Battery type 1 or 2

[slmorgan42]

Just looking through the manual before my MG5 Facelift arrives. I noticed it refers to battery type 1 or 2 with different information on each.

Is there really two different types for the facelift MG5?

 

[Jomarkh]

There maybe a SR and LR battery difference

 

[Dino]

I think you can only download the manual for the original MG5 and that has information on both the SR and LR, but the facelift is only LR. The difference in range between the SE and Trophy seems to be down to aerodynamics and wheel size rather than different batteries

 

[slmorgan42]

I think you can only download the manual for the original MG5 and that has information on both the SR and LR, but the facelift is only LR. The difference in range between the SE and Trophy seems to be down to aerodynamics and wheel size rather than different batteries

Thanks I did manage to find on the MG site a place where you enter the vin and it took me to a facelift version. I am guessing there will be two version of the Facelift. It talks about charge time so I will do the maths when i get a chance and work out which is which

 

[szymon]

Thanks I did manage to find on the MG site a place where you enter the vin and it took me to a facelift version. I am guessing there will be two version of the Facelift. It talks about charge time so I will do the maths when i get a chance and work out which is which

Please share the facelift version of the manual if you have it! I don’t have my new vin yet but would love to have the correct manual

 

[slmorgan42]

Please share the facelift version of the manual if you have it! I don’t have my new vin yet but would love to have the correct manual

When back at my computer I will see if I can share it some how.

 

[mickw]

On the following thread there are links to MG5 facelift manual.

MG5 Long Range (New 2022 version) - Owner's Manual?

I've got an MG5 LR Trophy on order but I can't find anywhere a pdf copy of the owner's manual. (Would be nice to get familiar with it in the several months I'll probably be waiting for the car...) MG's own (UK) website doesn't appear to have a manual for the new MG5 version. Does anyone have...

www.mgevs.com

(Post was from Netherlands and the pictures in the manual - which is in English - are for Left Hand Drive car, but I presume the contents are basically the same as a UK manual would be.

 

[szymon]

Those links don't work. They were likely one time download links provided to the original poster.

@slmorgan42 if you get a moment free at your computer I'd really appreciate a copy (perhaps even just attached here, or I could give you my email address, or whatever).

 

[Alb]

I have the manual.
It's very heavily compressed so low quality but that's how it came

 

[slmorgan42]

Those links don't work. They were likely one time download links provided to the original poster.

@slmorgan42 if you get a moment free at your computer I'd really appreciate a copy (perhaps even just attached here, or I could give you my email address, or whatever).

Hey
Sorry I have been trying to do this but they are a little large. I see Alb has got it up loaded

 

[szymon]

Hey
Sorry I have been trying to do this but they are a little large. I see Alb has got it up loaded

The manual above is for European version, not UK version. Can you share the location that you download the manual (I now have my VIN) so I can grab my own?

 

[slmorgan42]

The manual above is for European version, not UK version. Can you share the location that you download the manual (I now have my VIN) so I can grab my own?

Try this may be the same

User manuals

By entering the 17-digit Vehicle Identification Number (VIN) below, you can access and view all your manuals more conveniently online.

www.mgmotor.eu

 

[TetchyTechie]

In a copy of a manual written in English (but possibly for European models), it states:

Starting & Driving​

Equalisation Charging​

On average it takes at least 7 hours (single phase power) or
4.9 hours (three phase power) to complete a charge that
includes the equalisation charge for battery pack type 1.
On average it takes at least 8.5 hours (single phase power)
or 5.9 hours (three phase power) to complete a charge
that includes the equalisation charge for battery pack type
2.

Type 1
If the wall-box can offer 32A single-phase AC, that's about 32A x 1 x 230V (nominal) = 7.36 kW.
7 hours at 7.36 kW gives 51.52 kWh for type 1
If the wall-box can offer 32A three-phase AC, that's about 32A x 3 x 230V (nominal) = 22.08 kW
- however, the convertor from AC to DC in the car converts at a maximum of 11 kW
4.9 hours at 11 kW gives 53.9 kWh for type 1

Type 2
If the wall-box can offer 32A single-phase AC, that's about 32A x 1 x 230V (nominal) = 7.36 kW.
8.5 hours at 7.36 kW gives 62.56 kWh for type 2
If the wall-box can offer 32A three-phase AC, that's about 32A x 3 x 230V (nominal) = 22.08 kW
- however, the convertor from AC to DC in the car converts at a maximum of 11 kW
5.9 hours at 11 kW gives 64.9 kWh for type 2

The mgmotor.eu website, when English is selected as the language, shows specifications (you need to scroll to the bottom of the page and click on 'See full specs') for 'Comfort' and 'Luxury' models in both 'Standard Range' and 'Extended Range'
The 'Standard Range' models are listed as having 50.3 kWh LFP (Lithium Iron Phosphate) batteries.
The 'Extended Range' models are listed as having 61.1 kWh NMC (Lithium Nickel Manganese Cobalt) batteries.
I would hazard a guess that the smaller, LFP, battery is 'Type 1', and the larger, NMC, battery is 'Type 2'.

I could be wrong, because there are a few assumptions in the above that could make my reckoning laughably incorrect.