Born making a clunk from front when starting ac charge - normal?

[NeilMcK]

Hi folks, took delivery of my new Born last week - 59kW v2 in aurora blue.

very different to my previous Leon SC 184 tdi.

all good until last night as the charge failed with an error- it’s an Ohme epod.

I played around with it this morning, and when starting the charge the car makes a loud clunk from the front when the charge is started/stopped.

I don’t think this is normal?

my wife has a mini electric and on testing same cable no issue and usual relay style clicks.

wondered what other folks experienced before hitting the “it’s got a fault” button.

I’ve not tried dc charging at all yet, that’d be next step tomorrow.

thanks for any responses.

I hope it’s. Normal as a fault after 2 ac charges doesn’t fill me with confidence.

Neil.

 

[James_R]

A loud clunk that can be heard under certain circumstances is usually the HV contacts either opening or closing to allow current flow from/to the battery or to stop said current.

 

[SkysTheLimit]

Yeah it's normal (at least my car also makes the same noise).

What I've found is that the car really needs to see some amount of charge within the first 3 minutes or it'll show an error. On Zappi, there's an option called "plug-in charge" which will give a 30 seconds charge when you first plug in. If yours has a similar option, make sure it's turned on.

 

[NeilMcK]

Thanks folks, seems to be working fine now. It seemed to be the API with the car and the Ohme charger - I deregistered the car, so essentially it's a timed charge now at cheap rate, and it hasn't done it since. I suppose the clunk is a "characteristic".

 

[trebor]

I’ve been having failed scheduled charges via Ohme charger too, unpaired the car from it yesterday and scheduled a charge in the car itself - all worked as requested.
Guess there’s something in the comms between Cupra and Ohme that’s not 100% reliable yet.

 

[SRGTD]

I’ve been having failed scheduled charges via Ohme charger too, unpaired the car from it yesterday and scheduled a charge in the car itself - all worked as requested.
Guess there’s something in the comms between Cupra and Ohme that’s not 100% reliable yet.

I seem to remember seeing something similar with a new Renault 5 EV. Owner had an Ohme charger and was also having issues with scheduled charges failing.

So it’s probably not just an issue with the combination of a Cupra EV and an Ohme charger.

 

[jezyg]

I’ve been having failed scheduled charges via Ohme charger too, unpaired the car from it yesterday and scheduled a charge in the car itself - all worked as requested.
Guess there’s something in the comms between Cupra and Ohme that’s not 100% reliable yet.

Try turning off dynamic charge when uplugged on the Ohme app. Then schedule via car or use price cap on Ohme app to set a charging window at off peak rate.