Granny charging issue!

[MattMG]

Hi,

I am having issues with my granny charger and am wondering if anyone had a suggestion please.

The MG ZS does begin to charge through the granny charger, however, after about 5-10 minutes it cuts out and stops. Is this a known issue? Have I been given a faulty charger?

if I lock/unlock the car, it resets itself and then the charging kicks back in for another 5-10minutes.

I fact it resets itself and pull a further charge for a short period of time, I would have thought, means that the socket isn’t the issue, but please do let know if anyone has had the same issue.

 

[aled]

My complete guess would be dirty contacts on the type 2 connector.

 

[ging353]

Hi,

I am having issues with my granny charger and am wondering if anyone had a suggestion please.

The MG ZS does begin to charge through the granny charger, however, after about 5-10 minutes it cuts out and stops. Is this a known issue? Have I been given a faulty charger?

if I lock/unlock the car, it resets itself and then the charging kicks back in for another 5-10minutes.

I fact it resets itself and pull a further charge for a short period of time, I would have thought, means that the socket isn’t the issue, but please do let know if anyone has had the same issue.

I've used my granny charger on numerous occasions and not had any problems.

 

[Mgzs ev]

In my camping trips i used the granny charger several times and hè works great have you tried another 230v wall plug ?

 

[Jomarkh]

Hi, do you use a 16A commando lead?

 

[Gomev]

Do you have powerline adapters for your internet in the house, if so they will cause this to happen.

 

[Alb]

Perhaps you could borrow another charger to rule that out?

 

[MattMG]

Do you have powerline adapters for your internet in the house, if so they will cause this to happen.

This was spot on - I’ve turned off the internet booster and it now works perfectly.

thank you very much

 

[Tim Green]

Can Gomev provide a reason for this malfunction?
Is there any internet connection with the Granny charger or are you referring to RFI?

 

[Gomev]

Can Gomev provide a reason for this malfunction?
Is there any internet connection with the Granny charger or are you referring to RFI?

I do not have an explanation , however I believe it is something to do with the car itself picking up the signals through the wiring which confuses it (technical term). It also affects the 7kW home chargers in the same way. I too learned the hard way after going through all the elimination stuff as advised elsewhere in this thread. Only a problem with MGs as well I think.

 

[aled]

I had non ev issues with powerline adapters where my phone charger would interfere with them. I found a 10 meter extension lead gave enough cable between them to stop the interference.
From an electromagnetic perspective you could try looping the charger so that it is in circles to reduce the interference.