Charging, charging, charging ..........

[Ian Morton]

I have had charging problems, now mostly resolved, for at least a year. This involved both the car and the Rolec charger not working, and at one point both at the same time. This made things very tricky to diagnose and drove me bonkers. I am trying to avoid going back to the dealer again, because they must be sick of the sight of me (although they've been very patient). I've had many visits from the installer (SRG Electrical, also very patient) who eventually returned my charger to Rolec for a rebuild. It now works ok ?.

The car problem was a failure to DC charge, although continuing to charge using AC. The garage doesn't have a rapid charger so didn't/couldn't diagnose the fault. They claimed the car was charging ok. It took a stranding in Margate, a trip home on an AA flatbed (the MG AA cover works really well) and many failed attempts to rapid charge locally for the light to go on in my head. MG gave the dealer a software fix and the car now rapid charges?. However, it's reverted to using a trickle charge between plugging in to my wall box and the 12.30am cheap rate cutting in. Very strange. An earlier update sorted that ages ago. So, before I go back to the dealer (again!), which I'm dreading doing, can anyone tell me what's going on please?

 

[Lovemyev]

Hi Ian and thank you for your very interesting post.
Can you please expand a little on the last bit of your story ?.
And he writes :-
“However, it's reverted to using a trickle charge between plugging in to my wall box and the 12.30am cheap rate cutting in”.
Can’t get my head around this bit sorry.
Thanks !.

 

[Gomev]

Hi Ian and thank you for your very interesting post.
Can you please expand a little on the last bit of your story ?.
And he writes :-
“However, it's reverted to using a trickle charge between plugging in to my wall box and the 12.30am cheap rate cutting in”.
Can’t get my head around this bit sorry.
Thanks !.

Quite well known earlier problem with Rolec smart chargers not recognising the MG.

I believe you need to contact Rolec and ask them to turn off the trickle charge setting which was originally added as a workaround to prevent the car falling asleep when trying to do a timed smart charge.

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I have a 7kw podpoint home charger. I know that this has been discussed across several posts and forums but can anyone recommend a way that I can set up a timed charge overnight between 12.30am and 4am to get cheap rates? My car has the 2nd gen bms. I’ve emailed podpoint and asked if they intend...

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[Ian Morton]

Quite well known earlier problem with Rolec smart chargers not recognising the MG.

I believe you need to contact Rolec and ask them to turn off the trickle charge setting which was originally added as a workaround to prevent the car falling asleep when trying to do a timed smart charge.

Problems with smart charging. Rolec charging point

Just wondering if anyone can help me with smart charging. We purchased our zs in December and been successfully granny charging it on an evening with a timer plug to charge off peak hours...we’ve just had a rolec smart charger installed. Unfortunately only after we had it installed we’ve...

www.mgevs.com

PodPoint timed charging?

I have a 7kw podpoint home charger. I know that this has been discussed across several posts and forums but can anyone recommend a way that I can set up a timed charge overnight between 12.30am and 4am to get cheap rates? My car has the 2nd gen bms. I’ve emailed podpoint and asked if they intend...

www.mgevs.com

Thanks. I'll email EV.energy and ask them to switch it off. Should have done so earlier, I suppose, but I'm a bit worn down by a year of this nonsense and just wanted to see if anyone else has had the problem and had resolved it.

 

[Bazzer44]

Hi Ian and thank you for your very interesting post.
Can you please expand a little on the last bit of your story ?.
And he writes :-
“However, it's reverted to using a trickle charge between plugging in to my wall box and the 12.30am cheap rate cutting in”.
Can’t get my head around this bit sorry.
Thanks !.

Ev my app tell me my MG will not start to smart charge at 12 midnight unless I plug it in after the time , because I like my bed and am damn lazy EV have set the system to trickle charge up to the cheap rate, not overly concerned as the trickle charge actual cost is never more than 40p , if I plug in at 10 30pm so for the free charge on SSE Fix and Drive from midnight it's not an heavy cross to bear I feel and get to bed not too late

 

[Ian Morton]

Fair enough. I'm half with you on this tbh but I hate that, after a year or so of enduring this nonsense, the bloody thing still doesn't work properly

 

[Lovemyev]

It must be extremely frustrating I must admit !.
But it would appear, in this case in could be a problem with the Smart Rolec wall box.
Another hurdle to jump, but the winning post is clearly in sight.
Final push and your over the line.
I wish you well !.

 

[Bazzer44]

Fair enough. I'm half with you on this tbh but I hate that, after a year or so of enduring this nonsense, the bloody thing still doesn't work properly

Ian
I am inclined to think it is the MG software that is the problem
I can't be bothered raising it with the dealer ,perhaps I should,but I do understand your frustration