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ESB eCars - Thread 2

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  • #242
    MarkN
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,498 ✭✭✭MarkN


    no way. As it is, cost for the charge I got was nearly €9. A petrol for 50kms of range would have cost approx half!



  • #243
    AndrewJRenko
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 32,869 ✭✭✭✭AndrewJRenko


    I did my first attempt to charge on the road last week at an ESB hub in Waterford.

    I had a few goes at using the CCS cable, but it wouldn't work. The CCS option was greyed out on screen. I plugged my own cable into the socket on the side and it allowed me to go ahead and charge, albeit at a fairly slow rate.

    I had to stop at an Applegreen later on, and got more power there in the time it took to have a coffee than I got at the ESB in the time it took to go for a decent pub dinner.



  • #244
    josip
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 14,767 ✭✭✭✭josip


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123754168#Comment_123754168

    When you used your on cable you were on A/C and probably charging 11kW depending on your car.

    At the Applegreen, I assume you were using the cable attached to the charger so you would have been on DC and getting 50 - 150 kW.

    Apologies if I'm mansplaining.



  • #245
    AndrewJRenko
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 32,869 ✭✭✭✭AndrewJRenko


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123754323#Comment_123754323

    I need lots of 'splaining, so keep going - though I had worked that bit out for myself.

    The real question is why I couldn't use the CCS charger at the ESB though. Is this option usually greyed out?

    I forgot to mention that at the Applegreen, there were two CCS cables. The first one wouldn't connect, but the second one connected fine.



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