C350e owners club

[Flyingpig73]

How is everyone finding the electric range now the temps are dropping?

Today commute in breakdown.....

- Plugged in at 07:20
- Set charger to 13A
- Activated Pre-climate
- Unplugged and left at 07:50ish with charge at 100%
- 21 mile journey
- 0 miles electric came up after 8 miles!
- Total engine off 12 miles
- 61.4mpg
- 98% Acceleration / 76% Coasting / 95% Constant ratings

In the summer I would get 110 - 150mpg for the same journey, traffic was a bit worse today, if it had been better I reckon it would have been around 70mpg.

What is the Set Charger to 13A? I didnt know there was a setting? I have just been plugging in the one to the wall socket in my house and leaving it, going out when it is 100% - which normally takes 2 hours'ish.

Or when in work plugging in the other type charger to the charging station in work.

Should I be setting something?

Thanks - James.

 

[TheCorm]

What is the Set Charger to 13A? I didnt know there was a setting? I have just been plugging in the one to the wall socket in my house and leaving it, going out when it is 100% - which normally takes 2 hours'ish.

Or when in work plugging in the other type charger to the charging station in work.

Should I be setting something?

Thanks - James.

There is a button on the charge pack that switches between 8A and 13A (two or four lights). 8A is the default and much safer.

I'd avoid using 13A for full charge duration, less than an hour is usually ok....things get hot.

You can also limit the charge pull in the car settings.

EDIT - 2 hours is usually how long a 13A charge takes, an 8A charge where only 2 of the 4 lights show on the pack usually takes around 3 hours.

 

[jamesc350e]

Alloy wheel repair

This morning, I did a 'proper job' of damaging my alloy wheel, almost a 360 degree scuff!! I have been to obtain a quote and apparently as they are a milled finish (I have standard 17"), it is a more involved job than a standard repair.

Please can anyone recommend a repairer in the Stockport / Manchester area.

I have been quoted £105 plus vat by Halliwell Jones, which seemed reasonable, however they need the wheel for 3-4 days.

Thanks

 

[JP350e]

There is a button on the charge pack that switches between 8A and 13A (two or four lights). 8A is the default and much safer.

I'd avoid using 13A for full charge duration, less than an hour is usually ok....things get hot.

You can also limit the charge pull in the car settings.

EDIT - 2 hours is usually how long a 13A charge takes, an 8A charge where only 2 of the 4 lights show on the pack usually takes around 3 hours.

The "button" is on the EVSE / Brick charger - the one that plugs into a normal 13a / 3 pin mains socket. It's the big rubber circle in the middle, default is 8a with 2 lights showing in the display. One press on the button moves this to 13a rate with 4 lights showing.

if you're using a dedicated charge port that you had installed then the car is charging at 16a and there's no button to press!

 

[KirkA]

Hi guys, I have found when pre-heating the vehicle via departure time my seats sometimes heat up but not always. Is there a specific setting for this?

 

[DamianH]

Me too... noticed that for the first time when my battery had drained 20% by the time I got to the end of the driveway!

 

[TheCorm]

Today I plugged in at 07:15 and set charge at 13A and put climate on. By the time I left at 07:50 battery was down to 92%.

I don't even think having a 16A point would have maintained charge at 100%.

A leaf owner here says his leaf pulls the full 7kw when doing pre entry climate. So looks like the solution would be to set the climate well in advance of departure, I can't leave mine plugged in so difficult to kick it off earlier.

 

[mardeman]

I am now down to about 8 miles on charge on the cold morning, and once the battery was flat I actually charged it using Petrol! I know this is not cost effective, but I want a warm cosey car when I get in it in about 20 minutes time!!!

 

[JP350e]

Today I plugged in at 07:15 and set charge at 13A and put climate on. By the time I left at 07:50 battery was down to 92%.

I don't even think having a 16A point would have maintained charge at 100%.

A leaf owner here says his leaf pulls the full 7kw when doing pre entry climate. So looks like the solution would be to set the climate well in advance of departure, I can't leave mine plugged in so difficult to kick it off earlier.

I used to charge via the 3-pin / 13a brick and found through early winter last year that I was leaving home with as low as 76% battery left (on the days of a decent amount of ice to melt!) so clearly the 13a isn't quite enough.

I installed a 16a dedicated charge point early this year and have not had the battery below 100% at time of departure since (even with some cold mornings early this year) so I would say the 16a is sufficient.

For the 13a brick, I agree, for particularly cold nights, set the departure time for maybe 20mins prior to your actual time of leaving an the car should be defrosted and still have some residual heat left..

