Content by johnb80 in February, 2026

Clearly Terry has had previous bad experiences in the past, I havent had any such experiences using more modern equipment etc. Active balancers are in use across the board and the power supplies / chargers I have used do have voltage adjustment as described in my setup description when the house...

Correct but that isnt a problem, in my setup as the batteries approach 80% charge the current is almost zero from the power supply, The power supplies generally will have a voltage trim adjustment, I would adjust the voltage as above so that the house batteries wouldnt reach fully charged. Not...

And that is absolutely fine but it's not a reason NOT to have the discussion? Absolutely, the real consideration is that the DC voltage that come from the battery, the inverter wont care where it comes from, DC is DC no matter what as long as the voltage is ok then it will be fine. You are...

Well at least it gets some discussion going doesn't it? To be absolutely honest, the only time I have used our MG5 and the DC charging of house batteries has been during Christmas Day and Boxing Day. It has worked flawlessly without the slightest concern anywhere. The idea is really simple and...

Hence why I suggested that the system is started up and with house battery down at 75% the voltage from the power supply is increased until the required output current is achieved eg 40 amps for 2kW. If the load on the inverter is less than 2kW or Solar starts to generate, the battery voltage...

'Some bloke in Lincolnshire' told you it can be done with any batteries. The nominal 48v DC coming out of your batteries to the inverter is supplemented by another source of 48vDC from the MG4. The inverter doesn't know or care where the energy comes from, the batteries will simply see a reduced...

My BMW i3 has Sanyo cells fitted which guarantee at least 6000 full cycles before deteriorating to 80% capacity. My i3 will do around 130 miles on a full charge so, simple maths, 6000 x 130 = 780,000 miles. Keeping in mind this is what Sanyo guarantee, it's most likely a lot further than that...

all in line with the government we've got, absolutely no sense whatsoever.

To be honest saving the planet wasnt the primary reason. I bought EV(s) because I like the way they drive, the convenience of recharging at home and the very cheap running costs. I was spoiled 10 years ago when working in USA I was given a Tesla Model X as my company car, I had to do regular...

It really makes no sense at all. My i3 has a Range Extender so it's classed as a Hybrid but I never use the REX. In 2028 when the 3p per mile comes in, I gain again because it's only 1.5p on the i3. Typical of this government going from one ill thought out disaster to another.

Preparing a smug grin here, my BMW i3, 12 months tax is £20, happy with that :D :D :D

I would imagine it wont be easy to get MGUK to agree the Tbox swap because in their eyes it is working and not faulty.

Nothing from TE or BG, Smartest Energy who we have moved to for our business energy havent been able to invoice us yet due to delays from the Administrators in getting the data to them. That said, Smartest Energy have been very good so far telling us not worry about bills, they will invoice us...

Apparently all updates were done back in December last year.

We discovered a strange problem with carplay on our last holiday. My iPhone was plugged in and using carplay for google maps. It intermittently stopped working as if carplay had been disabled. We discovered if my wife's iPhone was in close proximity to mine, carplay stopped working even though...

Our 2022 FL MG5 Trophy has done this from day 1. It randomly is not available and it is the car shutting down, even when on charge. The work around for us (MG UK are useless at sorting things like this out) is to use the lock button on the key remotely i.e. in the house, this gives the car a...

Here in Lincolnshire we are also getting the food waste bins imposed upon us. For the last 50 years we have always had waste disposal units installed in our kitchens, all food waste goes down the drains, no smelly bins outside, no attracting rodents etc. Considering the cost of the bins and the...