Mg5 charging time

[Johnnie6]

I charged my mg5 lr on a 22kw charger with a single phase cable, after two and half hours it had put in 28 percent,Ive been told it's because 22kw is 3 phase even though 3 phase would not help me is this normal ,thanks.

 

[aread2]

Correct, the MG5 on board charger is 7kW, single phase.

 

[Jomarkh]

It will be same as you home unit.

 

[Alb]

AC charging will never exceed 7kW.

 

[weedavemac]

On a LR MG5 the battery will gain 11% per hour using a 7kW charger. It should be the exact same for a 22kw charger

 

[5teep]

Most cars. not just the MG5 have 7kw chargers and cannot exceed that on an AC charger no matter how much it can cope with.

 

[JonLovejoy]

As above, only the Zoe (and some early Teslas) can take full advantage of 22kW AC.

 

[Seaniepie]

There is some incorrect information here. AC 3phase CAN go above 7kW.

Single phase AC is limited to 7kW because of the 32Amp limitations of your supply. 32A x 240v = 7.68kW

Three phase AC is capable of 3x 32A x 240v which is 23.04kW but because of the 97% we can get from 3phases it gets referred to as 22kW. In fact the maximum 3-phase can manage is 43kW at 64Amps.

So, if at home you can get a 3phase feed into a charge unit you can get 22kW. And the MG5 CAN make use of this 3phase supply IF you use a 3phase cable. MG only supply a single phase cable with the car but you can purchase a 3phase type2 5meter cable for about £200 and WILL charge your MG5EV at (up to) 22kWh

DC maximum charge on the MG5 is, from memory as I can’t find the reference right now, about 86kW/h in best case scenario.

 

[Jomarkh]

There is no way my MG5 SR will take 3 phase as L2 and L3 pins are missing

 

[smokie]

I referred indirectly to this yesterday and have just found the table I had with the charging variants, here goes. Not sure where I got it, but I believe it would have been authoritative, otherwise I wouldn't have kept it. Maybe the manual? I certainly snipped it from somewhere into my "useful info" spreadsheet.

For me, it showed that I probably can't reliably use my excess solar.

 

[JonLovejoy]

There is no way my MG5 SR will take 3 phase as L2 and L3 pins are missing

Correct, the MG5 (like the majority of EVs) is limited to 7kW.

 

[Jomarkh]

Looks about right. You can plug it into a 3 phase but it will just use it as a single phase

 

[Seaniepie]

SoaB! You’re right. MG 5 EV (2020) Charging Guide | Pod Point

 

[DaiCB]

3 phase charging is not available on MGs in UK, it is available on European models though.

 

[Gomev]

There is some incorrect information here. AC 3phase CAN go above 7kW.

Single phase AC is limited to 7kW because of the 32Amp limitations of your supply. 32A x 240v = 7.68kW

Three phase AC is capable of 3x 32A x 240v which is 23.04kW but because of the 97% we can get from 3phases it gets referred to as 22kW. In fact the maximum 3-phase can manage is 43kW at 64Amps.

So, if at home you can get a 3phase feed into a charge unit you can get 22kW. And the MG5 CAN make use of this 3phase supply IF you use a 3phase cable. MG only supply a single phase cable with the car but you can purchase a 3phase type2 5meter cable for about £200 and WILL charge your MG5EV at (up to) 22kWh

DC maximum charge on the MG5 is, from memory as I can’t find the reference right now, about 86kW/h in best case scenario.

There is some correct information here regarding 3 phase electricity. Unfortunately none of it relates to the MG which only has a single phase charger onboard.