Recent content by TetchyTechie

Thank you for that @MickeySw. Especially the link, which is interesting reading (for me at least). I'll take a careful look at the in-car display when I next charge.

Looks good. My natural pessimism cuts in at this point and wonders if this affects the insurance (non-standard modification), MG's warranty, and potentially keeping the rain off anything that doesn't appreciate water if you raise the bonnet in a windy rainstorm (which Ireland (country of origin...

Thank you @shpub for the clear pictures. In what state should the car be when disconnecting the negative main feed from the 12V battery? I guess unlocked, in 'Park', with as much equipment as possible powered down - so turning off all the lights (turn the auto lighting system off), no air...

@Coulomb - Thank you for that information about the cables. Given that I prefer to charge slowly overnight, I should probably have got a 10 metre single-phase 16A cable then instead of the 3-phase cable the dealer supplied. Oh well. It takes a bit of effort to roll out and roll up each time I...

In a copy of a manual written in English (but possibly for European models), it states: Type 1 If the wall-box can offer 32A single-phase AC, that's about 32A x 1 x 230V (nominal) = 7.36 kW. 7 hours at 7.36 kW gives 51.52 kWh for type 1 If the wall-box can offer 32A three-phase AC, that's about...

I will. The manual is reasonably clear about long-term non-use of the car - the HV battery should not be allowed to drop below 50% SoC:

Thank you to the moderator for making my post a question; and thank you both to: MickeySw for pointing out a relevant thread (and not pointing out that my ability to search the forum before asking questions that have been asked before 'has great potential for improvement'); and Alb for...

As a result of an irritating layout of parking, I had to get a 10 metre CCS charging cable for the MG5. Which is fine: the dealer supplied one. It works. However, I'd like a shorter one to travel with, as I reckon I'll be able to 'nose-in' to public 'low-speed' chargers - the 10 metre one is...

I use car-ferries relatively often, and some operators request that people deactivate the theft-alarm because the vibration (on high-speed ferries) and wave motion (on traditional ferries) can trigger the alarms continually, flattening the car's 12V batteries, and making the car-deck(s) rather...

I'll have to look at the longer video and read (at least) the referenced paper. My usage is daily pootling around town with approximately bi-monthly long trips that in the old EV took multiple 'fast' recharges with a lot of range anxiety. It's no fun coming to the rest-stop on a motorway to find...

Norwegian MG5 'Luxury' first registered Sept 2022 - not sure which model year/revision that translates to, Vehicle Documents state it is type EP22-L. I am not sure how that translates for the table in the first post here. I still haven't worked out where the battery plate is, and how easy it is...

I do a lot of driving in 30 km/h zones, and speeding fines are not cheap where I live. It is good for my peace of mind to set the car to a limit of 30 km/h and concentrate on the road in front of me, being aware of pedestrians (who often don't hear my approach), people on e-scooters, bikes and...

Thank you for that - in my naïvity I would have disconnected from the actual battery negative terminal - the consequence apparently being: "Removing the whole terminal from the battery causes the current sensor - black rectangular box - to have to go through a recalibration process." Since I...

There's an informative thread over in the MG4 section about Balance Charging: https://www.mgevs.com/threads/balance-charging-a-few-questions.14135/ My question, born of ignorance, is whether there are any 'Best Practice' documented procedures for keeping the HV battery in good shape? In my...

Yes, well, on my previous EV, there was a button on the steering wheel that switched between Cruise Control and Speed Limit mode, with a separate 'Set' button that activated the selected function. (That was the basics, there was a lot of extra functionality 'hidden away' behind buttons where a...