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  1. Kevster

    Failed Gridserv/ABB charging in MG4

    Sounds suspect. I would be on to MG and my dealer pronto. I did the same trip to Gridserve Braintree when I got my ZS Trophy to try it out before we did some longer journeys it worked fine and charged so quickly we had not finished our coffee before it was up to 80%. Next trip we took was to...
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    Ev charging

    Thanks for the heads up on the link to Octopus it was not the main reason I chose it but a nice to have in the future perhaps?
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    Ev charging

    Look at the Zappie as it does link to Octopus energy in fact Octopus fitted ours. We replaced a 13 year old Podpoint we bought to charge our Nissan Leaf this is a 3Kw charger. The Zappie is 7Kw and links to the Solar panels and can be set charge on the cheap rate Octopus Go night time tarrif...
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    Does anyone offer something like a V2L socket inside the vehicle?

    When I had my Landrover I used a small inverter connected to the 12V round (cigarette lighter) socket. the inverter came with such a plug and also had a 13amp mains socket built in. Ideal for my Son and daughter to run laptops etc. obviously not a kettle though. this was purchased from Maplins...
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    Vehicle to Load (V2L) - Any Information or First Hand Experiences?

    I bought mine from a link on the internet ev casbles supplied it with the 32 amp socket. It works just fine I am a trustee of our village windmill and it powers the internal lights on our open days.
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    Steering column clicking sound

    Me to! It was very noticable on the small winding Devonshire / Cornish roads. Thanks Guys I will get the dealers to look into it especially as It has just had its first yeras service. Obviously it never got checked and why not if a known issue? Maybe they should have cinched down the bolts.
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    Charging points on journey from Oxfordshire to North Essex Coast and back in MG5

    Braintree Gridserve Electric Forecourt is very close to Chelmsford lots of chargers and a very nice set of shiops with Costas etc. check it out. https://www.gridserve.com/electric-vehicle-charging/electric-forecourt/braintree/
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    Frozen solid!

    press and hold the home button down for several seconds the display computer will reset. Had similar issue where I could not re-tune the radio just switch between Bluetooth or Radio2 (the last station we had on before it stuck) the mute button also stops working. A home button reset does the...
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    Which EV route planning app do you prefer please?

    Just returned from Cornwall. we have Octopus Energy so the Electroverse card is great as it covers many chargers it also shows some chargers that are not on Zap Map so I use both. Exeter Services MOTO have a bank of Tesla and also Gridserve chargers, Gridserve are installing a lot more chargers...
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    How brave do you feel?

    I bought a used 27Kwh Nissan Leaf three years ago for £4.2k Nissan Leaf's are kown for their battery degredation I took a risk and three years on its still as good as the day I bought it. It costs very little to run and maintain I had it serviced by Cleevely EV's at 60k miles all was good they...
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    Where did the towbar go?

    I got Halfords to fit my towbar they came out me and fitted it on my driveway.
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    MG ZS EV Charging via granny charger and outside socket only ?????????

    Thanks Bodgex I thought this forum was for chatting and helping each other not scoring points. I am happy to be corrected by those who have more knowledge and experience than me. Please dont spoil this very helpful forum by putting the rest of us down it just puts me off posting anything. I am...
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    MG ZS EV Charging via granny charger and outside socket only ?????????

    Every situation is different. I was simply pointing out that its not essential to install a home charger.
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    MG ZS EV Charging via granny charger and outside socket only ?????????

    While visiting my Mum for a few days I ran an extention lead out of the window and used the charger that way. We have two electric cars one is always charged from a 13 amp outside plug which I installed myself the other is using a 10 year old podpoint tethered charger. both work fine. I dont see...
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    ZS not happy charging after using Discharge setting

    Interesting comments guys, thanks. How does one actually load software updates to the car or does this happen automatically? I am a bit concerned that if I use V2L the same will happen again. I guess the only way to find out is to try it. So will do it when I have the time to faf about and with...
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    ZS not happy charging after using Discharge setting

    I sometimes use the discharge setting (power to load) when I go up to our village windmill I can connect the car and run the internal lights. Today I went to the windmill to do a pre season stock check on our gift shop items. Upon rerturning home I plugged the car into my charger it tried to...
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    MG ZS EV Charging via granny charger and outside socket only ?????????

    I am using a 10 year old Podpoint Charger I had fitted for my Nissan Leaf. I bought an adaptor to enable the MG to be plugged into it. The Podpiont only supplies 3KW and I try to use the energy from our solar panels whenever possible. For long trips it charges up fine overnight to 100%. The Leaf...
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    Radio Ga Ga?

    Thank You @N2STY I will give it a try. However it appears to have sorted itself out in the meantime.
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    Radio Ga Ga?

    Driving listening to the radio via bluetooth (Radio Caroline streaming on 4G) the radio simply reverted to Radio4 but could not be tuned to any other station although the display was showing Radio 2 3 etc it simply kept playing Radio4 Also the Mute button stopped working. On the return Journey...
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    Vehicle to Load (V2L) - Any Information or First Hand Experiences?

    I have the adaptor and used it succsessfully powering the lights and sockets in our Village Windmill for the open day. I think it can give a max ot 2.4 - 3KW In this case it ran the interior lights and sockets just fine we usually use a noisy smelly generator. Should be more than ample for...
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