V2L adapter included?

[siteguru]

???

 

[Ian Key]

???

I'd worry about you but only if I'd got nothing else to do which is highly unlikely ?

 

[bear1]

You can get those cheaper on ebay

EV Cable Adapter 2022 MG ZS MG4 MG5 Discharge V2L Vehicle to Load UK Power Cut | eBay

You will receive adapter(s) as shown on pictures and item title.

www.ebay.co.uk

Can I ask if anybody has used these and knows about these things: are they safe?

I know just enough about this to know that I don't want to take a risk. But I'm also very reluctant to spend the huge sums that MG want for the official cable!

Thanks in advance.

 

[NewMG4me]

Can I ask if anybody has used these and knows about these things: are they safe?

I know just enough about this to know that I don't want to take a risk. But I'm also very reluctant to spend the huge sums that MG want for the official cable!

Thanks in advance.

I’ve just ordered this exact one but I don’t get the car until 5th June. Hoping there is a positive response from someone who has used this !

 

[Rolfe]

I've got one but I haven't used it, so I'm awating an informed answer.

 

[Kithmo]

The car charger is waterproof, the adaptor is not. Might need to find a way to cover the adaptor...
I guess that it is ok to use the jet washer to clear the driveway or other car

Rated IP56 whatever that means.

 

[NewMG4me]

Rated IP56 whatever that means.

IP56 = Protected against harmful dust (first digit) with protection from strong water jets and no harmful effects of strong water jets from all directions (second digit). Protected against ingress of solid object, diameter 50mm. Protection against water drop. No harmful effect of vertical water drip

 

[wandle MG4 trophy]

Call me cautious but I bought the hideously expensive MG V2L cable. I don’t want to risk electrocuting myself with a dodgy cheap adapter bought from eBay. Nor do I want to damage the car or any connected appliance.

 

[Les burrows]

Call me cautious but I bought the hideously expensive MG V2L cable. I don’t want to risk electrocuting myself with a dodgy cheap adapter bought from eBay. Nor do I want to damage the car or any connected appliance.

Totally agree and have said so in many threads on this forum and have done the very same when we purchased the MG4.
Les

 

[AndyL61]

Can I ask if anybody has used these and knows about these things: are they safe?

I know just enough about this to know that I don't want to take a risk. But I'm also very reluctant to spend the huge sums that MG want for the official cable!

Thanks in advance.

I bought one , have tried it , it works, plug n play.

 

[Wudus]

I've got one and used it to boil a kettle with no trouble

 

[ukslim]

Here's a teardown of a Hyundai/Kia V2L adapter -

I guess the MG ones are very similar - he says he has another video about an MG one, but I can't find it.

Judge for yourselves how much could go wrong with a substandard one. At first glance, I can see there's a thermal switch in there which a shoddy one could leave off, but you'd have to plug in something really stupid (as he says -- a really badly wired 3-pin plug) to cause that to trigger. Otherwise there really isn't much to it -- one resistor to earth, and otherwise direct connections from the Type 2 to the 3-pin socket.

Also here's someone making their own.

 

[ukslim]

Ah, here's the same British guy (as opposed to the commentary-free French above) building his own MG V2L adapter.

 

[baader]

I have this KIA adapter, but it doesn't work in MG4, see photo:

 

[cjmillsnun]

No it won't. You need a different value resistor between PE and CP. The Hyundai/KIA system is slightly different. You would be better getting an MG adaptor.

 

[Ian Key]

No it won't. You need a different value resistor between PE and CP. The Hyundai/KIA system is slightly different. You would be better getting an MG adaptor.

Which is why when buying third party adaptors yoiu have to make sure they are MG4 specific.

 

[baader]

And does anyone have a recommendation for an adapter for the MG4 that won't cost 300EUR?

 

[bedsev]

And does anyone have a recommendation for an adapter for the MG4 that won't cost 300EUR?

See the first page for the £20 eBay one, I've just got one and it works fine (check year is correct as they have two different ones)

 

[MG 4 Phil]

Homedes!gn

 

[Filip]

And does anyone have a recommendation for an adapter for the MG4 that won't cost 300EUR?

Hello, I have this tested one, it's a bit impractical because it doesn't have a cable, where can we exchange experiences, write a private message