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I01￿High-voltage￿Components
6.￿Charging￿the￿High-voltage￿Battery
• Only￿use￿power￿sockets￿protected￿against￿moisture￿and￿weathering
• Do￿not￿touch￿contact￿areas￿of￿power￿sockets￿with￿fingers￿or￿objects
• Never￿repair￿or￿modify￿a￿charging￿cable￿yourself
• Remove￿cable￿on￿both￿sides￿before￿cleaning.￿Do￿not￿immerse￿in￿fluids.
• Do￿not￿go￿through￿a￿car￿wash￿during￿charging
• Only￿charge￿at￿power￿sockets￿checked￿by￿an￿electrician
• Observe￿special￿information￿in￿the￿operating￿instructions￿for￿charging￿at￿unknown￿or￿unfamiliar
infrastructure/power￿sockets.￿Set￿the￿charging￿current￿in￿the￿vehicle￿to￿"low".
6.2.4.￿Charging￿socket￿at￿the￿vehicle
The￿charging￿socket￿at￿the￿I01￿is￿located￿precisely￿where￿the￿fuel￿filler￿neck￿is￿located￿in￿a
conventional￿vehicle￿with￿a￿combustion￿engine.￿Just￿like￿the￿fuel￿filler￿flap￿has￿to￿be￿opened￿in￿a
conventional￿vehicle,￿the￿charging￿socket￿cover￿also￿has￿to￿be￿opened￿in￿the￿I01.￿Press￿the￿charging
socket￿cover￿to￿operate￿the￿release￿button￿and￿unlock￿the￿charging￿socket￿cover.￿The￿actual￿charging
socket￿is￿then￿protected￿against￿moisture￿and￿dirt￿contamination￿by￿another￿lid.￿The￿charging￿socket
satisfies￿the￿protection￿class￿IP5K5.￿The￿charging￿socket￿cover￿and￿the￿connector￿assignment￿are
shown￿in￿the￿following￿graphic.
Charging￿socket￿at￿the￿vehicle￿for￿combo￿charging,￿type￿1￿(US￿market)
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