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I used to regularly see 28. Strange though - yesterday the heater was on, so the petrol engine was running, and it was fully charged - showed a range of 15. Turn off the heater and re-start so no petrol engine running and it sowed a range of 25. I would expect that with the petrol engine...

http://nuworldenergy.co.uk/ did a 32 amp supply for me for free in November. Most seem to be 16 amp. The PHEV won't take more than 16 but the 32 may be handy in the future.

I only do short journeys so the petrol engine hardly gets a chance to warm the heater so I have it turned off. But then you find your window misting up on cold mornings. So I set the temperature both side to 15 (lowest ) and press the windscreen demist button. Then turn the fan down to minimum...

I do a trip once a month of 80 miles - 40 there and 40 back. I usually average about 55 mpg on the days journey.

These days there are electronics that can monitor these things and protect them before they break without anything like a fuse blowing and requiring replacing.

You would think these days that they could easily put wiper motor protection in place so they wouldn't burn out. Especially because of issues such as this. Thanks for your comments.

Mine is a basic PHEV. It appears that when the rear window demister is switched on it also switches on the heated wing mirrors and the lower section of the front windscreen to deice the wiper blades should they be frozen. This is all great news. We are informed that if wipers become blocked...

I suppose when everything is working correctly we don't need any safety devices. The whole point is to protect people when something doesn't work as it should. How often to miniature circuit breakers trip ? Perhaps never, perhaps sometime. But when they do it is because something has happened...

I put storage heater in a property many years ago with an Economy7 supply. The heaters went on circuits that were switched on for the 7 hours. The rest of the house was normally wired but separate from the heaters. The whole house - heaters and normal circuits benefited from the cheaper...

The above may be true - i.e. the Gov pay 75%. I don't know where the other 25% comes from but the quotes I had from several suppliers, and my final installation, were FREE to me. I'm not sure if Mitsubishi pay the other 25% ? But for the grant they get and the cost of labour and materials the...

Mines only the basic model ! I realise the other models have an electric heater whilst plugged into the charger. Does it also heat whilst in motion or do you still need the petrol ?

I'm using FlowEnergy. See http://www.flowenergy.uk.com/home-energy/our-tariffs/price-plans/ Look at Economy 7 under Thames Tariff - just their name - you can get it anywhere. Our whole house 'goes onto' the cheap rate at night. So a timer is required to switch the charging station on and off. I...

P.S. The grant aided charge points have their own electric meter which is connected to 'big brother' via a mobile phone network, which is presumably to collect statistics on usage and take up etc It's handy to enable you to see how much your car is costing you though.

You don't get a free charging unit installed at home as part of the car deal. They are done as part of a government grants scheme if still available. I had a 32 amp Rolec unit fitted by nuworldenergy for free.. http://nuworldenergy.co.uk/nucharge/home-charging It was done for free - i.e. no...