Good Deal ATM with Amazon on Type 2 Charging Leads 5m, 8m or 10m long

[JonnyG]

I bought one of these when I got my Xpower and it has worked perfectly for two years.

It comes in a quality zip canvas bag too which I personally now use for carrying all my other "emergency" stuff in the boot

On offer at Amazon today with a significant discount (and in various sizes 5m, 8, 10m) with delivery by tonight atm for Prime members.

Thought I'd post just in case anyone was on the hunt for one

https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B0CKSDKHHS/

 

[5teep]

Amazon telling me "This does NOT fit your vehicle" lol

 

[siteguru]

Added to my Wish List, although I'll probably hold off ... I've never yet needed to use the Tesla Type 2 - Type 2 cable I currently have.

 

[Bam Bam]

Insisted we got one of these with the car.

Use it every now again when the free chargers in town are available. Don't really need to use it but if it's free and available why not?

But it has also been very useful when visiting holiday cottages as those have been untethered in my experience. Maybe the cottage owners could have lent a cable if we had asked.

So I'd say it is useful overall, though not essential if you have a tethered charger.

 

[5teep]

It's worth keeping an eye on Amazon Renewed (used to be warehouse) too. I got a 7m cable for £49 last summer, sealed and in perfect condition. I think it had lust been returned by someone.

 

[Ian Key]

Added to my Wish List, although I'll probably hold off ... I've never yet needed to use the Tesla Type 2 - Type 2 cable I currently have.

I haven't used mine in the wild either but I do use it for charging at home as I have an un-tethered charger.

I notice Tesla still doesn't have them for sale on the app. Perhaps they got pissed off with all the non Tesla owners buying them.

 

[Gomev]

Added to my Wish List, although I'll probably hold off ... I've never yet needed to use the Tesla Type 2 - Type 2 cable I currently have.

I love destination charging while I'm away. We visit Warner hotels amongst others and use the chargers there overnight to fill up for pootling around after arriving and to have a full enough tank when setting off for home.
It's almost like having the convenience of being at home.

 

[nickeva67]

Is this different to the standard charging lead supplied that was supplied with my new MGS5?
Asking as I don't have access to a home charger and my nearest charger advertised as 11kw but I was only getting 3.5kw?

 

[Jomarkh]

I love destination charging while I'm away. We visit Warner hotels amongst others and use the chargers there overnight to fill up for pootling around after arriving and to have a full enough tank when setting off for home.
It's almost like having the convenience of being at home.

Do all Warners have charge points and how much are they?

 

[siteguru]

Is this different to the standard charging lead supplied that was supplied with my new MGS5?
Asking as I don't have access to a home charger and my nearest charger advertised as 11kw but I was only getting 3.5kw?

11kW = 3 phase = 3.7kW max per phase

MGS5 = single phase onboard charger (?), or single phase charging cable used = 3.5kW charge rate

 

[nickeva67]

11kW = 3 phase = 3.7kW max per phase

MGS5 = single phase onboard charger (?), or single phase charging cable used = 3.5kW charge rate

Apologies new to EVs - so do I need to get a three phase charging cable to get 11kW?

 

[5teep]

Apologies new to EVs - so do I need to get a three phase charging cable to get 11kW?

No m8, the MGs5 will only charge at 7kw max on AC, it has a single phase charger.
On that 11kw charger you'll only ever get 3.7 because that's all it can put out on a single wire. To be able to make use of all three wires (phases) your onboard charger would have to be 3 phase as well.

 

[nickeva67]

No m8, the MGs5 will only charge at 7kw max on AC, it has a single phase charger.
On that 11kw charger you'll only ever get 3.7 because that's all it can put out on a single wire. To be able to make use of all three wires (phases) your onboard charger would have to be 3 phase as well.

Thanks. So if I use a 7kw charger will it charge at 7kw?

 

[siteguru]

Yes, or rather at the rating of the onboard charger (OBC, which is 6.6kW in the single phase MG4 - I presume the MGS5 uses the same OBC).

 

[5teep]

Thanks. So if I use a 7kw charger will it charge at 7kw?

Yes it will. It will also charge at 7kw on a 22kw charger because each phase carries 7.4kw.

 

[Martinonline]

@Jomarkh, most Warners have chargers, usually 3kW, but not all work. At Thoresby Hall which is being upgraded to a 'Reserve' Warner hotel they were fitting 22kW chargers, presumably to replace the current 3kW ones. I do not know if the 22kW will need to be paid for but the 3kW ones have been free, so far in the Warners I've visited.

 

[Gomev]

Do all Warners have charge points and how much are they?

@Jomarkh, most Warners have chargers, usually 3kW, but not all work. At Thoresby Hall which is being upgraded to a 'Reserve' Warner hotel they were fitting 22kW chargers, presumably to replace the current 3kW ones. I do not know if the 22kW will need to be paid for but the 3kW ones have been free, so far in the Warners I've visited.

Most Warners I have visited, and we have done 9 so far have chargers. A lot of these were installed as token efforts a number of years ago, but they do exist. They are ramping up their chargers now though as they upgrade hotels but don't seem to have a consistent policy on who the CPO should be. They do not advertise that they have them and sometimes even can't be found on Zapmap.
Last year at Studley Castle there were 2 double posts from a CPO I'd never heard of and had to be activated via the web (not an app).
A lot have been free, but as they upgrade and realise the demand for them they are getting better but being charged for now.
I have charged at Bodelwyddan Castle (north Wales), Holme Lacey (Herefordshire), Sinah Warren, (Hayling Island) and Corton Village (Suffolk) all for free. Had to pay at Studley Castle (Warwickshire) but cost was reasonable, I think 50p/kWh, and am heading off to Heythrop Park in the New Year where they have 35 Podpoint chargers. These are at 57p, but there are also some in the village up the road at 50p. Alternatively I may stop at Banbury Tesla either on the way there or back at 56p.