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Well I ended up having a play with one of the Gizmos this afternoon whilst waiting in the hospital car park for the Missus appointment.
I downloaded a couple of those 50/60's 'Look at Life' youtube videos onto a USB stick to play on the infotainment system, Stuck it into the drivers side USB port & the system picked it up straight away & played them I read some people were having difficulty playing video/music formats on USB sticks, I've no idea what format I downloaded the videos in from youtube but it worked perfectly, I can kick waiting rooms into touch now & relax in the car watching videos
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LOL He looks like a young Chris Farlowe?
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4th August 2021, 11:08 | #114 |
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Well! Apparently I've not been charging this MG ZS EV correctly It says in the manual to charge the car to 100% once a month & leave it plugged in to balance the main traction battery pack, The pulsating MG badge on the charging port pulsates when it's charging and will change to a steady light when finished charging & will stay lit until the balancing is complete, It will then go out when balancing is finished.
I think I've only done it once since getting it in January We don't use the car everyday & I only charge it to 50-70% because of that so as not to leave the car sitting with a 100% charge for days. I've just plugged it in now to charge to 100% & see if it goes into balance mode.
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I had his name in mind too, Should have known with the old two up two down terraced houses behind.
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Oops! I forgot to report back on the balancing, Yes it did go into balance mode again, I went out in it to do some errands & the battery discharged from 100% to 97% so I plugged it in again & it charged to 100% then went into balance mode for almost 5 hours I've never got the message on the dashboard saying 'Slow charge the car' Maybe it's because I've never used a fast charger of even used my 7kW home charger I get by on using the 3.6 kW function on my charger just fine. From what I've read you get the 'slow charge the car' message if you've done a lot of fast charges and the battery pack needs to balance the cells about once a month to keep them even. It's all a learning curve as the MG dealership never mentioned this Procedure had to be done around once a month.
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Likewise have never had the slow charge now warning.
If I use a rapid charger I will usually take it up to around 80% and then finish off on my home charger. Have to say, we live the ZSEV. It's a brilliant car |
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I wonder if other owners are aware of this especially if like me they don't use fast chargers or charge the car to 100%, Owners that just plug it in overnight will balance the battery pack without even knowing it as when the car reaches 100% it will automatically go into balance mode if needed. Yes we love it too, My missus wasn't too sure when we got it but the smooth, quiet higher driving position for her has won her over, She really liked the Kia Niro we had but was scared of not being able to fuel it & had range anxiety even though she'd never driven a BEV before but I said to her at the start you don't have to worry about that because I'll see to the charging. I've explained to her what to do if ever I cant charge it & she's happy with that now.
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I only have experience of Hyundai EV’s and they are just plug and play no balancing, there is cell balancing going on in the background but not whilst charging. On another not Cumbria finally has an MG dealer......
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