Battery heater

[Zebedee]

Hi,
Had a search in the forum for info on the battery heater. Is there a difference in the mk2 LR to the mk1 sr please?

Any experience in general of its use to increase charging speed please?

Cheers

 

[Bluecruiser]

Do not belive many markets got battery heater in mrk1 think was intended for the nordic markets. Was a option but believed pulled in UK as belive there were issues

 

[Zebedee]

Cheers. A lot of the information I've seen suggests the battery charges fastest at around 30c. Just hoping that this is achievable using the heater as it will make a big difference on those longer journeys to Cornwall for me.

 

[Whooo]

Do not belive many markets got battery heater in mrk1 think was intended for the nordic markets. Was a option but believed pulled in UK as belive there were issues

Mine has the option to manually switch on the battery heater from the battery screen.

 

[ARealHuman]

I seem to remember a couple of people on here had the battery heater installed on their gen1's at their own risk.

 

[Maylandmale]

I seem to remember a couple of people on here had the battery heater installed on their gen1's at their own risk.

Hi I have a gen1 2020 model and it has the battery heater, turned it on to check it worked, but have never used it during chargeing though

 

[Elec Car Aust]

Hi,
Had a search in the forum for info on the battery heater. Is there a difference in the mk2 LR to the mk1 sr please?

Any experience in general of its use to increase charging speed please?

Cheers

Australia only has the mk1 ZS and no heater down here

 

[nickandsueholt]

I have a 21 Mk1 MG5LR which has a battery heater on it. I've switched it on to check it worked but haven't used it to charge yet. Probably will on a long distance run.

 

[rdyksman]

this friday i going to get my '22 standard range with battery heater. Is it better for the battery to use the heater? and will the range extend with the heater?

 

[drmcw]

this friday i going to get my '22 standard range with battery heater. Is it better for the battery to use the heater? and will the range extend with the heater?

No the heater will increase the consumption and so reduce your range...a lot! What it is supposed to do is heat the battery so that it will charge more effectively rather than the charge be throttled due to a cold battery.
See this post for more info.

 

[Kithmo]

The battery heater seems counter productive to me.
You spend time heating the battery to save time recharging it, which now takes longer anyway due to the fact you've just run it down more to heat it.
I guess it's more to do with looking after the health of battery, in reality, is it ?

 

[Vipar]

Yes

 

[zivsteevs]

It could be interesting to put webasto style heater in battery cooling line. It would kind of ruin the 100% green thing, but for winter months would be useful.