I am getting there. Learning as I go also discovered things like on the fast charge it slows right down it says it will be at 100% in say like 30 mins and 1 hour later you are still sitting at 93 , it’s all a bit confusing
Glad to hear you are feeling better now Claire.
Glad to here you where able to pick up a decent charge at the public 7 Kw charging post.
The charger slowing down as the battery reaches almost full, is completely normal.
It happens on the 7 Kw public chargers and on home wall boxes as well.
When using the much large Rapid chargers, the reduction in charging speed is very easy to notice as the battery gets full.
You will sometimes hear it referred to by EV users using a rapid, as the charger is now “Throttling Back”.
Without going into too much detail, rapid chargers follow a charging curve which starts slowly, but then increases massively.
Then throttles back much latter in the charge cycle.
Most people covering big distances who use rapid charging, will stop charging at around 80% and be on their way, as soon as the charging speed starts to drop away.
On the 7 Kw public chargers ( like you are using ) or a home wall box will automatically drop back on the speed of charge ( which you have witnessed ) at around the mid 90’s percent and continue to slowly reduce even further.
When the battery reaches 100% the car will then commence a “Battery Balance” cycle.
It takes in a very small amount of energy and the car will then help balance out any differences in the small cells.
Normally you would not carry out a balance cycle on a public post, as people who are waiting to use the post, can become a little agitated ? let’s just say !.
If you are charging overnight in a secure environment and nobody is likely to be wanting to use the charger, then don’t worry.
Leave the car plugged in and it will automatically turn off the post when it has finished.
I hope this makes some sense Claire ?.