When I had my Nissan Leaf four years ago, I had a 7Kw Pod Point (with tethered lead) installed. This worked fine on timed charging because the Leaf had a built-in charging timer.
I am using a Type One to Type Two converter lead as my wife has a smart ForTwo electric Drive. This arrangement has worked perfectly well for four years.
Now I've changed to a MG ZS EV and this does not have a built-in charging timer. I'm faced with a problem as now both cars (smart For Two Electric Drive and MG ZS EV) both use a type two plug.
I would like to have timed charging on the MG to utilise my Economy 7 tariff.
As I see it, I have four options: -
1) Keep things as they are, forget timed charging on the MG, and continue with the Type One to Type Two converter lead
2) Change the tethered lead on the Pod Point to a Type 2 lead, and forget the timed charging on the MG
3) Try and source an external timer for my existing Pod Point, if such a device exists. I can then either keep the Type One to Type Two converter lead or change the lead to Type 2
4) Bite the bullet and change the Pod Point for a charger with a built-in timer
Does an external timer for such a high current load exist?
Could I get a grant for a new charger and use the existing wiring? The cost, in this instance would be a lot less?
Should I just forget about having a timer, and just get up twice in the middle of the night to turn on/off the charger during cheaper Economy 7 times? (!)
What do members think I should do?
I am using a Type One to Type Two converter lead as my wife has a smart ForTwo electric Drive. This arrangement has worked perfectly well for four years.
Now I've changed to a MG ZS EV and this does not have a built-in charging timer. I'm faced with a problem as now both cars (smart For Two Electric Drive and MG ZS EV) both use a type two plug.
I would like to have timed charging on the MG to utilise my Economy 7 tariff.
As I see it, I have four options: -
1) Keep things as they are, forget timed charging on the MG, and continue with the Type One to Type Two converter lead
2) Change the tethered lead on the Pod Point to a Type 2 lead, and forget the timed charging on the MG
3) Try and source an external timer for my existing Pod Point, if such a device exists. I can then either keep the Type One to Type Two converter lead or change the lead to Type 2
4) Bite the bullet and change the Pod Point for a charger with a built-in timer
Does an external timer for such a high current load exist?
Could I get a grant for a new charger and use the existing wiring? The cost, in this instance would be a lot less?
Should I just forget about having a timer, and just get up twice in the middle of the night to turn on/off the charger during cheaper Economy 7 times? (!)
What do members think I should do?