Hi All, on a long trip earlier this week I needed to charge, so stopped at Burtonwood services (M56 near Warrington). When I arrived there were 2 bays free. Plugged in, blue light but no green. Tried a few more times, same deal. Then the car next to me left (told me he was getting slow charge rate). As he unplugged mine went green, but I was only getting a varying charge rate from 0-30kw.
A model X pulled in next to me but his wouldn’t charge. Soon a few more cars turned up waiting. The cars plugged in presumably couldn’t leave because they hadn’t received enough charge to reach their destinations, despite being there for over 30 minutes by now.
Question is, is this reasonably normal for a busy site? Or was there something wrong? Is this a Burtonwood thing or could this happen at other sites?
I’ve been to Burtonwood before and got 50-65 easily enough even with 5 others on charge. And also been to sites with “limited to 80% due to busy times and had good charge rates.
In the end I only received a few percent charge and headed off for Stretton which was risky as they only have two charging bays there. Turns out one was free and I was soon receiving 100kw of electron loveliness. Bonus was a proper burger whilst I waited rather than the usual services dross. So it worked out in the end, but could have been a disaster. Especially so if T open charge points for all.
A model X pulled in next to me but his wouldn’t charge. Soon a few more cars turned up waiting. The cars plugged in presumably couldn’t leave because they hadn’t received enough charge to reach their destinations, despite being there for over 30 minutes by now.
Question is, is this reasonably normal for a busy site? Or was there something wrong? Is this a Burtonwood thing or could this happen at other sites?
I’ve been to Burtonwood before and got 50-65 easily enough even with 5 others on charge. And also been to sites with “limited to 80% due to busy times and had good charge rates.
In the end I only received a few percent charge and headed off for Stretton which was risky as they only have two charging bays there. Turns out one was free and I was soon receiving 100kw of electron loveliness. Bonus was a proper burger whilst I waited rather than the usual services dross. So it worked out in the end, but could have been a disaster. Especially so if T open charge points for all.