MG5 LR AC Charging - does it stop automatically when full?

[JimD]

As per the title. I'll be astonished if the answer is no, yet I can't find confirmation of this anywhere, so just checking.

My assumption is that if I leave it on either a slow or fast charger overnight, it will charge the battery, perform its equalisation thingy, then stop without any intervention on my part.

Have I got that right?

 

[bobs2293]

Yes obviously. The electrons won’t spill out. It will just shut itself off.

Same as charging a phone/laptop etc etc etc

 

[JimD]

Thanks.

I do realise it was a daft question, but I needed someone to put my mind at rest.

 

[Jomarkh]

MG5 SR charging display state order.

I thought I would use the 'granny' to see the different charge states the car displays. At 97% car is 'in charging'. At 100% car has 'finished' charging but not turned off the EVSE so 'not' balanced. When the car is balanced it shows 100% connected 'uncharged' and turns off the EVSE. The car...

www.mgevs.com

 

[Tiny Tim]

Thanks.

I do realise it was a daft question, but I needed someone to put my mind at rest.

The only daft questions are the ones you already know the answer to! And even then it's probably not daft - teachers make a living out of doing it!

 

[JimD]

MG5 SR charging display state order.

I thought I would use the 'granny' to see the different charge states the car displays. At 97% car is 'in charging'. At 100% car has 'finished' charging but not turned off the EVSE so 'not' balanced. When the car is balanced it shows 100% connected 'uncharged' and turns off the EVSE. The car...

www.mgevs.com

Perfect! Thanks for that - it's exactly the info I've been unsuccessfully googling for.

 

[manictomb]

The question is never daft only those who didn't think of it to ask

 

[Kithmo]

There's no such thing as a daft question, only daft answers.

 

[JimD]

Mission accomplished (good job I saw that other thread or I'd be puzzled by the 'uncharged' message).

I put it on at 8pm yesterday (granny charger) and by the time I got up (6:30) the smart meter display was back to normal (apart from telling my I was over my weekly budget lol).

The estimated time when it started was 11h 24m, but it seemed to take less time - I expected it would do an equalisation thing on top of that so a bit surprising (though I wasn't up in time to see it happen anyway). It took me an hour to get ready to go outside and take the photo, so I suppose it could have been doing something in that time).

 

[Jomarkh]

If your smart meter was showing your normal background use then the balance had finished as the car draws about 300-500w while balancing which would show on your IHD