Pod Point Charge Rate

[amdmad]

Which charging screen where? On a Podpoint charge point?















On the car infotainment sreen where it shows the battery percentage,it takes me to a charging page,bottom left it says Ac charging

 

[MundaneMatt]

At places like the White rose centre, where there are multiple chargers installed, they are on an array system which balances the load. There is never enough power for all cars plugged in to pull 32A. When I worked at Pod Point it was a recurring complaint from customers, not understanding the infrastructure required to supply all chargers with all the power all the time was simply too expensive for commercial owners to want to fork out for. Pod Point do not own ANY chargers, they operate and install them on behalf of companies such as Tesco, Lidl, DPD etc

 

[amdmad]

 

[Deleted member 9909]

Is that only showing a max of 16a charging? That only gives 3.7kwh max. You need 32a to get 7kw charging? What are you plugged into?

 

[amdmad]

So it sets its own charging rate ?? Not plugged in

 

[BugEyed]

What lead were you using when plugged in last? The lead (strictly the signalling resistor in it) defines the maximum current allowed. If you are using a 16A lead (which will be thinner and typically has 3x2.5 rather than 3x6.5 printed on it) then the car will not allow you to draw more than that.

 

[amdmad]

The 1 supplied with MG

 

[Deleted member 9909]

The car and charger communicate via the cable to determine charge rate. It should show 32a if you are on a charger supplying 7kw

 

[Deleted member 9909]

I found this helpful when I got my first ev, especially signalling

SAE J1772 - Wikipedia

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And this on European type 2

Type 2 connector - Wikipedia

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[siteguru]

The 1 supplied with MG

That's a single phase 32A cable so should support 7kW charging.

 

[amdmad]

I'm on charge at home now pulling 6.2kW. It's a tethered cable.

 

[siteguru]

6.2kW at the car is around what I get from my home wall box ... usually a little bit more (~6.3kW) which translates to ~6.8kW at the wall box, so 0.5kW of "losses" during charging (or ~92% charging efficiency).

 

[Deleted member 9909]

Good, so cable or charger. You need to check the next time you plug into a solo charger to see what the car is pulling