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Local ASDA has 4 3kw chargers. Usually 2 out of order and one permanently in use by the store manager. Frequently iced. I don't even try.

This may be very handy for me, as my daughter lives near there in Barrow. My daughter's home is on the limit for a single charge at 141 miles, but these are 127-132 miles away depending on route. :) (Challenge being finding a decent rest stop half way, ideally with a charger, last time I stopped...

Someone in this forum recommended a stick on LED light with a motion detector. (On ebay: "Auto PIR Motion Sensor LED Wireless Door Keyhole Light Lamp Battery Night Lights" ) I have one, cost around £7 and it works fine. There are others for half that cost.

Probably my fault. I left Avro for Octopus and Zog and it changed over last week. Fortunately have my last bill downloaded and final readings. I calculate I now owe them around £30.

I have just changed to Octopus for Electric. (Just a little worried now about the gas going bust). When I signed up I followed a link for Octopus Go with a referral code so switching to Go was almost automatic. I already had a working Smart meter, it changed over to Octopus on Thursday and I...

Tonight I will be having my first Octopus Go cheaper charge. My supply changed over this week. From Avro for dual fuel to Octopus for electric and ZOG Energy for Gas. Gas was a competitive fixed price for 2 years - just hoping they don't go bust. Already had a working SMETS2 meter (it was my...

The other risk is burns. Used to work in Telephone exchanges which used a 50V DC supply. Batteries were in parallel with the Mains to DC rectifiers. A medium exchange had an 3 * 400 amp rectifiers and the batteries could supply 20,000 amps. Drop a spanner across the supply bus bars and it...

I had a similar experience with LV for my car recently. Compare the Meerkat was cheaper with LV than my renewal quote from them, but got it sorted with a phone call. Haggled a good discount on my Home insurance. About to change energy providers. My current one is going up by £300, but are...

My one any only experience has put me off Gridserve for the foreseeable future. 11 o'clock at night and I ended up waiting to get sole use of a charger to get "Waiting for power" message. So it may be as bad as one car per site. Support rebooted the charger - no difference. My contactless...

I learnt to drive in a van and turning square on at junctions was the advice they gave.

Asda response =

Possibly a battery isolator used when shipping?

Our local ASDA frequently has the EV bays blocked. Most of the signs have been removed! The other morning 2 Iced 1 EV parked and one EV charging. I had words with the customer services people who pointed out the one car charging belongs to the store manager! (It explains why its there all...

I have the same problem. Phone too big. I use this - my phone just fits because the case includes space for the pen.

While waiting for my car to be serviced I watched several MG EV come and go including mine. Definitely has a noise in both forward and reverse. Whether its enough to alert pedestrians - unlikely if looking at their phone. Have resorted to the horn a few times now. I would say most ice...