MG MG4 - Equalisation Charging; Charging Times

STARTING&DRIVING
EqualisationCharging
Equalisationchargingmeansthatafteranormalcharging
processthebatterymanagementsystemwillenteramode
whereitwillattempttoequalisethechargeofevery
batterycell.
Ifanequalisationchargehasnotbeencarriedoutfor
sometime,themessagecentreintheinstrumentpackwill
display'PleaseSlow-chargetheV ehicle'.Pleasereferto
'SlowCharging'inthe'StartingandDriving'section.
Onaverageittakesatleast10hours(singlephasepower)
or7.5hours(threephasepower)tocompleteacharge
thatincludestheequalisationchargeforbatterypacktype
1.
Onaverageittakesatleast8hours(singlephasepower)
tocompleteachargethatincludestheequalisationcharge
forbatterypacktype2.
Ambienttemperatureshaveaneffectoncharging
times.Itmaytakelongertocompleteachargewhen
theambienttemperaturesarelow.
ChargingTimes
Chargingtimesofthehighvoltagebatterycanvary
dependinguponnumerousfactors,theseinclude:current
capacity,chargingmode,ambienttemperatureanddevice
type/power .
RapidChargingTime
Rapidchargerswillvaryinpoweroutput,onaverageit
willtakeapproximately40-60minutestochargethehigh
voltagebatteryupto80%(80%displayedinIPK)usingan
averagerapidcharger .
Note:Ambienttemperatureshaveaneffecton
chargingtimes.Itmaytakelongertocompletea
chargewhentheambienttemperaturesarelowor
high.
SlowChargingTime
Onaverageittakesapproximately9hours(singlephase
power)or6.5hours(threephasepower)tochargethe
highvoltagebatteryfromlowbatterywarningto100%for
batterypacktype1(chargequantitycanbecheckedusing
theinstrumentpack).
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