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      03-17-2022, 06:00 PM   #1
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Charging question

Hi all. Just received my new i3s. It's my first electric car so getting my head around it all. Forgive me if this is a really daft question…

I have a Rolec wall pod at home (7.2 kw charger). My i3s came with a Mode 3 cable (22 kw) and a Mode 2 3-pin cable.

I tried plugging in the Mode 3 charger earlier and the car failed to charge. I then tried the Mode 2 (3 pin) and this charges fine.

In iDrive charge settings, Mode 2 is set to Low and Mode 3 is set to Reduced.

Am I missing something as I'm a baffled why Mode 3 charge isn't working? From my understanding the cable can handle a max of 22 kw so it should still charge the car at 7.2 kw without any issue…
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My car was set up the same.

I have a 11KW home charger and the high quality BMW cable, so I set my Mode 2 and 3 charging to high.

I guess the reduced is a default setting from BMW in case you use an off-brand cheap cable or something.

The Mode 2 is probably set to reduced by default as most probably don't have a dedicated socket outlet for charging.

Should be no problem to change Mode 3 to high if you have a home charger.

For Mode 2 it would depend on the socket you connect to, In my country I would have it at high if I had a 16A circuit with nothing else connected, but leave it at reduced if that was a shared circuit or a 10A circuit.
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