Back to BMW and new to 45e! Some questions for the experienced..

X5 45e · 09-21-2020, 10:25 PM

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Fans blowing during charging is normal. I mainly have it when charging on hot days. Or when I park my car too close to the wall. I freed up the space around my car in the garage so the air can circulate more freely.

The long charging. Check your charging settings and make sure it is set to 16A.

Doh! It was set at 6A.. Why not make the default value to be fastest? Who would want to charge it slowly..

Because 6A is safe for most electric installations.

It is advised if you plug in and you don't know the capacity of the installation to do it on 6A max.

If you have an older electric installation you can check if the wall connector is not getting hot.

W0ut · 09-22-2020, 01:19 PM

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Originally Posted by skim

Doh! It was set at 6A.. Why not make the default value to be fastest? Who would want to charge it slowly..

Keep it in mind to check this setting after an update. Some people complain that it resets itself back to 6A after an update.

I never had this issue.

X5 45e · 09-22-2020, 03:35 PM

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Originally Posted by W0ut

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Originally Posted by skim

Doh! It was set at 6A.. Why not make the default value to be fastest? Who would want to charge it slowly..

Keep it in mind to check this setting after an update. Some people complain that it resets itself back to 6A after an update.

I never had this issue.

It can also go back to 6A without an update and without doing anything.

It didn't happen to me for some weeks now but on several occasions I saw charging times double because of this. It is easy to solve but if you don't see it the car isn't fully charged the next morning.