Chager Problems

[Gonville]

I've had the above warning on ecotricity outlets, 4 in total. My socket flashes red and the screen says to little power from charging unit. I will ring ecotricity because so far I've had only one of their chargers work, out of 7.

Which sort of charger were they?

Bill

That sounds like the need to lift/support the cable when plugging in. There is another thread on this. Flexing of the docking plate in the i3 preventing all the pins touching when first establishing protocols?

[Gonville]

Hi All. The charging unit supplied with my i3 has packed up. When I switch it on I immediately get the charging fault red light flashing without even plugging it into the car. Amyone else had this?

Hi Dave,

yes, mine did get too wet at one time. It started flashing red like yours. I dried it for a good 2-3 hours on the radiator @home and all was well again.
Has yours gotten wet/damp ?

Regards, Steven

I believe it can get wet if it's in the Froot. Unless in waterproof bag.

[CompuMagic]

Have you driven it with the gas generator on much and if so did you wait till the car kicked on the generator automatically or did you manually turn it on while the battery had a good amount of charge?

The problem is not related to the gas generator. In any case BMW will inspect my car on next Tuesday. I'll keep you informed.
FYI, the car has 7000km, I did only one test of more than 240km on the highway with the gas generator forced. Since this test, the gas generator in on automatic mode and I've filled back the tank.

OK what charger do you have at home?

[yaute]

OK what charger do you have at home?

A charging station from Phoenix Contact setup at 3.7kW. (https://www.phoenixcontact.com/online/p ... usen&tab=1)

[PeterHarvey]

Does the temporary fix to the failing in-car charger, that reduces the charge-rate, mean that you can't use fast and rapid chargers - especially the ones at some motorway service areas that are supposed to charge the car (to 80% charge) in 30 minutes.

Peter
UK

[Zzzoom3]

Does the temporary fix to the failing in-car charger, that reduces the charge-rate, mean that you can't use fast and rapid chargers - especially the ones at some motorway service areas that are supposed to charge the car (to 80% charge) in 30 minutes.

Peter
UK

DC Fast Charging and the OUC are not supposed to be affected

[mindmachine]

Does the temporary fix to the failing in-car charger, that reduces the charge-rate, mean that you can't use fast and rapid chargers - especially the ones at some motorway service areas that are supposed to charge the car (to 80% charge) in 30 minutes.

Peter
UK

What is going on here, is the Rapid DC charging is bypassing the on board charger and thus are not effected by the software update.

[jadnashuanh]

Does the temporary fix to the failing in-car charger, that reduces the charge-rate, mean that you can't use fast and rapid chargers - especially the ones at some motorway service areas that are supposed to charge the car (to 80% charge) in 30 minutes.

Peter
UK

What is going on here, is the Rapid DC charging is bypassing the on board charger and thus are not effected by the software update.

L1 and L2 EVSE put a/c into the car's connection, and the car then must use its internal charger to convert it to DC to charge the batteries. When you use the fast DC charging, you bypass the internal ac-dc power supply, and directly charge the batteries. Some of the logic is still in the circuit, but you've bypassed the parts that have had issues.

[ArashMass]

Just bought my i3 and I haven't installed a level 2 charging station yet. I am trying to charge using a regular 110v (Level 1) but there is a red LED light on my charging socket "Power Fault" and the light on the charging port remains white. Has anyone had a similar problem?

Thank you,
Arash
USA

[jadnashuanh]

If the light on the i3's charging port is white, it is saying it is ready to plug in. If the EVSE on the occasional use level 1 charging assembly is red, it is detecting an internal fault. It's possible the receptacle doesn't have a good ground or the polarity is reversed, or it is defective. Have you tried it in another outlet or just unplugged and replugged it in? If I remember properly...plug the EVSE in first, then plug it into the car's charging port.