MG HS PHEV - Equalisation Charging; Charging Times

STARTING&DRIVING
EqualisationCharging
Equalisationchargingmeansthatafteranormalcharging
processthebatterymanagementsystemwillenteramode
whereitwillattempttoequalisethechargeofevery
batterycell.
Ifanequalisationchargehasnotbeencarriedoutforsome
timethemessagecentreintheinstrumentpackwilldisplay
'PleaseSlow-ChargetheVehicle'.Pleasereferto'High
VoltageBatteryPack'inthe'Maintenance'section.
Onaverageittakesatleast5hourstocompleteacharge
thatincludestheequalisationcharge.
Note:Ambienttemperatureshaveaneffecton
chargingtimes,itmaytakelongertocompletea
chargewhentheambienttemperaturesarelow.
ChargingTimes
Onaverageittakesapproximately4.5hourstochargethe
highvoltagebatteryformlowbatterywarningto100%
(chargequantitycanbecheckedusingtheinstrumentpack).
•Atlowtemperaturesthechargingtimewillbeextended.
•Ifanequalisationchargehasnotbeenconductedfora
longtimetherequiredchargetimewillbeextended.
•Anequalisationchargemustbecarriedoutpriorto
usingthecarafteralongperiodofstorageornonuse.
Inthesecasesthechargingtimewillbeextended.
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