Content by T1 Terry in April, 2026

That's about $3.45 ltr over here, after the govt halved the excise tax per ltr, roughly 65c ltr reduction, it's now down to around $3.02 ltr Still eye watering, they dropped a whole 0.065c ltr of LPG, yet to decide where I'll spend the savings ..... T1 Terry

After the MG supplied charger failed within 2 weeks and an aftermarket adjustable 240vac charge died in heavy rain, I now put the charger on top of the rear tyre when charging so it is high and dry under the rear guard and the water doesn't run up hill to get into the "Water proof enclosure" I...

Any reason why the Windrose dual CCS2 charging wouldn't work? One truck charging like it was two EVs, we can't do that now? T1 Terry

This one is not so much funny, more cringe worthy, what DJT says when he thinks he is not being recorded ..... ..... Maybe Christian religions outside the USA will sue ...... Who knows in the lunatic world we now find ourselves being part of, with no way to fix it from outside ..... T1 Terry

There are price increases at the local IGA (Independent Grocers Association) for fresh fruit and vegies, but not at Aldi or WW or Coles (which we rarely shop at) which involves a 70km round trip, just time and inconvenience really, the fuel cost in the MG4 is zero .... but recently, meat has...

On the LFP style non semi solid state cells, the Na+ (sodium ion) cells have around the same energy to weight as LFP, a fast charging rate and great low temp operation ..... T1 Terry

That is what this semi solid state battery is supposed to address, better low temp operation of the NMC chemistry cells and it gets around the Chinese new laws regarding runaway fires, I'm guessing because there is less liquid to generate the oxygen ..... but that isn't a proven thing over time...

Yes, but on a bigger scale. If/when we go that way, we will probably switch to a 48VDC house battery, or use the likes of the MG V2L system to power the AC side and run the 12V stuff from the vehicle 12V system that the DC to DC takes care of the charging of that ..... Maybe keep 200Ah of the...

I thought this was your new ride, not that it was only a trial. Do you think they will buy an electric truck, like the Windrose? A trial in one of those would be an interesting comparison ..... I believe they can charge from one or two CCS2 chargers .... T1 Terry

You could plug into the car when on the peak rate and use the V2L to soften the bill even further, still borderline being worth the added wiring etc .... probably a case of not messing with a good thing ..... T1 Terry

In this case, it is our home at the moment and probably for the next 2 yrs until a replacement house is built. We will still want to travel, it wouldn't be to make money, it would be so we could still afford to travel .... T1 Terry

Saw this one and thought I should share it T1 Terry

Say something rude and nasty and they'll hang up ;) :LOL: T1 Terry

You still have a way to go to match my "at no extra cost" EV charging at any time of the day ..... (T&C's apply) T1 Terry

No Ark make a good DC circuit breaker, great for the higher voltage solar array generally used with an MPPT controller and better suited to a longer cable run if the panels are to be some what remote from where the battery set up will be ..... T1 Terry

That is the battery capacity of the Windrose EV prime mover that is claimed to be able to travel 680km with 60 49 tonne total vehicle weight .... So, using MG's method of distance capabilities on a single charge to real world possible achievement ratio of 75% on a good day and 50% on a not so...

Add to that, they aren't actually solid state yet, semi solid state is a bit like being a semi millionaire, you have $100 to back the horses and a lot of hopes and dreams ... If, in 5 yrs time, they do actually still hold a good state of health after their supposed ultra fast charging potential...

Our 30ft Winnie, towing the MG4 on a trailer, comes in at 12.5 tonne. The V10 6.8ltr 20 valve Ford engine goes great, but it is a tad thirsty, 2km/ltr thirsty. 200ltr petrol is good for between 400kms and 500kms, depends on hills, wind direction and the weight of my right foot ..... there is a...

Still living life on the edge, it's just on the edge of requiring clean undies and being the first one at the scene of the accident ..... but wouldn't trade her for the world, kissed a lot of trolls before I found my princess ..... just hoping not to go out the way Dianna did .... but in an MG...

It won't be the first and I doubt the last smack in the mouth by an enraged female .... they were all good looking as well, so the trend might continue till my demise ... it will be a closed coffin affair, no point in giving them all the chance at a last shot where I can't at least attempt to...

