Upgrade your BYD Seal home charging - save charging time & money

[@gold3084]

I have the same charger but have a Mitsubishi Eclipse Cross Phev. I got an electrician to put in a 15A socket for a few hundred dollars. It will require an extra 16A circuit breaker in the breaker box. Well worth the money. There are chargers that can charge at higher currents but many older houses would not cope well with more than 15A charging.

[@SkyPerspective]

Great info. You are making me interested in doing the same. Is it expensive to get the electrician in to install the 15A socket?

[@powerplants6567]

He said it’s a few hundred dollars 👍

[@chadabey9623]

Does unlocking your BYD stop the charging? .. 2:03 mins on your video.. I can not figure this out yet..

[@SkyPerspective]

Yes, pressing the unlock button always stops charging by design. It will resume charging after a while even the car stays unlocked. What is it that you can't figure out?

[@g_liout3923]

I am using a similar charger that can do from 10A, 16A, 20A, 32A. But in order to do that you have to be sure that your electrical line can hadle it. Most of the common sockets can go up to 16A.

[@SkyPerspective]

Yes good advice and thanks for sharing. Really? Most common sockets can go up to 16A ? Maybe that the safety buffer for a 10A socket? Nevertheless, you are right, be it 15A, 16A, 20A or 32A we need to get sound advice from electrician to make sure it's enough to support the current. It's not worth saving a few hours of time charging and burn down the house. Safety first everyone.

[@g_liout3923]

@@SkyPerspective Well i am Based in Greece. We use sockets with 3x2.5# and a 16A. There are sockets with 3x1.5# and 10A. But the common thing is the 1st one.

[@SkyPerspective]

Oh I see. That's good to know and that confirms my understanding that every country is different.

[@DanielWong-vh8ri]

Hi do you know if the depow chargers have Aus certification? Ie. RCM mark? Thanks

[@SkyPerspective]

I am not sure. It's better to check with Depow.

[@powerplants6567]

Is there any free charging stations on the Gold Coast

[@SkyPerspective]

Free chargers are usually the slower AC 22kW chargers. Filter your search for those, and you may find some. I am not sure about gold coast, hopefully those who knows can share when they saw this comment thread.

[@williamvalimitis3614]

This Depow charger was not compatible with my BYD Seal, the car kept cycling between the "charger connecting, please wait" screen and "Charging complete" screen even though the car was not fully charged.

[@darlingpinky386]

Got the seal dyanamic and I also found this happened at 60%. Charge complete and could not get it to charge again. Perhaps the unit is overheating since I had it in the protective pouch. We drove and found a public socket that was 15amps! So i switched the depow to 15amp, also finding its switching to 2min timer mode which stops the charging. Again the unit was in the pouch. Anyone experienced similar?

[@DannChewie]

What feed in tariff are you getting? We charge off our solar when the car is home during the day. Thats about 3 days of the week. With feed in tariffs being so low at $0.07 per kw.

[@SkyPerspective]

Ya, your situation is quite common. I am an early solar adopter (15 years ago) so my feed in tarrif is $0.49 per kW.

[@Mark-qk2km]

Hello. Do you use the car everyday? I am looking at this car but will be using it everyday to drive to work. Hearing it takes three days to charge sounds annoying. If you have the 15 amp socket it would take one night 12 hours? Thanks

[@martinwalker9234]

You only have to charge what you use, so unless your drive to work is over 450 km round trip it would be less than 12 hours. I take my daughter to school in the morning which is about a 30km journey plugging the charger in when I get home. This journey discharges the battery by about 5 kWh so charging with a 15 amp supply at 220 volts would take about 1.5 hours to get back to 100%. (1.5hrs x 15amps x 220volts = 4950 watts)

[@SkyPerspective]

Yes, what @martinwalker9234 said. When I said three nights is super slow 8 amp charging from 30% back to 100%. If you don't drive much and charge when its at 60% - 70% you should be able to charge it up in 1 night. The other thing to note is that I find it's ok to charge 3 nights because while the car is charging, I am in my house doing my own things, in other words, it doesn't affect my lifestyle at all. If I don't plug in to charge, the car is sitting in the garage anyway. This is why I don't like fast charging at charging stations where I have to wait 1 hour for it to charge up from 30% to 100%, I would rather prefer 30 hours of charging at home. A different perspective.

[@OzKidzFun]

What is the waterproof rating for this charger?

[@SkyPerspective]

Not sure, you can try to ask their customer service on their website.

[@powerplants6567]

Can anyone explain to me the best time to charge my car when I have solar panels on my roof

[@hamzairshad9889]

On the website it says the car can charge at 11 kW AC with 16A Three phase. Is this a lie? As your videos seem to suggest it charges only at 1 phase at 32A resulting in a 7 kW charging rate. Im so confused as to why it says 11 kW on the website.

[@SkyPerspective]

Are you from Europe? I have audience from Europe confirming that BYD Seal in Europe can charge at 11kW AC. In Australia, the Seals can only charge at 7kW AC. BYD has different standards for different countries.

[@aimanjajo9951]

Out of curiosity what electricity plan are you on were your feeding in the electricity from solar is cheaper than buying from retailer, because I'm almost certain all companies feed in tariffs are now less than what they sell energy for in Australia.

[@SkyPerspective]

Haha.... it's not the electricity plan that is giving me that feed in price. I am one of those few who signed up for solar 16 years ago (2008) when government were pushing hard for solar hence the incentive. I've got the solar feed in price locked for 20 years. Yes, we can't get this price anymore today. So FYI I am getting $0.49 feed in price and they are selling me at $0.29.

[@aimanjajo9951]

@@SkyPerspective ahhhh I had my parents signed up at that time, but didn't lock the energy price like you did. For everyone else, Keep an eye out for potential energy feedin penalties soon to be imposed by retail energy companies. It was on the news

[@SkyPerspective]

feed in penalties?

[@aimanjajo9951]

@@SkyPerspective Ausgrid will charge 1.2¢ a kilowatt-hour for any electricity exported to the grid between 10am and 3pm above a free threshold that varies by month.

[@SkyPerspective]

Oh wow. Why would they do that? Doesn't make sense to me.

[@powerplants6567]

I just bought this charger and had the 15Amp socket fitted and just plugged it into my Byd seal , it went from 48% to 50% in about 15minutes then the charger stopped charging 🤷‍♂️

[@SkyPerspective]

Sorry to hear that. Try contacting the charger manufacturer and your electrician for support.

[@BabyBoyJr.]

your breaker/socket must be 20 amps to support the 15-16amp/3.5kw charger. there should be an allowance of 20% amps on the breaker (20amps x 80% = 16amps) if the socket/breaker is only 15amps the breaker will trip/shut off since its on its maximum capacity.

[@SkyPerspective]

@BabyBoyJr. Yes that's what I've read. Thanks for explaining it so well.