Granny charging first

[Geo68]

First time granny charging, first time using my tough leads extension and first time doing it in the rain. Went well, no overheating plugs and no tripping out, car charged, happy days

 

[Jomarkh]

Was the wall plug inside or out?

 

[Geo68]

Wall plug inside, passed through a window and granny charger plugged into that.

 

[Tiny Tim]

I did this the whole time I owned a Leaf (the most it could charge at was 3.3Kw, so it wasn't that much slower on the granny) - No major issues except for when I used a double socket and boiled a kettle on the other side.... Melting plastic..... not good!!

 

[Jomarkh]

The 'granny' only pulls 2.2kw, not sure how you didn't blow a fuse pulling 3.3kw

 

[Tiny Tim]

The 'granny' only pulls 2.2kw, not sure how you didn't blow a fuse pulling 3.3kw

No, the granny was only pulling 2.2 - I meant that the onboard charger, with a 'proper' chargepoint could only do 3.3 - so not a huge uplift - which was a main contributor to my decision to not bother installing a wallbox. When the battery is only 24kwh it only took 10h to fully charge anyway - so all was good!
Anyways, I'm currently nursing a 23 year old dinosaur until my new ZS arrive. The main issue with my current car is having dodgy air-con in Portugal is no fun at all at the moment (cue violins...)!!