The first warning is the bottom part is flat, the "on the road warning" is catching sight of the tyre case heading off on its own way as the alloy rim destroys itself on the road surface ..... best to catch it at the flat on the bottom stage ..... T1 Terry

A fellow Motorhomer, with solar and lithium batteries, clearly set up to free camp as we are .... congratulations on the forward thinking .... now to convert the motorhome to EV so you can afford to travel ;) :LOL: That is our next step, eventually having enough solar to recharge the EV battery...

Thank you for the warning, the wife already knows the break away point for the Bridgestones, just past the point where my knuckles start to fail as I bury my fingernails into the dash ..... T1 Terry

Ah yes, addiction, addicts will go to extraordinary lengths and incredible suffering for a "fix" ..... You have my sympathy .... I guess there aren't many rehab places for Opera Addiction (AO) should we start a go fund me account towards helping those afflicted? T1 Terry

Still trying to get the terminology right in my head. Over here: a single axle drive can also have a lazy axle that goes in front of the drive axle, either lifted mechanically, or by the leverage of the suspension when the load is applied. These are also always single steer, a single wheel...

It can carry/drag a max of 25 tonne load, is that correct. Is that because of legal weight laws or just the limit of it's ability to move around safely, 42T ..... Can you explain the 6 x 2, is it only a single axle drive? The new Chinese truck being adapted by an all electric freight company...

Might have helped :lol: Then, I don't have a clue, is it AC or DC? T1 Terry

Mine has remained the same, still doesn't cost any extra to recharge the MG, same $125 mth, if we use it or not ..... T1 Terry

No, they are not a 2 way system. I'm assuming the 7.4kW charger is an AC unit and supplies enough current to max out the 7kW onboard AC charger. To draw that 7 kW back out of the EV battery requires a resistor across the sensing pins and the earth pin, to tell the on board charger that is now...

I've been to Lake Alexandrina and camped at the Nurrang Ferry campground, it was so windy it blew the spots of a Dalmatian, if you could have hung on across the lake then, you would have seen some big speeds ..... much like the little racing hydroplane, when you come off at those speeds, it...

Maybe there is a difference in how the earth/neutral link is made. In Australia, the earth/neutral link is at the powerboard, after the supply and before the RCD/RVD, but in an RV for instance, if you added an earth/neutral link after an RCD on the supply, like from a house or caravan park. that...

Fuel price went down today and not April Fools Govt halved the excise tax today T1 Terry

All but one member fool you into thinking there would be jokes ;) :ROFLMAO::unsure: T1 Terry

At least I now know why the rear wiper comes on every so often when it's raining, I'm so used to having the windscreen washers as the push button on the end of the wiper stalk :rolleyes: T1 Terry

I think you should have put this in the "Things that make you feel old" thread, I was 18 when I bought my first one :cry: Wish I'd never parted with that one of the one after it, nothing like it on the market these days, probably never will be again either ...... T1 Terry

That is great going while standing on a board holding onto the sail like grim death, for a whole nautical miles. I think I travelled maybe 3kms, from one side of a bay to the other on Lake Conjola on the NSW South Coast, far too commercialised now to get away with it T1 Terry

Holy Grails: 1)Tucked down behind the instruments on a big bore touring bike, long straight road as far as the eye can see, and wide open throttle, had that one a few times 2) on my Norton 750 Commando, scraping the header pipes either side through windy mountain roads as they cut through the...

Even the run into Melbourne isn't 570kms, even though it's all down hill .... heading into a hole is generally like that .... maybe he was going round the outskirts, slowly working his way in, like one of those charity coin wishing wells ..... T1 Terry

Our kettle is an Aldi special blue plastic cordless thing and our pots are all shiny, yet another strange thing ..... T1 Terry

So, now your are nice and comfy in your 18°C Glasgow ..... where is our bus story ..... T1 Terry What did you do wrong to have to sit for 5 hrs watching an opera on a screen? I'm sure it couldn't have been bad enough to suffer a punishment like that ....... Things like that can scar a person...

See the centre image, it required an earth/neutral bond, there is no earth neutral bond in a floating system, so an RCD will not function, earth stake or not .... An RVD in the circuit will trip if voltage is seen on the earth circuit, no need to wet the ground and drive in an earth stake. An RV...