Recent content by Lovemyev

Nice and sunny in North Wales 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 today, washed the car at the weekend, I really needed to spend some time tidying up our garden today. Even managed to cut the grass !. Our garden bin is full !. Forecast does not look too bad here, until just after the weekend 🤞.

The green flex makes a change from the normal black colour, that has become the norm !.

I don’t think the rear lights are fused ?. I can’t see any mention of them in the fuse box lay out in the manual. Both the front head lights have an independent fuse covering each side. On the Gen1 version, there is access to the inner tail gate clusters via a flip out panel on each side of the...

When comparing the 12 volt battery charging arrangements, between ICE and EV's, they are a little different. Although taking the EV "out for a run" will be effective, as long as the car is sitting in "Ready" mode, the 12 volt battery will still be receiving a charge at the same level. The car...

You could try removing the negative terminal on the 12 volt battery ( using a10mm spanner ). Lift the negative clamp away from the battery post. Leave the it disconnected for about 10 minutes, then reconnect and tighten the clamp back up. Now try booting up the car to see if has fixed it. Doing...

Here in Wales 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 they have switched a lot of the roads from what was 30mph down to 20mph. At a cost of millions of pounds of tax payers money. Now after a lot back lash, some of the roads have been moved back to 30mph. Again, spend more money. The car has a split personality, half of it...

How frustrating is that !. That would be the best way to go I think. This type of arrangement maybe ?.

If you have chopped off the three pin plug, would this not be a good opportunity to upgrade to a 16amp socket instead ?.

The ambient temperature plays a big part on HV battery performance and its charging rate ability. This is the reason why the battery can be brought up the ideal temperature prior to taking on a rapid charge, by the use of the battery heater provided.

This is very true Ian, but you can still buy replacement plugs over the counter still. If you purchased an item that was first intended for Europe or even the States, then yes you could install a plug converter from two pin to three pin But it’s very likely you would chop off the two pin plug...

13 Amp plugs are mass produced and are available from almost anywhere. The place of origin and quality of these cheap items can vary massively. They all may look the same and by and large, all can do the same job. They all come fitted with 13 Amp protection fuses as standard normally. Should...

The same applies to vacuum cleaners, because we insist on calling them hoovers 🤷🏻🤣.

Just to be clear, both these granny units and higher powered wall boxes, are merely a large switching / communication device. They are not charging units. Have do have the ability to communicate with the modules of the car, but the actual charging unit that provides energy to the traction...

The protection fuse is intended to be the weakest point in the circuit, for safety reasons of course. But in actual fact, you rarely see the fuse itself actually fail !. I consider that the two thin clamping points that that retain the 13 Amp fuse inside the plug, to be the weakest point. The...

When speaking to the guy at our local independent MOT station last year, he made it perfectly clear that MOT testers communicate with each other on a regular basis. Probably via an official closed off forum, a bit similar to this I guess. Here they can chat and exchange information and issues...