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charging
A charging station, also called an EV charger or electric vehicle supply equipment (EVSE), is a piece of equipment that supplies electrical power for charging plug-in electric vehicles (including hybrids, neighborhood electric vehicles, trucks, buses, and others).
Although batteries can only be charged with DC power, most electric vehicles have an onboard AC-to-DC converter that allows them to be plugged into a standard household AC electrical receptacle. Inexpensive low-power public charging stations will also provide AC power, known as "AC charging stations". To facilitate higher power charging, which requires much larger AC-to-DC converters, the converter is built into the charging station instead of the vehicle, and the station supplies already-converted DC power directly to the vehicle, bypassing the vehicle's onboard converter. These are known as "DC charging stations". Most fully electric car models can accept both AC and DC power.
Charging stations provide connectors that conform to a variety of standards. DC charging stations are commonly equipped with multiple connectors to be able to supply a wide variety of vehicles.
Public charging stations are typically found street-side or at retail shopping centers, government facilities, and other parking areas.
I had an email yesterday from Instavolt outlining a further three sites which will be dicounted all summer from now until 31 August :-
Might be useful for some.
Quote from Instavolt email :-
These rates apply from 7pm Thursday 17th July:
Derby (Normanton Road, Derby, DE1 2GG)
Southampton...
Hi. The MGS5 sold here in Singapore comes with a cover for the lower part (DC) of the CCS2 charging port.
I have been looking for a cover that covers only the AC portion of the CCS2 port, without success.
Any leads?
Thanks
hi .
ive read in forum posta that you can buy the charging flap cheaply.
where is a good place to try , mine broke off when the cable hit it.
I was going to try glue it back in and dave a few pennies , but if it can be bought cheap then it's a no brainer.
cheapest quote I got for part was...
I’m currently away on holiday in Wales. In preparation I tried granny charging via a good quality 10 metre extension lead. The lead was the thickest I could find commercially available but was only 1.5 mm2. After 8 hours of charging at 1.8 kW (max), the lead was warm and the plug and socket at...
Newbie here with an MG4. I've only public charged once so far. I carry a type 2 cable with me.
What apps, do I need - what is recommened - do you have to have an app for some chargers?
RFID card(s) -is it a good idea if I want to be able to use more UK chargers, are there any free ones...
Morning all! Just ordered my HS PHEV Trophy. Hope to collect on Friday. Just wondered if there is any wisdom to be gleaned here about home charging in terms of types of charger, suppliers and tariffs? Our current energy provider don't offer a specific EV tariff so looking to switch. Have...
I have a 2019 ZS EV suffering from intermittent charging. I think one of the pins in the charging port is broken off and not making contact with the cable properly. Anyone able to post a picture of their charge port so I can compare. TIA
Hi All,
I have a MGS5 SE LR and I am just wondering if anyone has purchased a vehicle to load adaptor as yet, if so which one did you purchase and has it been a success? Many thanks Rob
We currently have a 23 MG4 on lease. It is nearly into its last year.
We may well be looking at a hybrid (😪) next time. Hopefully the HS PHEV, or perhaps another.
I did think here would be the best place to put this thread, but if the Mods want to move it, please do.
My first question (at...
A strange thing happened this morning whilst trying to charge my Trophy at an Instavolt charger. Payment accepted and confirmed, charger connected. Started countdown trying to connect after 40 seconds connected and then stopping message came up and charge full notice, but screen showed only 76%...
Hi, I have had an MG4 for about 2 years and used to charge fine, but now either won’t charge at all or charges for a couple of hours and then packs in. Very occasionally it works fine. Tried all different ways, but none work. Tried overnight with timer, overnight without any timer, timer start...
About 10 days ago I planned a journey of some 210 miles return, so 105 each way. Car was at 94% charged, range 256, so plenty 'in the tank'. I put the granny charger on to bring it up overnight to 100%. The charger plug went in fine but 10 seconds later unlocked itself. I tried a few more times...
I have an MG4 that is ~6months old.
We have myenergi zappi and intelligent octopus go tariff.
As we often get cheap charges through the day, we always leave the car plugged in whenever it's at home.
Yesterday morning the car was fully charged, we took it out for a 45 mile journey and plugged...
Had my MG4 since Oct 24 and the charging port lights stopped working about 4 months ago. Trawled through this thread and got a probable simple fix. Waited a month, still not working so called the local MG4 service centre, assuming (naively) that since the fault has been around since at least...
Page 42 of the owners manual (for Type 3 battery packs, 64kWh) indicates that 3-phase charging is supported at 11kW? Am I misreading ?
My Zappi supports 3-phase (I'm lucky to have 3-phase to the house). Do I need to do anything more than switch the Zappi to 3-phase ?
I just have the Type 2...
Newbie here
If I alter maximum charge to 80% in MG Ismart app, does it stop charge at 80% if I charge at 40% and set up add 50% in Ohme Pro App. Bit confused tbh
Ie does it do anything or has ohme pro taken over the whole process?
Is it ok to charge to 100% once a week ?
Thanking you in advance
Nev
Just brought my car to the MG garage. It turns out that my car does not charge above 40% (used different stations, speeds and passes) since a few days. Has anyone else had this problem? And what was your solution? The timing is very inconvenient, I was supposed to leave for a car camping holiday...
Has anyone tried charging at Castle Donnington Services on the M1? They have a bank of rapid Gridserve chargers but, having tried four with their app and a credit card I gave up as none could make a connection to the car. I then spotted a lonely 50kW charger the other side of the car park which...
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