Recent content by Plodalong

I hope this post isn’t too far off topic. I have an MG4 SE LR. The manual is a bit vague about timing of equalisation charging, but I think once a month is okay. I’ve read that when the SoC reaches 100% the charging rate falls to about 0.2kW for an hour or so to enable the cell balance. I...

Thanks JPK, panic over. 👍

The 10k cycles of the LFP compared to 3k cycles of the NMC is a bit of a shocker. I recently bought an SE LR with a view to keeping it till it fell apart. Looks like that was a big mistake and should have gone with the LFP. Shouldn’t long range batteries be sold with this information made...

I couldn’t find any info on this either. So true to MO, I bodged it. On halogen lamps using reflective lenses, to stop the dip beam from laddering left, you would mask the bottom right. LED lamps don’t use reflective lenses (they just dazzle any poor sod coming in the other direction, sorry...

I was a bit stressed about charging in France. But I would now be confident using their charging network. I used a Chargemap RFID card and it worked very well. Although I didn’t use them, the Tesla supercharger network is also available using Chargemap

Does anyone know which part of the headlamps need to be masked to make suitable for driving in France?

I haven’t found much about battery heating from the manual. It seems it’s a good idea to start heating 30 minutes before fast charging to improve the charge speed. And I sometimes get an alert to advise battery heating as the ambient temperature is low. But considering the high load imposed by...

Thanks guys. Applying for the crit air was surprisingly easy.

Thanks Derek

Hi All, I’m new to EV and lovin’ it. We’re taking a trip to Centre Parcs (west of Paris) and have signed up to Chargemap. In their guide booklet they say to charge at 22kw stations I need a Type 3c cable to connect to French charging points. Is this correct?? (I have a 3phase type 2 male to...