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Old Dec 12th, 2018, 15:06   #1
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Good Afternoon All,

My wife has recently brought the Volvo XC60 PHEV.
Just a quick question as I can't seem to figure this out myself and I cannot find any topic which covers it.
The charging point, can you lock it? The fuel flap locks which is great but I cannot lock the charging point flap.
I don't want anyone messing with it and or hurting themselves while touching it without my knowledge.
Am I the only one that appears to think that it should lock with the car?
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Old Dec 12th, 2018, 16:00   #2
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Good Afternoon All,

My wife has recently brought the Volvo XC60 PHEV.
Just a quick question as I can't seem to figure this out myself and I cannot find any topic which covers it.
The charging point, can you lock it? The fuel flap locks which is great but I cannot lock the charging point flap.
I don't want anyone messing with it and or hurting themselves while touching it without my knowledge.
Am I the only one that appears to think that it should lock with the car?
the charging plug locks to the car when charging , I don't think the flap locks though , it is safe when the plug is disconnected ..
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Old Dec 13th, 2018, 09:36   #3
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Hi Clan,

I understand that the plug locks when charging but the flap itself can be opened by anyone (e.g. kids messing about) at any time.
I have looked into how safe the charging port on the car is when not in use and there is no data from manufactures. I hold some electrical knowledge and it seems rather unusual to have exposed pins, it doesn't fill me with much confidence.
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Old Dec 13th, 2018, 11:31   #4
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The pins carry no voltage while exposed.

The pins that are exposed are very much equivalent to the "exposed" pins on the inlet IEC connector of a PC - the source of the power is from the cable end, which does not have exposed pins. This is an AC input and it is feeding an AC-DC SMPS, albeit a powerful one (3.3kW in the case of the XC60, but the type-2 mennekes connector services up to 3-ph 32A (22kW) input for Level 2 charging, even 3-ph 63A in the case of the Renault Zoe).

However, in most EVs the charge port cover does lock, so it's surprising that volvo did not do so.
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