EV general discussion

cuke2u said:
I'd turned mine down in the car's app to only draw a maximum of 10amps hoping that would lesson the heat issue, but it didn't.
Now my new setup with a commando socket and charging lead draws 16amps without any issues.
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It will only draw 10a when asking for 13a if the 3pin is 10A max. Which most are. 230v typical in uk and with losses work on 2kW going into the battery
 
jpaul said:
BTW puma lease deal meme is not £139 once you amortize the deposit, nearer £200.
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jpaul said:
I mean what the lease rates say about depreciation ... and whether in the past few years the cost/pm for a short/24 lease used to be as high relative to a longer/48 one;
24 months @500 is pretty unpalatable. but £350 would entice me.
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You should be well and truly enticed at £200 then?
 
Andybtsn said:
I'm curious, is it the car or the 'granny' charger that determines the speed of a charge on a 3 pin plug? I see 3 pins taking 20 hours to fully charge on some cars, then you've said it takes 4-5 hours.
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At that low level of charge the granny charger itself determines the speed, i can set mine to 6,8 or 10 amps so i leave it on 10 to get a displayed 2.1kw going into the car. Also yeah 4-5 hours are all i need to put in 50-60 miles into the battery not a full charge, that'd be more like 18 hours from 0-100 if you ever drove the car until it stopped moving and then charged it up. My car has a fairly small battery though so that probably makes it a lot easier to manage.

Kenai said:
He's said it takes 4-5 hours to charge up 60 miles worth of range, not fully charge the car although that's perhaps still a little optimistic - at 3 miles per kWh that's still 20kWh which would take more like 8 or 9 hours at 2.3kW. (If you can get 4 miles per kWh though, then you're looking for 15kWh of charge, so more like 6.5 hours)

Edit - looking back at his posts, he seems to be achieving 5 to 6 miles per kWh in his Ioniq, so 4 to 5 hours makes more sense, he might only need 10kWh of charge to achieve that.
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Yeah averaging 5.4mi/KWh at the moment according to the car so at 2.1kw in it takes about 5 hours to recover the 50-60 miles i do daily depending on which way i go to and from work.
 
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Though, that super cheap Puma deal. Where did you see it? My partner really needs to get her own car and I think even she couldn't ignore a price like that


(I may or may not just want a car on charge all day to get the cheaper 6.5p hours lol)
 
Junglist said:
Though, that super cheap Puma deal. Where did you see it? My partner really needs to get her own car and I think even she couldn't ignore a price like that


(I may or may not just want a car on charge all day to get the cheaper 6.5p hours lol)
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tangey said:
I guess travelling salesmen are not as prolific as they once were, but I'd guess there are still plenty out there.
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Yeah, YMMV has never been more apt! I get 6mi/hr into the car via my 3-pin.

If I followed the company rules I should never have less than 12 hours between the end of one work day and the beginning of the next which in my role includes travelling time so that means a minimum of 72 miles going into the car each night. If I had a full EV that probably wouldn't be sufficient frequently enough that I'd have to get a 7kW EVSE but I'm sure for many folks it would be perfectly workable.

It is a big outlay so if the main concern is cost you need to do the sums of just how many hours you are likely to be charging at standard rate over and above the discounted 5 / 6 hours of an EV tariff if you stick to 2kW. Cost aside though there is no denying that a 7kW is more convenient.
 
Kona update:

I accidentally flattened the 12v battery on the weekend while tinkering with it with the doors and boot open!

It's a 22 plate bought from Cinch, and I think the 12v battery might have been on its way out anyway. After being serviced in May it only did a few miles until we bought it just over a week ago. Upon collection I noticed the 12v positive terminal cover left open, so I reckon they might have charged it to put some life in it.

For peace of mind I bought a decent Yuasa battery and fitted it this afternoon.

We've only done one charge on our new Ohme Epod, but it did a good job on Dynamic charge mode to take advantage of cheap rate night time electricity. It set up a schedule to charge 40% over 8hrs at 3.2kwh and leave the car at 90% charge. It was plugged in at 50% charge and in the morning it was on 89% charge, so not bad.

The only issue I've had with the Ohme charger is it occasionally tripping out when not in use. It's happened twice now and switching the dedicated consumer unit back on brings it online straight away.

I'm hoping that a few more charges might bed it in a bit and make it more stable.

Has anyone else had this?
 
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