First Year of Ownership, First 10mm Spanner Reset

[Alslad]

Well, yesterday marked my first year owning the PFL long range. Overall it has been a good year in that I had the full DAB fix done and the car has performed well with good economy.

Apart from trying a Tesla open charger knowing it was unlikely to work, public charging has been fine. Until today..

Let's just say my first experience of Chargeplace Scotland wasn't a good one and I am now in a bar having a very expensive whisky as a consolation prize.

Tried 3 times on 3 chargers. All accepted the RFID card and connected but the car reported 'connected not charging'. Third time after unplugging I got the system fault notice and not able to put car in drive.

This wouldn't have phased me but this time the wife was with me and it was our first stop of an East to West Scotland road trip. While the fix was 5 mins, it was filled with the wife catasrophising and going through all eventualities leading to the trip ending and car in garage. While I knew that was highly unlikely, the resulting huff was more stressful than the anticipation of the car rebooting after battery reconnect.

Hence the whisky! Fingers crossed this is the only glitch of the week. Had the chargers worked, they would have been 31p per kWh so I don't regret trying..

 

[5teep]

The only Chargeplace Scotland units I've had trouble with are the older ones, the telephone box shape and it was one of them that gave me my only HV battery disconnect after a failed charge.
The newer ones are never a problem, if they don't work it does not upset the car.

I won't mention the10mm spanner and resetting the wife

 

[Caramaddy]

This 10mm spanner fix is very useful!

 

[Alslad]

Another dud effort for the free CPS charger at the Burns Heritage Museum in Alloway. No Spanner needed this time thankfully.

Topped up on a podpoint just to make sure nothing wrong with car though