--- a/go/internal/ocpp/server.go
+++ b/go/internal/ocpp/server.go
@@ -207,6 +207,14 @@ func newListener(cfg *Config, auth *authorizer, sockets *socketSessions) (ws.WsS
 	} else {
 		srv = ws.NewServer()
 	}
+	// The library closes a socket that has sent nothing for its PingWait,
+	// 60 s by default. An idle charger that sends only heartbeats, at our
+	// interval or its own 60 s, lands on that edge and is dropped. The
+	// telemetry watchdog decides when a quiet charger is offline; this timer
+	// only has to outlast a few missed heartbeats.
+	timeouts := ws.NewServerTimeoutConfig()
+	timeouts.PingWait = socketReadWait(cfg.HeartbeatIntervalS)
+	srv.SetTimeoutConfig(timeouts)
 	if auth.requiresCredential() {
 		srv.SetBasicAuthHandler(auth.basicAuth)
 	}
@@ -214,6 +222,12 @@ func newListener(cfg *Config, auth *authorizer, sockets *socketSessions) (ws.WsS
 	return &guardedServer{Server: srv, check: auth.checkClient, sessions: sockets}, nil
 }
 
+// socketReadWait is how long a charger socket may stay silent: five
+// heartbeat intervals.
+func socketReadWait(heartbeatS int) time.Duration {
+	return 5 * time.Duration(heartbeatS) * time.Second
+}
+
 // guardedServer keeps our connection check installed.
 //
 // ocppj.Server.Start unconditionally calls SetCheckClientHandler with its own