Charging Electric Vehicle (Trickle Charge); How To Use Trickle Charge - Kia E-Soul Owner's Manual

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CHARGING ELECTRIC VEHICLE (TRICKLE CHARGE)

How to Use Trickle Charge

1. Code and Plug (Code set)
2. Control box
3. Charging Cable and Charging Con‐
nector
When you cannot drive to a public
charging station due to low battery,
you can charge the car by using the
220 V portable charger (ICCB: In Cable
Control Box) which you can buy as an
option.
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• This cable is designed to prevent
problems caused by unexpected bat‐
tery discharge and when you use
general outlets, it may lead to exces‐
sive electricity charges as the elec‐
tricity charges for electric vehicles
will not be applied. So refrain from
using it to fully charge your car.
• If this cable is connected to a house‐
hold power source, it may exceed the
capacity of the distributor, resulting
in safety problems such as electrical
shutdown and fire.
How to Set Charging Current of
Portable Charging Cable
1. Check the outlet's current rating
before connecting the plug to the
outlet.
2. Connect the power plug to the
household electrical outlet.
3. Check the status of the control box
display.
4. Adjust the charging current by
pressing the button (1) on the back
of the control box for more than
1 second. (Refer to the examples of
charging cable type and charging
current setting.)
5. Each time the button (1) is pressed,
the control box display is sequen‐
tially changed to 12A, 10A and 8A.
6. Once the charging current setting is
complete, start charging according
to Trickle Charge procedure.