Charging rate

[NewKonaOwner]

New to both EVs and therefore charging so help with something that is probably straightforward much appreciated!

Just got a 24 plate Kona Electric N Line 64kwh and today had installed a charger at home (Ohme Home Pro).

When charging...rate of charge is 3.7kW which would suggest (according to the guy who installed it) that it's only pulling about 16A. This gives a pretty long charge time obviously when it could be charging at 32A (as per Ohme Pro spec) and a rate of 7.4kW.

The car tells me it's AC charging at 100%...anyone got an idea of where I'm going wrong?

Thanks in advance.

[OldMike]

Hi NewKonaOwner

Welcome to the confusing world of electric cars....

First I should say that based on your post I am not sure what is happening. I am particularly intruiged as to exactly where, and when, you are seeing the car telling you that you are charging at 100%. However, I will try giving you a little background and hope that it helps.

I have a fully electric Kona Ultimate that I got in April this year and use an Ohme Home Pro charger. So it appears that our situations should be similar.

I normally choose to charge my car to just 80% of capacity. I only go above this if I have to make a long journey and even then try to only add the final top up just before departure. I normally choose to charge at night time, when electricity rates are lowest. This allows the car plenty of time to charge and so I can normally charge at just 60% of the maximim charge rate my setup will allow. This is because I have been advised that a slow charge is better for the battery. I attach a screenshot from my Bluelink app which should show you my settings in a way that you can compare them with what is shown on your Bluelink app.

My Ohme app tells me that when charging at my normal 60% the power it is has delivered is 4.2 kWh per hour. No idea why yours seems to be showing a lower figure.

I hope that helps you a bit. Please feel free to come back if you have any further questions.

OldMike

[poyntzj]

I do pretty much the same, just remember that if you are going to be away and need to recharge, change the settings to max to make the most use of the fast chargers etc
I also allow a 100% charge when doing the above