BYD Seal Charging - Does AC 3-phase 22 kW charger work?

[@Crusader0910]

I live in Germany and just ordered a BYD Seal. I was surprised that your BYD only charges with a maximum of 7kW AC even though a 3-phase cable is used. I compared the brochure for Germany and Australia and the models for Germany/EU come with an 11kW onboard AC charger. I was a little surprised that there was a difference here. The onboard charger is also manufactured by BYD, why do they use different ones?

[@SkyPerspective]

I'm not sure why the difference. When I bought my Seal the dealer did told me it will only charge at 7 kW if plug on 3-phase AC. So by design Australia Seals are charging at 7 kW. Good to know Germany is 11kW. I hope others can confirm if they are getting 7kW or 11kW.

[@SkyPerspective]

@Sensei_888 Nope, pretty sure Dynamic and Performance are the same when it comes to AC charging. This is the brochure I checked when I bought the seal bydautomotive.com.au/brochures/BYD-SEAL-2023.pdf Left column under Configuration, New Energy, it says AC Charging port Type 2 (7kW) for all models. Would be great someone with Performance (like Tom) can confirm and comment if this is the case. I suspect not many people have AC Type 2 charging cable for their Seal.

[@aimanjajo9951]

7kw charging is the max you can AC charge any byd seal in au

[@bajunid]

@@SkyPerspective I'm from Malaysia and it's the same here. Our specifications for the car only have 1-phase charging speed max 7kW. Guess EU got. a different specification than us.

[@SkyPerspective]

@bajunid yes, seems like the case, based on everyone's feedback. I wonder why byd has different AC charging standards for EU.

[@eltonzhang5241]

Thanks for your videos, it was a key part in my decision making that led me to ordering a BYD seal premium! Just to clarify, if I purchase a single phase 7kwh type 2 to type 2 cable would it still provide just as much charge to the car as a 22kwh 3 phase cable?

[@danypanciuc7313]

Can someone explain to me if I can install an electrical charger with a 22kw power to charge my BYD seal? Or it is not worth it …

[@SkyPerspective]

AC or DC ? If it's 22kW AC charger then it's not worth it. BYD Seal AC charging can only go up to 7kW so you will be wasting the 14kW.

[@shakeelnazeerally8231]

I am from Mauritius

[@SkyPerspective]

Nice, and welcome!

[@shakeelnazeerally8231]

Mine charge at 10 kw on 22kw 3 phase charger

[@SkyPerspective]

Did you bought your Seal in Australia ?

[@uweballmann6692]

You are not really have an Idea about electrical Systems, do you?

[@n0xzy1337]

He have another car that can use that 3 phase 22kw..

[@SkyPerspective]

Yes, I don't know much about electrical system, so please feel free to enlighten me. I was told BYD Seal will only charge at 7kW single phase even when we plug into a 22kW AC three phase. Now we have proven that's the case. Still worth it, though, because it's free charging. Thanks for your sharing your comment.

[@biocalicoe]

@@SkyPerspective if the car doesn't support 3 phase input, then it doesn't matter you use a 3 phase cable. The car plug will only use one Phase 1 at a maximum of 32 Amps. You can use a "normal" 1 phase 32 Amp cable to get 7.2kW (32A*230V= 7.3kW). A Tesla Model 3, for example, has an onboard charger (and charge port) that supports 3 phase current will get up to 11 kw (16A*400V*1.73=11kW). Also possible to get up to 22kW increasing to 32 Amps but the OBC doesn't support it.

[@SkyPerspective]

Yes I already knew and understood my BYD Seal can only charge single phase AC and at 7kW before I got this cable. I didn't buy this cable, this 3-phase cable was sent to me for free by Depow, so I took it for a test trial to see what happens, that's when I discovered there are quite a lot of free AC charging stations around. Without this cable, I cannot charge at these free AC stations.

[@SkyPerspective]

@@biocalicoe Yes that's my understanding too. Thanks for explaining it so well and sharing this info with everyone.