ESB eCars - Thread 2

Just to let folks know, to celebrate World EV day, eCars is discounting all charges on their network by 25% on the 9th September.

Tried using the only 50kW ESB charger in Portrush yesterday - it failed three times in a row, lasting no more than a minute or two each time. Each time I got back into the car after starting the charge, I could hear a constant ticking noise from inside the cabin, which seemed to come from somewhere inside the dash on the passenger side. I gave up and went to a 22kW charger (also ESB) while we went for lunch, which provided enough juice for us to finish the day out and get home comfortably. I reported a fault with the 50kW charger to ESB while sat in the pub, but is there any reason it could have been an issue with the car's on-board charger? Presumably something like that would have prevented the 22kW charger from working - no problem trickle-charging at home either.

Right, I'll have to take it for another rapid charge at some stage in the next couple of weeks just to see does it happen again, before I start heading off on a series of longer trips over the next few months. I normally charge at home but have been able to use rapids before - that said, I've encountered this issue four times now in the 9 or 10 occasions I've used a rapid charger (twice now at ESB, twice at Weev) and have always assumed it was the charger rather than the car. The previous couple of rapid charges went smoothly, so hopefully I'm right about that.

Cheers, I'll have a look next time it's dry outside (which might not be for a couple of days!) - the car did start charging each time, but only up to 37kW as I'd only come a few miles from where it had been parked so there was no warmth in the battery at all. I'll also try to remember to make extra sure that I really have pushed the plug all the way home, in case I didn't do that properly and left it slightly too loose. The first charging attempt probably lasted more like 3 minutes - in fact, that's exactly right according to the email record - but the other two attempts definitely failed after only a minute.

Charged earlier today in blanch and it cut out all of a sudden. Was at 75% so just left it at that stage.

Never got the finished charging email and now my ecars account has been topped up 4 times in the space of a few minutes. kWh amount for the session showing correct and the funds have been added to my ecars account (now at nearly €90).

Don't use them a lot any more since we got the home charger but never had an issue before. They must be having technical problems. Am sure Amy will get the blame!

Electricity is down around Blanchardstown at the moment so could be something to do with that.

That ezo app send every fricken weather warning and I never set up notifications.