granny charger

Hi all, So, eagerly anticipating the arrival of my new S5EV soon and I'm still trying to justify a dedicated charger for it. Given the low frequency of charging I'm expecting I think I could easily justify getting a granny charger however, the convenience argument is for getting a dedicated...

I'm just getting my first electric car, and I'll mostly charge it at home with a granny charger. We only did 2000 miles a year with our old car, but we may do a tad more with the shiny new one. We may even get away from home and want to charge from a public charger, but I doubt we'll need to do...

My MG OEM granny charger came from my MG5 where as I recall it used to input nearly 3 KW. I am now using it on my S6 and it only does between 1.9 and 2.1 KW. Has any one else got better charging rates or is this an S5 thing? Perhaps not all granny chargers are the same?

Does/has anyone successfully used public charging stations? I tried two today, a Mer one and a Pod, and at both was unable to actually get the car to charge. At the Mer one the car kept aborting the charge with the control unit saying it was ready but an error occurred so to try reconnecting the...

Hi, I ordered an MG4 (SE Long Range) on Saturday 8th, and am picking it up on Saturday 15th. We won't have a charger fitted by then, so until we do our choices are charge at public chargers (£££) or charge from a 13A socket. So...: is it safe to charge from a 13A socket? I've read that it's...

Hi all, I have a pre-facelift MG5 21 plate, I’ve owned the car for around 3 years, most of my charging through this time has been done via a granny charger plugged in through my window. For the last few days the car no longer charges on the granny charger, it locks, engages and then after 10...

Hello I've just taken delivery of a S5 having moved from a ZS. All seems OK at the moment but will take some time to get my head around all of the settings. My question is what is provided in the way of equipment, I have puncture repair kit, the same as the ZS, a type 2 charging cable but no...

Anyone got some cheap UK Amazon links for granny/3 pin chargers? I didn't want to spend a bunch of time scrolling through Amazon and this forum as I need it delivered for tomorrow and I know people are fairly fast at responding on here. I noticed a few around £80 but wanted some advice as I...

For various reasons I won’t go into now the only way I can charge my HS PHEV at home is to use a 3 pin granny charger. This is absolutely fine as a 20 kWh charge can be done overnight. However I’m only getting around 2.4 kW charging whereas I was expecting closer to 3.3 kW. Charger is set to 13...

Hi, I’m the very happy owner of a 3 week old phev and I would like some guidance please from all you experienced electric drivers. I am using a granny charger (10 amp max) to charge for 5 hours off peak about twice a week as we don’t generally stray too far from home and this is more than...

Good morning. I'm picking up a new MG S5 LR Trophy shortly and have just joined this site. The likelihood is, I'll have the vehicle before by home charger is fitted. Does anyone have the subject charger available to sell by any chance? I've seen an archived ad for one, but my guess is that it's...

Brand New MG Granny Charger in steel reinforced MG canvas bag. 13 amp plug to charging unit to Type 2 car socket. Suitable for home charging of any MG or other vehicle from your household 13amp socket. This isn't like the ones sold as new elsewhere, which have been taken out of a car, this is...

We should be getting our car on Tuesday (it was supposed to be today but that's another story) and Octopus have yet to give me a date for installation of a charger. I had intended to use a granny charger in the meantime. However, our house is 35m from the car so I'd have to use an extension...

Is there a 3 pin UK charging cable included with a new Cyberster? Thanks

As befits a novice ev driver, I ran my drive (hv) battery down on a drive to Gatwick airport (Ok, Waze may have helped). Got car returned to home in flatbed but can’t reach my home charger with cable. Should I expect any problem recharging with the granny charger? 2020 ZS ev. Sorry about...

How many amps does everyone's pull mine claims 10amps on the back yet only ever seems to get to 9amps at 240v so pulling 2170 ish Watts from the socket. Just noticed as the voltage dropped to 238v its now pulling 9.1amps. I guess its programmed to draw no more than 2.2kW?

I have an intermittent problem with a 13A fuse blowing in the 3 pin plug of a granny charger for an MG4 Trophy. The RCD on the mains supply circuit also trips on occasion. The charger plug is connected directly (no extension lead) to a standard UK 3 pin 240V socket. The charger has always used...

Hi all, Looking for some advice, I have a 23 plate MG ZS EV long range. We have two electric cars in our household and only one 7kW wall charger. The other car is a Citroen and doesn’t have a programmable charging time option. As a result I often use the 3pin granny charger from the garage...

Hi All. Can anyone tell me the overall length of the granny charger which comes with the MG4 please? Socket outlet in the garage is not ideally placed and I need to understand if I need a dedicated extension lead with RCD. TIA.

Hey I have the FL with the app. Is there a way I can see how many units of energy have been used when using the granny charger. I am going to charge at a friends house and want to offer them some cash. Many thanks