The special ‘top up’ cable for the ZOE

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  • #9117

    Surya
    Participant

    @strangerover
    Thanks a lot for the offer. I won’t be making it that far north on this trip as we only have a week to spend over here, but I hope to go back to the Lake District next time. I’ll let you know if I’m in the area 🙂

    I didn’t bother with any other cards except the Ecotricity one. Mainly out of time constraint, but also because I felt I would need a lot of cards that I probably wouldn’t use and I might end up relying on chargers that might not actually be there or work. It seems Ecotricity is, pretty reliable and when you limit yourself to the area surrounding those you should have little problem.

    I’ve encountered a number of other EV owners at chargers now (all Leaf owners, were are you ZOE owners?) and all of them where quite surprised to see someone from Belgium here, but I must say that it has, been less of a challenge than I expected. Very doable indeed. The other way around might be harder, allthough Belgium shouldn’t be too much of a problem for anyone with the Blue Corner (only AC 22kW though) and Ikea chargers… And the short distances.

    #9128

    Trevor Larkum
    Keymaster

    Surya, it was a pleasure to meet you and your wife on Wednesday. I hope the remainder of your trip went as well as it sounded like the first part did!

    A couple of pics – two ZOEs together, and Surya’s new magic cable:

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    #9139

    Surya
    Participant

    We didn’t encounter any major problems. We had one more ‘circuit breaker’ error on a charger that was supposedly up and the next charger was reachable but it was a bit of a stretch. In the end we made it.

    I must also say that having this cable on the trip and being able to charge to car over night on camp sites was very handy. In stead of having just enough charge to get back to the first Belgian charge point, we had plenty. I’d certainly recommend getting one of these if you plan on going camping!

    #9144

    Surya
    Participant

    Wops, I only responded to half your reply

    Yes, it was great to meet you in real life. Sorry for keeping you from work for so long 🙂
    Your glove box is indeed a sad thing.

    #9146

    Trevor Larkum
    Keymaster

    I’m glad you got home safely (and I’m sure we’re all looking forward to you writing up your adventure!).

    #9174

    Buzzar
    Participant

    Just purchased one of these for £390.
    Lets see if it works 🙂

    http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/251582478184?ssPageName=STRK:MEWNX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1439.l2649

    #9175

    Surya
    Participant

    Cool, let us know if it does!

    #9207

    andyfras
    Participant
    #9284

    squirejo
    Participant

    I have not yet got my expensive Granny cable to work despite using 3 different sockets and locations. Of course when the car went to the dealer to be looked at as a result of this, it worked just fine….at least that’s what they said.

    I was amazed they did not / could not interrogate the car to find why charging had tripped and BCI come up (within 5 mins of starting charging – one 2 sockets it just goes straight to BCI)

    #9289

    Surya
    Participant

    That is strange. What do the lights on the cable indicate when you plug it in? Mine goes to ‘ready to charge’ in under a second.

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