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Hi all, I had my 2022 ZS EV Trophy Long Range serviced for the first time in February and since then it won’t charge any faster than 50kW. The dealer have advised that there were no updates that would have affected the charging speed, but it regularly charged in the high 70kW range before the...

We and several others have proven that, with V2L attached at least, it does not. It should, but doesn’t!

I can second this - exactly the same experience with our ZS EV when camping recently.

Potentially yes. We didn’t as it was a lovely secluded campsite and were able to shove the nose in a bush so the DRLs weren’t bothering anyone! But I dare say our insurers would have had something to say if the car was taken!

Just to add (as it was us that had to call the AA to the campsite): When V2L is connected and the car is powered down (yes, it works fine) - there is a 2 amp load on the 12v starter battery. Nobody who has looked at the car can figure out why or what this is for, but it is there nonetheless...

Just to add (as it was us that had to call the AA to the campsite): When V2L is connected and the car is powered down (yes, it works fine) - there is a 2 amp load on the 12v starter battery. Nobody who has looked at the car can figure out why or what this is for, but it is there nonetheless...

Further insights: There is a 0.9A load being applied to the vehicle 12v battery whilst the V2L is plugged in. Quite what this is for I don’t know - I can’t imagine holding the contacts open would account for this. After about 3 hours the vehicle seems to stop maintaining the 12v battery so it...

Unfortunately you cannot lock the car and it leaves the DRLs on (which is not ideal on the campsite overnight)

1. Same here, it seems to be after about 3 hours the car stops looking after the 12v battery in off mode. In on mode, it is held at 14.1v (as you would expect). 2

I am using the 0.5m type 2 to 16A CEE from EV Cables UK. Into that I plug a standard mains kit sold for tent camping on EHU.

Ok, day 2 update: Yesterday evening, with 100w draw on the V2L, the battery voltage started slowly dropping as the evening went on. We noticed that the car was doing a pulse style charging, every now and again, seemingly at random, the voltage would momentarily spike to 14.3 ish volts then drop...

Yes I am thinking to do that as a permanent fix for when camping. Also, yes, the 12v charger does seem to cut out at some point, as we awoke with a flat battery again.

Great info thank you - I certainly will. I looked a bit more into the voltage readouts and it does seem that the drivers display is correct, the app seems to have a lag in it.

That’s useful to know and definitely reassuring! Of interest so far then is that the Jackery mains charger only works for about 10 minutes when plugged in to the V2L supply (it works fine at home) and my other half’s electric blanket keeps resetting itself at random to the lowest setting...

Thanks - that mirrors the advice we had with the caravan in France. W

On another note - I purchased a plug in tester today and it says the polarity is reversed on the supply from the V2L. Having heard of this issue on French campsites, my impression is that this isn’t a cause for concern? Or is it?!

Thank you and noted - I shall pop in to the local dealer tomorrow and get it properly tested. So far from my experimentation this afternoon, the voltage is wandering between 13.2 and 13.6 volts with the V2L attached, with a 100w load. Interestingly, the app is telling me that my battery voltage...

Thank you - yes we did consider whether the 12v just decided now was the time to fail, although that would be some coincidence! The vehicle is sitting on a charger as we speak - when we get back I will check the voltages during discharge and see whether that gives any clues. To be continued….

You are correct - it does usually keep the 12v battery topped up but for some reason it all went wrong with the V2L connected!

So first time using our new V2L cable on the campsite last night and awoke to a flat 12v battery. It seems that with the V2L cable attached there is some form of drain on the 12v battery although I cannot work out what or why?! The process we followed was: car on, discharge screen set to 40%...