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      07-09-2020, 03:57 AM   #1
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Charger recommendations for a 330e

Hi all, just getting some work done including electrics before we move house and looking to get a charger installed. Can't be waiting for 10hrs to fully charge on a 3pin!

Was chatting to a guy who had a tethered Pod Point 7kW installed in Feb and paid £360. Price now is £560 so they have shot up in 5 months.

Guessing it's better to get a 7kW for future charging on next car etc as we don't plan to move again any time soon.

What is everyone using and anything to avoid or watch for?

Thanks in advance.
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Hi all, just getting some work done including electrics before we move house and looking to get a charger installed. Can't be waiting for 10hrs to fully charge on a 3pin!

Was chatting to a guy who had a tethered Pod Point 7kW installed in Feb and paid £360. Price now is £560 so they have shot up in 5 months.

Guessing it's better to get a 7kW for future charging on next car etc as we don't plan to move again any time soon.

What is everyone using and anything to avoid or watch for?

Thanks in advance.
I have a 7KW Pod-Point solo (untethered). Cost £509 but the main price increase is down to Govt grant falling from £500 to £350 in March. I would avoid tethered as in my opinion you are better off buying your own Type 2 charging cable as you can then use it elsewhere.
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I have a 7KW Pod-Point solo (untethered). Cost £509 but the main price increase is down to Govt grant falling from £500 to £350 in March. I would avoid tethered as in my opinion you are better off buying your own Type 2 charging cable as you can then use it elsewhere.
Cheers, didn't realise the Govt grant had dropped.

Mine came with a Type 2 charger as well so think I'd get tethered for home then can leave the other one in the boot if I need to charge whilst out 👍🏼
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Have installed EO Mini Pro (untethered)
A little bit more expensive than the Pod Point, but smaller
and more discrete, if it’s on show.
Also available in different colours.
So far, so good.
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I read somewhere that if you want to climatise the vehicle at the same time as charging or at least to stop the charge reducing when climatising...getting a higher output wall charger will be needed. So 7kw at least would be ideal.
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      07-13-2020, 08:19 AM   #6
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I have only ever used an outside plug at home over 3 years. You can change the rate of charge from iDrive. I have it on maximum. I wouldn't say anything additional was required for a PHEV.
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330e charging

+1 on the above use an uprated extension lead to an outside socket with no problems.
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+1 on the above use an uprated extension lead to an outside socket with no problems.
Guess that works ok for overnight but I'd quite like the ability to charge fully in 3-4 hours. The guy I know with a PodPoint say if its on 50% it will fully charge in around an hour as well. I want to get the most use out of the electric part of the car whenever possible.
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charger recommendation for 330e

I can fully charge mine from domestic 13 amp plug in about 4.5 hrs which gives 30 miles range at this time of year.
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I can fully charge mine from domestic 13 amp plug in about 4.5 hrs which gives 30 miles range at this time of year.
How does that work, I plug mine in and it normally around 10 hrs at least to fully charge from nothing. Do I need a special extension or something?!
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How does that work, I plug mine in and it normally around 10 hrs at least to fully charge from nothing. Do I need a special extension or something?!
Change the charging rate. When you get home and turn off you get a screen for scheduling charging sessions. On there is a charge rate selection IIRC.
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Change the charging rate. When you get home and turn off you get a screen for scheduling charging sessions. On there is a charge rate selection IIRC.
Ok, will give that a try. I'm only using a standard 20m extension cable at the moment and not sure that's a long term solution.

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Ok, will give that a try. I'm only using a standard 20m extension cable at the moment and not sure that's a long term solution.

Cheers.
Ah ok - I dont use an extension cable - may be relevant
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I use a heavy duty extension cable bought off the net to connect between my 13 amp plug and the outside socket and get good results as in previous post.
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I can fully charge mine from domestic 13 amp plug in about 4.5 hrs which gives 30 miles range at this time of year.
Same here, I use the mains three pin charger and it takes just over 4 hours from empty.
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I have a Rolec mode 3 fast charger installed and it has the car charged in a couple of hours or so depending on the existing charge, really good.

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Jim_330e and Bmwnewbie2 The prices you have put in your posts, is that before or after the govt grant?

Ive been looking on Ebay and you can pick up a used podpoint or chargemaster for ~200 ish and the 6mm armoured cable isnt mega expensive, I might do the bulk of the install myself and get a sparky in to do the final connection in the CU, ive got plenty of spare breakers.
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Jim_330e and Bmwnewbie2 The prices you have put in your posts, is that before or after the govt grant?

Ive been looking on Ebay and you can pick up a used podpoint or chargemaster for ~200 ish and the 6mm armoured cable isnt mega expensive, I might do the bulk of the install myself and get a sparky in to do the final connection in the CU, ive got plenty of spare breakers.
Mine was after the grant (but that is claimed by Pod-Point who charge me net price).
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Out of interest how complicated was your install? Did you get the type 2 charging cable with your car aswell, i think it should be included as standard now.
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