I’m proudly new owner of 2023 DS4 opera e-tense (225hp). I’ve never had any hybrid or electric car before and I’m trying to understand it more. Is it necessary to use original DS/Citronen/Peugeot charging cable or ony other certified ones will be compatibile with the car ? Are there any difrences between Stellantins Mode 3 cable and other Type 2 charging cables ? And last but not least- tell me please if im wrong- max power input for DS4 PHEV is 7,4kwh so there is no point of using more powerful charging cable and powerstation?
I use a standard 3 pin socket to charge my E Tense 225 over night.
The car came with a fast charge cable but not a household 3 pin cable.
The household 3 pin cable is slower but when using overnight who cares, I’m sleeping !
Ultimately the final result is exactly the same as using the fast charge cable, a 100% fully charged battery.
ANY compatible cable will be the same as the DS/Citreon/Peugeot cable.
The only difference is the “official” cable will be 3 times more expensive.
Here in sunny Wales ( ) a totally depleted battery takes around 4 hours overnight using the standard 3 pin socket and cost around £3.
This time of the year a 100% charge offers around 27 miles in range.
When I bought the car last year in September a 100% charge gave around 33 miles range , the colder months do impact your range.
I’m currently using a loan Vauxhall Grandland, which 100% full electric, as my car is in for an issue under warranty, it has the bigger cable but I put some charge in it last night using my smaller 3 pin household cable, so it proves you can use any compatible cable.
DS, Citreon, Peugeot & Vauxhall are all the same underneath.
Thank you for help unfortunately at this moment I’m not able to charge DS at home, thats why Im looking for cables compatibile with public chargers- its still cheaper than fuel
Hi Jactac……I use a very similar 3-pin charger but it tends to take longer than four hours to charge the battery to 100% (although I haven’t tried doing so often having had the car for only a week or so!).
There is the ability on the charger to set the current to 6/8/10/13A so, using a normal 13A household socket and allowing for a margin to prevent overloading the socket, I’ve been charging at just 8A - I’m guessing your charger may be charging at 10A to achieve full charge in around four hours?
I think you’ll find most 13amp socket “interfaces”, the charger is in the car, these are just controlled transformers, will only charge at 10amps max, UK regs I think. Drawing 13amps continuously will make things very hot and may melt.
At 10amps you get about 3kWh so a completely empty 12.4kWh battery will take just under 4 hours, a completely flat 12.4 kWh battery still has about 10% charge left, manufacturers software prevents complete battery drain.
Oh @Jactac, you are paying too much, it costs me about £0.95p for a full charge.
Ah, okay - I can change the current on my charger so I suspect yours supports charging at a fixed 10A (still giving a bit of headroom under the 13A rating of the wall socket) which is what I think I’ll set mine at going forward to achieve the four hour charge as explained well by @Versailles
Like you, I won’t be getting the full charge for much cheaper than around the £3 mark though……and I currently don’t get anywhere near 27 miles for a full charge either but hopefully that’ll get better as I haven’t regularly fully charged it yet, only charging to 50/60% before use and getting approx 11 miles for that charge.
At the moment a 100% charge overnight gives me 25 miles range.
I’ve actually put it to the test and achieved 25 miles on full electric.
In fact even when the % & range was on zero, I could still drive the car slowly on electric for a while before the engine kicked in.
When I bought the car last September a 100% charge was giving around 33 miles range but thats dropped now due to the colder months.
He must be hooking up an exercise bike with a generator and be paddling all night.
I can charge up the 12 kw/h for the equivalent to about 2.20 pounds.
I dont get this question - a “type 2” charger/cable with appropriate other end connector will fit almost all new hybrids and electric cars.
Maximum 7,4kW if I remember correctly.
What to be aware of is what you connect it to , that the electrical are up to the task of delivering desired power.
F.ex. In Sweden (my only reference) a normal (newish) household outlet has a 10A slow fuse, cable area normally 1,5mm2 but in some cases 2,5mm2.
With 1,5mm2 cable and possibly several cables in the same pipe, a lot of heat will build up when using 10A continuously. These outlets should only be used for really low amp charging.
With 2,5mm2 and only one cable in pipe 10A continuously isn’t a problem.
Just want to give a heads up regarding the dangers with using outlets not designed for high continuously amperage.
Always charge my car with 7,4kW, at home via wallbox and at work from a inline charger connected to 400V 3phase 63A outlet. 2,5hours for a full charge.
Cost for a full charge 3EUR at home, free at work
During winter its actually cheaper (for me) to only use petrol as I only pay 50% of the fuel cost. But - its worth the extra cost to be able to use climatising
) a totally depleted battery takes around 4 hours overnight using the standard 3 pin socket and cost around £3.
unfortunately at this moment I’m not able to charge DS at home, thats why Im looking for cables compatibile with public chargers- its still cheaper than fuel
but hopefully that’ll get better as I haven’t regularly fully charged it yet, only charging to 50/60% before use and getting approx 11 miles for that charge.
