Dave said: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?
Thanks
Dave said: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?
BoMW said: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.
yaute said:Hi,
I'm facing the same problem on an I3/REX since end of April. By the way I've notice that battery life is going down slowly but surely (from more than 140km to less than 120km now). I keep you informed as soon as I've more information.
CompuMagic said: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?
Bunter said:BoMW said: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
Stevei3 said:Dave said: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
yaute said:CompuMagic said: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.
CompuMagic said:OK what charger do you have at home?
DC Fast Charging and the OUC are not supposed to be affectedPeterHarvey said: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
PeterHarvey said: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
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.mindmachine said:PeterHarvey said: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.
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