My wife has a Leaf - only 16a (3.6kwh) charging capable and that's never been depleted at point of departure, as long as she remembers to plug it in!

 

[JP350e]

Hi guys, I have found when pre-heating the vehicle via departure time my seats sometimes heat up but not always. Is there a specific setting for this?

I think it depends on how warm (or cold) it is outside. Colder days = seats on but I have no idea what the set-point may be for the car deciding whether to have them on or not!

 

[Flyingpig73]

I fully charged mine on Tuesday with the 16A setting, unplugged it but havent used it till last night. We have had 2 really cold nights (Tues / Wed) and when I got in on Thursday evening it was down to 6 miles. When I turned it on it said the normal'ish 13 miles, but as soon as I got to the end of the drive (20foot long) it went down to 6 miles.

So the cold + time = serious depletion of batteries.

 

[hyp3rtoo]

Update to my strange sat-nav outage. Took it to the local dealers today and they've apparently taken everything apart, replaced all the antennas, upgraded the software and still doesn't work.

They've had to raise a case with MB Germany to see what they say.

In the meantime, I've got a new E220d with the superb twin screen dashboard. Nice to drive but a very different beast to the C350e. No airmatic, no driver aids, none of the other sexy addons I've got on the C.

Still, I've got a long drive from the south to Manchester for work next week, will be happier to put the mileage on the E rather than mine

 

[Jonathon555]

Quick update on performance tests

C350e estate dry tarmac , sport+

0-60 mph 6.09 sec

0-100 mph 13.67 sec


So they go ok

 

[wivenhoe]

Quick update on performance tests

C350e estate dry tarmac , sport+

0-60 mph 6.09 sec

0-100 mph 13.67 sec


So they go ok

Also 134mpg to 45mpg in the real world !

 

[TheCorm]

I used to charge via the 3-pin / 13a brick and found through early winter last year that I was leaving home with as low as 76% battery left (on the days of a decent amount of ice to melt!) so clearly the 13a isn't quite enough.

I installed a 16a dedicated charge point early this year and have not had the battery below 100% at time of departure since (even with some cold mornings early this year) so I would say the 16a is sufficient.

For the 13a brick, I agree, for particularly cold nights, set the departure time for maybe 20mins prior to your actual time of leaving an the car should be defrosted and still have some residual heat left..

My wife has a Leaf - only 16a (3.6kwh) charging capable and that's never been depleted at point of departure, as long as she remembers to plug it in!

How can 3a less on the charge mean the difference between 76% and 100% charge though....

 

[DDL]

This morning, I did a 'proper job' of damaging my alloy wheel, almost a 360 degree scuff!! I have been to obtain a quote and apparently as they are a milled finish (I have standard 17"), it is a more involved job than a standard repair.

Please can anyone recommend a repairer in the Stockport / Manchester area.

I have been quoted £105 plus vat by Halliwell Jones, which seemed reasonable, however they need the wheel for 3-4 days.

Thanks

There aren't that many people doing diamond cut wheel repairs, so no doubt the wheel will be taken to the subcontractor - which adds on time. Anyone with the £30k equipment needed to do his job will do it well! Worth remembering though that Mercedes recommend you only have this done a maximum of twice before the wheel should be scrapped.

 

[Dodgy]

Also 134mpg to 45mpg in the real world !

Over 80mpg on current tank thanks to no trips over 30 miles. 134mpg still a way off...


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[Dodgy]

How can 3a less on the charge mean the difference between 76% and 100% charge though....

There's a 3a difference in current but isn't there a voltage difference as well? That would make a huge difference.


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[TheCorm]

There's a 3a difference in current but isn't there a voltage difference as well? That would make a huge difference.


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That is the current isn't it?

In terms of Watts I think the 13A mode pulls around 2.9kw and the 16A mode of course pulls around 3.6kW so shouldn't be that much a difference.

Shame the c350e doesn't support 32A but just a shame, unlike the fully electric b250e which has the same charger unit as the c350e so fastest it can do a fully charge is 7 hours!

 

[Dodgy]

That is the current isn't it?

In terms of Watts I think the 13A mode pulls around 2.9kw and the 16A mode of course pulls around 3.6kW so shouldn't be that much a difference.

Shame the c350e doesn't support 32A but just a shame, unlike the fully electric b250e which has the same charger unit as the c350e so fastest it can do a fully charge is 7 hours!

Yep. I got that one backwards.

It's a little embarrassing that the Zoe charges 10x faster Than the C350e.