Chrisjk
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Hi never use commercial dc chargers
Always charge at home 7kw max podpoiint
Do I need to do balance charges?
Always charge at home 7kw max podpoiint
Do I need to do balance charges?
Standard range or long range model ?.With my gen1, I used to put it on charge for long periods, as I had a standard rate electricity package. Nowadays, I am on Octopus GO so it is only charged over those 4 hours. Normally, this is enough to allow some time for balancing, but of course if the car is low on battery, it may only be marginal on full charge. Is this regime good enough, or should I extend the 4 hours to 5 hours, for instance?
You could time the charge so that your reach 100% within the 4 hours, and then let it balance in the expensive hours as that only uses a few Watts rather than killoWatts.Well often the fours hours is enough to fully charge and allow a bit of balancing.
Sometimes there is no balancing if I have driven more the day before.
That's the question, how much balancing is required?
If I increased the normal running hours to 5 by running the timer on to 5.30 am say, then that allows 4hours recharge and one hours balancing, but may even allow two hours balancing now and again.
Or I could just plug it in more often, and get more balancing that way.
Obviously I don't want to do normal charging in peak hours.
Thanks v much, rather as I thoughtYes, it's still advised but pretty easy to incorporate into your normal charging schedule.
You can use either, or even a public AC charging station. It just has to be AC (11 kW or less).You say incorporate into normal schedules, do I have to use the Granny charger via a 13 amp socket, or can my pod point do balancing?
Just charge to 100%, most times that you charge if it's an LFP battery, or roughly once a month if it's an NMC battery. The only slightly unusual thing is that you have to leave it alone when it gets to 100% SoC. This could take from 10 seconds to 10 hours, but if you do it regularly and all is well, it's usually of the order of half an hour.if yes can you confirm the procedure for me please
thanks againYou can use either, or even a public AC charging station. It just has to be AC (11 kW or less).
Just charge to 100%, most times that you charge if it's an LFP battery, or roughly once a month if it's an NMC battery. The only slightly unusual thing is that you have to leave it alone when it gets to 100% SoC. This could take from 10 seconds to 10 hours, but if you do it regularly and all is well, it's usually of the order of half an hour.
On my Mark 1 ZS EV, the dash will be showing 100% and charge complete, but the LEDs in the MG logo stop "breathing" and turn on constantly during the balancing process. On the Mark 2 and with most other MG models, the LEDs near the charge plug will do something special, I don't know the exact colour and pattern. At the end of the balancing process, you just unplug at your convenience as usual.
For my Gen 1 EV I do 100% and balance every month as recommended (using the granny charger). Easy if you are not a busy user.MG recommend that a balance cycle should be carried out once a month, as a very rough guide.
The length of time it actually takes to balance the pack, is another story completely.
I’ve a Zappi 2 charger and charge to 100%, it then drops the charge to 0.3 kW for about three hours or so whilst it’s balancing (I presume) before saying ‘charge complete’ and dropping to 0 kW. I’ve a Mk 1 ZS EV BTW…For my Gen 1 EV I do 100% and balance every month as recommended (using the granny charger). Easy if you are not a busy user.