andrew1joe
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Hello,
I am wondering if anyone else has problems with slow level 2 charging. I have a 7kW charger which my wife's Chevy Bolt fully utilises every time. However my Kia Soul EV 2018 30kWh model sometimes charges at 6.6kW but other times charges at much lower speeds. Here is an example charging at 4.2kW with 60% SoC:
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As you can see, the battery isn't hot at all and the ambient temperature normal. The only thing is that OBC water temp is at 79 celsius / 172 fahrenheit and I've seen it go even higher. I can hear the fan going at full speed even though Batt Fan Mod is 0 - maybe because the car is turned off? I see a pretty close correlation between high OBC temp and low charge speed which I assume is the car trying to protect itself from frying the OBC unit which it seems to have been common with the first gen Soul.
I am afraid my OBC is doomed to suffer a similar fate... Anyone noticed a similar pattern?
I am wondering if anyone else has problems with slow level 2 charging. I have a 7kW charger which my wife's Chevy Bolt fully utilises every time. However my Kia Soul EV 2018 30kWh model sometimes charges at 6.6kW but other times charges at much lower speeds. Here is an example charging at 4.2kW with 60% SoC:
As you can see, the battery isn't hot at all and the ambient temperature normal. The only thing is that OBC water temp is at 79 celsius / 172 fahrenheit and I've seen it go even higher. I can hear the fan going at full speed even though Batt Fan Mod is 0 - maybe because the car is turned off? I see a pretty close correlation between high OBC temp and low charge speed which I assume is the car trying to protect itself from frying the OBC unit which it seems to have been common with the first gen Soul.
I am afraid my OBC is doomed to suffer a similar fate... Anyone noticed a similar pattern?
