jezf wrote:ok so is it safe to leave on charge overnight? first time i've done this!!! if so i will go outside and put it on charge now. its on the driveway, uncovered though, open to the elements...
The ECU will stop the charger fully automatically for you, becareful what you plug the van into though, make sure you keep the charge lead as short as poss and make sure the 13A socket is a good one DO NOT use extension leads that are not fully unrolled as they will cook the living daylights out of them.
The van will draw the full 13A or even 13.3A for a good many hours if at 10% it will be upwards of 6-7 hours before this current will drop off.
Personally I would be about for the first full charge and see what gets hot and where as almost certianly you will find that stuff does and the last thing you want is to set fire to anything on the first charge due to a dodgey 13A socket
So if you can wait and do the first fully automatic charge during the day when your around then you can keep and eye on things also understand all the vans little noises , like you will find the cooling fan on the rad might cut in and out after 4 hrs of charge etc
Hope that helps and dosnt scare you to much , its just I'd hate to see a post in the morning from you say oh dear my garage/house has burnt down
When you say uncovered , what do you mean , what the actual charging plug ??
ChrisB