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I 'think' I can guess the answer and apologies if this has been covered before/well known. But anyway :-
Just got a new Mercedes 300DE. Love the car and went in with my eyes open about what the real electric range would be, so all good there. It's the charging that's a bit odd. With the supplied Type 2 to Type 2 cable tried a couple of 7.2kw points that comments show (off ZapMap) that 7.2kw was possible. 3.6kw on both. Noted that the connector mentions 20A.
So they've given me what I assume is a cable that can only do 3.6kw. So, off to a local Mercedes garage and they were very good, confirmed it was the usual cable supplied with the car and tested it on their point....7.2kw.
So how and why? Is it that the Mercedes point is 3 phase and the others only single phase? And the crucial question, if I buy a 32A Type 2 cable will that open up more 7.2kw points?
Thanks for any help!
Just got a new Mercedes 300DE. Love the car and went in with my eyes open about what the real electric range would be, so all good there. It's the charging that's a bit odd. With the supplied Type 2 to Type 2 cable tried a couple of 7.2kw points that comments show (off ZapMap) that 7.2kw was possible. 3.6kw on both. Noted that the connector mentions 20A.
So they've given me what I assume is a cable that can only do 3.6kw. So, off to a local Mercedes garage and they were very good, confirmed it was the usual cable supplied with the car and tested it on their point....7.2kw.
So how and why? Is it that the Mercedes point is 3 phase and the others only single phase? And the crucial question, if I buy a 32A Type 2 cable will that open up more 7.2kw points?
Thanks for any help!