Home Charger

Congratulations on your new car. The home chargers are all very similar - if you stick to well known quality brands. I would recomment that you get a charger that allows you to do a timed charge on your new car using the charger app as this will help if you go on a cheaper tariff. Podpoint are one of the leading suppliers and fitters in the uk but there are many many more. It’s always best to get them professionally fitted too - you may qualify for the government grant. Some rate this site for info.

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You’re welcome. Having a home charger is very useful. Do you know if you qualify for a grant? Did you get any advice from the MG dealer when you purchased your car? I think MG now suggest podpoint home chargers. How is the car by the way?
 
Great. I think you’ll love the car. Post some early experiences on here 🙂
 
I also have a Rolec though I didn't have a choice as it was provided by MG during their promotion. I was lucky to get the Scottish Government grant as well. Have to say that the unit has worked perfectly in normal use if you want to want to programme a charge overnight to take advantage of cheaper tariffs. I'm a wee bit disappointed that EV Energy who operate it, haven't progressed the software to include the MG ZS and allow me to see the state of charge.
 
I don't need anything fancy as we have a carport and I can just pop out and start charging after the off peak rates start at 10.00 pm. I bought the cheapest I could find in Australia and it was still $950! And that is without installation. There can't be more than $100 worth of components in it so someone is making a killing.
 
Stephen said:
I don't need anything fancy as we have a carport and I can just pop out and start charging after the off peak rates start at 10.00 pm. I bought the cheapest I could find in Australia and it was still $950! And that is without installation. There can't be more than $100 worth of components in it so someone is making a killing.
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You could always consider fitting a suitable Wi-Fi switching device, if you wanted to control the timed charging function of your car ?.
A lot of owners in the U.K. have gone for this option because as we know, the MG ZS EV does not come with an “App” in Blighty !.
A long story that has been done to death on the forum already.
 
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Had no end of trouble with mine and on charger no. 2. First charger just charged constantly, second one the scheduling facility doesn't work and I can't control it with the app. It seems to be a common problem. BP say it's the car, MG say the car is fully up to date. Plus BP customer service was appalling, until Motability, through whom I lease the car, stepped in to help. Now having to look into other ways of producing a timed charge, either by buying a lead from Ohme or getting someone to install a timer, as suggested by the engineer who replaced the original charger.
 
Zebra1968 said:
Had no end of trouble with mine and on charger no. 2. First charger just charged constantly, second one the scheduling facility doesn't work and I can't control it with the app. It seems to be a common problem. BP say it's the car, MG say the car is fully up to date. Plus BP customer service was appalling, until Motability, through whom I lease the car, stepped in to help. Now having to look into other ways of producing a timed charge, either by buying a lead from Ohme or getting someone to install a timer, as suggested by the engineer who replaced the original charger.
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I have a BP home charger that works on Mini and Honda for scheduled charging via Chargevision but my MG ZS will not do a delayed charge only an immediate charge. I don't need scheduled charging so will only bother the dealer at the first service to see what/if any updates may be necessary.
 
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