I took delivery of my EQA on 28 April and since then I've recharged the high voltage battery once.
I anticipate that most of my charging will be done at home using the AC current mains charging cable supplied with the car. Our electricity supply contract provides power at three prices, as follows: Peak rate, Off-peak rate and Shoulder rate. Peak rate (6am to 10am, then 3pm to the following 1am) is the most expensive, then Off-peak (1am to 6am) and Shoulder (10am to 3pm) is the cheapest. I aim to charge my car battery at the Shoulder rate, when possible. As I don't use my car every day, there may be times when I charge the car over several days during that 5 hour window.
I think the Owner's Manual leaves a lot to be desired, not least as it relates to charging. It is very thorough as regards safety warnings, but less so as regards helpful information. Mains-supply home charging is one such example. The Manual doesn't, for instance, instruct when to turn the mains supply on and off in the charging sequence. Perhaps that's just too basic? On the single occasion when I charged the battery at home, I made the charging cable connections, then turned the mains power on - and I turned the mains power off before removing the cable. It seemed to work and I'm not aware of having damaged anything.
The purpose of this post is to seek the brains trust's advice as to the advisability of leaving the cable attached to the car in a scenario where I want to charge the battery on say two or three consecutive days (leaving the car in the garage). I would turn the mains power supply to the cable on at 10am and off at 3pm on each of those days - and remove the cable once I've charged the battery to the desired level.
Does anyone know whether it is OK to leave the charging cable connected - and not supplied with mains power during the remaining 19 hours each day - in a scenario such as this?
Needless to say, I don't have a wallbox and so far I haven't used any public charging facility.
I anticipate that most of my charging will be done at home using the AC current mains charging cable supplied with the car. Our electricity supply contract provides power at three prices, as follows: Peak rate, Off-peak rate and Shoulder rate. Peak rate (6am to 10am, then 3pm to the following 1am) is the most expensive, then Off-peak (1am to 6am) and Shoulder (10am to 3pm) is the cheapest. I aim to charge my car battery at the Shoulder rate, when possible. As I don't use my car every day, there may be times when I charge the car over several days during that 5 hour window.
I think the Owner's Manual leaves a lot to be desired, not least as it relates to charging. It is very thorough as regards safety warnings, but less so as regards helpful information. Mains-supply home charging is one such example. The Manual doesn't, for instance, instruct when to turn the mains supply on and off in the charging sequence. Perhaps that's just too basic? On the single occasion when I charged the battery at home, I made the charging cable connections, then turned the mains power on - and I turned the mains power off before removing the cable. It seemed to work and I'm not aware of having damaged anything.
The purpose of this post is to seek the brains trust's advice as to the advisability of leaving the cable attached to the car in a scenario where I want to charge the battery on say two or three consecutive days (leaving the car in the garage). I would turn the mains power supply to the cable on at 10am and off at 3pm on each of those days - and remove the cable once I've charged the battery to the desired level.
Does anyone know whether it is OK to leave the charging cable connected - and not supplied with mains power during the remaining 19 hours each day - in a scenario such as this?
Needless to say, I don't have a wallbox and so far I haven't used any public charging facility.