My problems with EV5 home charging began 6 months after buying the car in March 2021. Granny charger works fine, Pod Point unit tripped out.
So Pod Point came back, changed the guts of the box, changed the lead, blamed the Consumer Unit, blamed the RCD, all waste of time - so I told Pod Piont to Pod Off and installed a Rolec unit (which has a 13a socket incorporated).
The Rolec worked fine for about 4 months then it too started tripping out. Thankfully I could plug in the granny charger.
So I spoke with MG Crawley - they checked the car - nothing wrong. Then I contacted UK Power Networks. They put a test on the supply to my house. They said the supply was within their parameters. Then they admitted those parameters have recently changed (2023-2024) due to the extent of power demand nationally - Grid Overload so to speak - too many people living in the UK!!
So the Government allowed UKPN to change the rules, so they could allow a supply fluctuation without being penalised for not supplying enough electricity at peak times.
Will this ever change I asked? Who knows they said. Buy another car and see how that ones goes!
Tonight, I plugged the car into the Rolec unit. Green light comes on, then trips to Blue (non-Charging) I stood there for 15 minutes and counted how many times the Rolec tried to charge the MG5 ... answer 100 times... on then off.... (where's an axe when you need one!). So now its stay there with good old Granny once more.
Thankfully I plan to change cars next February - yes to another Electric Car. I wonder how likely it will be that they'll let me take the new one home for 2 weeks testing on my home charge unit, because I'm damed if I'm putting up with this malarky for another 4 years!