Public Charging

[Beng30]

Does/has anyone successfully used public charging stations?
I tried two today, a Mer one and a Pod, and at both was unable to actually get the car to charge.
At the Mer one the car kept aborting the charge with the control unit saying it was ready but an error occurred so to try reconnecting the cable. The Mer app showed the unit as charging but ISmart app showed not charging and every time I tried to start it charge it said failed.
At the Pod it was at a tescos and I used the Zapmap app, again Zapmap said it was charging but the ISmart showed not.
No scheduled charging was set, I’ve been using granny charger at home ok, I tried multiple times unplugging the cable, unlocking/relocking but nothing i did seemed to allow the car to want to charge.

Am I missing something? Is there a special method to get the car to talk to these chargers so it will charge?

75 plate HS PHEV Trophy

 

[BarrieG]

Are you trying to sit in the car while it is charging? My car will not charge unless it is locked.

 

[Beng30]

Are you trying to sit in the car while it is charging? My car will not charge unless it is locked.

No was being sneaky and taking advantage of not having to pay for parking while charging and there being actual spaces available in the electric bays unlike main car park tried starting while locked and unlocked to no avail