Frozen charge port

[Mike]

I arrived home earlier and decided to put the car on charge, but couldn’t open the charge port. So, out with the extension cable, dig out the hair dryer and warm the area up at the top of the charge port and after about 5 minutes it opened.

This is what it was like yesterday before I put it on charge.

 

[Peter WA]

Wow so glad I'll drive mine in a climate zone where that won't happen. I might need to tint the windows to keep the heat at bay...

 

[Paul225]

Tried to put it on charge last night but go a flashing green light on Pod-Point - says it was going into charging cycle on the manual but not sure if any charging was done overnight - wonder if it was too cold - will see shortly !!

 

[Paul225]

Problem sorted - a little bit of ice on charging port - car said connected but not charging last night - didn’t charge overnight - disconnected it this morning and had to give it a little more push thru the ice and snow and success it is charging !!!

 

[notdodgy]

Seen a few reports of the flap frozen shut and using warm water to unfreeze it.

Does anyone have any tips on how to stop this happening? (apart from waiting for spring).

 

[Mark Holmes]

Seen a few reports of the flap frozen shut and using warm water to unfreeze it.

Does anyone have any tips on how to stop this happening? (apart from waiting for spring).

No good if you need to rapid charge and you can’t open the charging port....!, this is my first worry about the car, but what do they do about this in Norway and other colder countries?.

 

[notdodgy]

Just saw some photos on a FaceBook group where someone had used rubber draft proofing strip on his charging panel.

Looked like a sensible low cost solution.

 

[Mark Holmes]

Just saw some photos on a FaceBook group where someone had used rubber draft proofing strip on his charging panel.

Looked like a sensible low cost solution.

Would you kindly mind sharing the link?

 

[Mgkev]

Would tin foil or plastic sheeting over the port act as a temporary shield?

 

[jamesie]

Bjorn Nyland (teslabjorn) in Norway takes a 12v kettle and a pre-warmed flask of water just in case!

 

[notdodgy]

Would you kindly mind sharing the link?

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I took a quick look and you can get similar rubber strip on eBay in black.

 

[Gomev]

MG Electric Vehicle Owners Club | Facebook

Welcome to the group. Firstly, please check out our website, (www.mgevownersclub.co.uk) and all the detailed Q & A’s for answers to hopefully all your newbie questions. To search this feed, click on...

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I took a quick look and you can get similar rubber strip on eBay in black.

Unfortunately I cannot open that as I am an unsociable sort of person and do not have a Facebook account :-(

 

[RossN]

My car charged fine overnight with my new Zappi but not sure if I am going out today !

 

[Kithmo]

Seen a few reports of the flap frozen shut and using warm water to unfreeze it.

Does anyone have any tips on how to stop this happening? (apart from waiting for spring).

I'm a fan of silicone spray for things like this, but a dousing with any water repellant should prevent it freezing. I put some on my door lock button and on the door mirror mounts and they haven't frozen since.

 

[notdodgy]

Unfortunately I cannot open that as I am an unsociable sort of person and do not have a Facebook account :-(

 

[Mark Holmes]

Thank you

 

[chromeskull]

Problem sorted - a little bit of ice on charging port - car said connected but not charging last night - didn’t charge overnight - disconnected it this morning and had to give it a little more push thru the ice and snow and success it is charging !!!

My pod point over the last 3 days will not balance charge. It does the normal charging and I've been getting around 4 to 6kWh out of it, however when I expect the car to go into balance the pod point just starts flashing green.
I messaged them through the support chat, but they said it was most likely the car having scheduling etc... I told them MG's don't have anything like that.

However the Dumb Rolec at work balances for a very long time. Been plugging in at 9am and I leave around 7:30pm. It's still balancing at that point unfortunately, but I do unplug it to fetch dinner at 12 for around 30mins.

I have no snow on the contacts in the car from what I can see and the charge cable looks fine as well (good as new).

 

[ging353]

If you put hot water on the charge point door it is only going to freeze again when it goes cold. I put some neat antifreeze on a rag and wiped round all the areas of the charge point where they came into contact with each other. Seems to have done the trick. Not frozen up since.

 

[chromeskull]

If you put hot water on the charge point door it is only going to freeze again when it goes cold. I put some neat antifreeze on a rag and wiped round all the areas of the charge point where they came into contact with each other. Seems to have done the trick. Not frozen up since.

I want to find where the locking mechanism is so i can give it a good coating with some water repellent grease. But I can't figure out where it is, it's only the lock causing me problems.

 

[Simondi]

Holy thread resurrection!!!!!

Had the problem of getting the port open last night which a hairdryer sorted
This morning it won't lock into place.
What recommendations for a silicone spray chaps?