The charger socket might be a type 2, but the PHEV needs a type 1, hence the type 2 to type 1 cable. But again, that will only supply 3.6kW AC, rather than the 45kW that some cars can take. Those are more designed as destination chargers where you aim to park for hours.
But it's much more likely to be a DC charger, with both CCS and Chademo cables wired into the charger. The PHEV uses Chademo, whereas the European standard now seems to be CCS :roll: Chademo will give you a charge to 80% (6kWh) in around 20 minutes.
There have been several reports on here and on other forums about overheating granny chargers. You may well be lucky, but all it takes is some corrosion between to connections anywhere in the circuit and you will get heat, which can cause more corrosion. 10A at 230V can generate a lot of heat if there's a poor connection. You can also search for perfectly adequate extension leads where people haven't bothered to unwind them and the normal heating at 10A causes the cable to melt. There are also plenty of pictures of burnt plugs and burnt sockets, though which triggers which isn't always clear. I'm not saying it will happen, but it definitely happens to some people. I stopped using mine when the plug got too hot over one summer.
And I'm afraid you'll be lucky if it's covered - few people have succeeded in getting their cable replaced under warranty.
Believe it or not.-------------------
This is not the Title of Tv Series. I mean, please do not take it seriously. it is an interesting story just like an Ark Raider in Indiana Jones.
Believe it or not, our brain has a certain circuit which makes us a human being and also maintains a certain level of Intelligent.
I named it as WHY AND HOW circuit.
We have been born with blank storage of memory and we always fill it with something as time goes by. The mechanism of filling memory is WAH(Why And How) Circuit. We all have experienced that our children always ask us "Why" when we tell them "Do this". Because WAH circuit is most active from 0 year old until 13 years old. The baby just born actively use this cycle 1 million times a second. Remarkable. During those period, brain recognized that there are lots of empty spaces in memory and work hard to fill with something. It is Instinct. It is most important for the parents to provide better WHY's than more To DO's during this period of children. Even the baby is in mother's womb, it is active. Still our brain is searching for why, but not active as before because something is filled inside with information and brain instinct believes that it is enough for living. But this WAH is running if we intentionally requires. So, Philosophers put high value in "Curiosity" among human activities. The modern Science born under such curiosity. Cartesian method of doubt by Descartes is known as the Father of modern Science. I read this book in my Junior age and it contributed my life a lot.
Before scientist find out the WHY of the nature, such as Secret of Solar System, Existence of Electron, Mother Nature Behaviors etc, we solely rely on Ancestor's story for a WHY. Naturally, how to do should be miserable in old days of human history. Such as Witch hunting, sacrifice live blood for the God for wellness, worship the Sun, believing my sin caused the result of misfortune.
Since the scientist peeled off the secrets of the Nature and its phenomena based on the science, our society found better How To Do. General people started to learn those Why's at school and more and more people get better quality of Why and creates better How.
According to this "Believe it Or not" theory. the man who has better Why in memory dose Better How.
Mitsubishi Outlander is based on the basic Why of Law of Physics(by Newton), 1st battery and 2ndary battery(Volt), Boyle Shale's theory, Fleming's rule, Theory of Friction, Joule's law, Ohm's Law and more whys than I can describe them here. Since we do not know all of these WHY's, our way of how to is different from each other. All engineers who designed this car probably have the PHD level of why. Otherwise, it will not be successful in the test of world market.
The purpose of this forum should be included the "Why" of Mitsubishi, with filling of limited to each individual's How, based on the different range and depth of their understanding of "Why".
For example, Why the Mitsubishi started to design PHEV in SUV. If you understand this properly, then you will understand why it has CHAdeMO port while all other cars does not have in PHEV, or EV cars except Japan (ask me if you want to know). And you will find the the proper way to use this port. Sometimes, we have side effect or neglectable defect of Main "Why". but if you know the real Why, you can avoid such mistakes. Mitsubishi CHAdeMO is a kind of unnecessary part if we go deep in Why of it starting point of design. CHAdeMO is developed by Japanese Car makers for their own use. Japanese used to setup their standard to be world wide standard. CHAdeMO is one of them but failed to be world wide standard, as same as "VHS"(Worldwide) and "BETA"(Sony Only) of video standard hegemony.
CHAdeMO - Japanese product to apply EV cars - Mit use this in PHEV, why - Not for fast charging because PHEV has smaller battery, and it has Hybrid - Then why - it is for V2L - Evidence? - Yes, they had 3000w inverter with CHAdeMO adapter - why? they had power down seriously in 2011 Nuclear Plant explosion - Not for sale - Instead, they put inverter inside for a certain model for 120V AC 1500W - week point- expensive and the door should be open for outside use. This is my flow chart saved in my brain memory.
So, using CHAdeMO except for V2L or V2G or V2H is not the level of correct understanding why Mitsubishi Outlander PHEV has it, and naturally all other ways of using will be a bad example of HOW. Charging it with CHAdeMO will only affect lifespan of medium size of PHEV battery. make the matter worse, CHAdeMO adapter for bidirectional is over US$1,000. and rare to find it in US.
Another example is Why PHEV has SAVE and CHARGE mode selection in this car. Since we do not know the real WHY of those functions, there are so many different in HOW to use it. As a conclusion, according to its real "WHY", no need to use it except you attach trailer or try to speed up from 60miles per hour to 100miles per hour in a second. All others are out of Engineers' WHY. If you understand real "WHY' of those selection. please teach me. I will fill my memory with new why.
Electric heat is generated by the resistance in the circuit. Resistance is related the material character and size of area, where the electrons passing through. If there is plenty of area(AWG) and there is no obstacles(rust) during the electrons traveling, heat will be the minimum. The length of wire is not cause of heat. It just drops the Voltage. Just like the same "WHY", if you live in a long distance from the Water Tank, tab pressure becomes low. Contacts of plug is unable be calculative by the Ohm's Law because contacted area cannot be calculated as fixed shape within a certain circumstance. Most of the market product has based on those "WHY". Connecting two products are not guaranteed by the fixed result. Because of this "WHY", no manufacturer recommend connecting 2 wires with Plug.
Adding a little bit of Why at the end of this article, Mitsubishi Engineers never wanted to charge it on the public charging station, unless emergency. They want charge the battery in a slow speed at home, and the "WHY" is not found in User Manual(?).
Good luck too all
