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AnonymousThat’s great info, thanks very much!
Craig. You need a very long night if your UK cable can only charge at 10 A like my Danish Renault (non!!) Flexi Charger. It takes 20 hours for a full charge and a lot of energy are wasted.
Although the Zoe predicts a long charge time when using the Granny cable, in practice it’s much shorter; I’m getting almost 8% per hour. I’ve never used the cable to charge from flat, but from 60% it takes about 5 hours to get to 99% (I do this almost every week when visiting MiL).
AnonymousThanks Steffen and Andy. That real-world info is incredibly useful!
AnonymousHey all.
I had one of the granny cables on order from NuWorldEnergy for a camping trip we’re doing this weekend. They had a delay getting stock from their supplier and weren’t able to get it to me in time. I’ve cancelled the order and they’ve given me a refund.
Made me think, though… £400 is a lot of money for an ‘ occasional’ use cable…
Would any of you guys be interested in some kind of cable timeshare scheme? Pay a deposit, rent per day, it needs to be shipped next day delivery… Any takers?
At the risk of crossing threads, but tying it into the Solar thread I wondered if the Granny cable would accept a smaller current than 10A.? For example in a small Solar installation, 12V battery storage with an inverter, 230 ac out,into Granny cable/limiter,or whatever is in there? Doesn’t really make financial sense but could be a project for some.
Some EVSE cables have a 6A option, but I don’t know if the Zoe would accept it.
As andyfras says, the car will draw a charge current of 10 Amps. As long as the supply the Granny cable is plugged into can deliver at least this current the only other problem may be if something else on the property is plugged in at the same time and drawing a large current too.The renault engineer thought this might be why this little charger came and went over the last two years.Although a very similar granny cable arrived by mistake for my Zoe, but was for the Kangoo van,available from day one I think.The other danger with this charger as discussed may be the use of extension leads and coiling cables, which seem to have caused plugs to melt due to excess heat?
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