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wattmatters replied to the thread MG4 in Australia.That's one of the weakest arguments alive. Nitrogen filling for regular cars is both costly and inconvenient for no benefit to ride... -
wattmatters replied to the thread MG4 in Australia.There is no evidence nitrogen filled tyres will last any longer than air filled tyres. It's just a waste of money which can instead go...
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wattmatters replied to the thread MG4 in Australia.Keeping tyre pressure even helps keep tyre wear rates even. I don't wait for a tyre pressure warning to inflate a tyre which loses...
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wattmatters replied to the thread MG4 in Australia.Over time the air in tyres will naturally increase the proportion of nitrogen.
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wattmatters replied to the thread MG4 in Australia.There is a no difference in temperature induced rise in tyre pressure between air and nitrogen filled tyres in regular passenger...
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wattmatters replied to the thread Annoying "features" when using a tow bar.Essence 64. No idea about the trailer hook. Mine was after market: https://www.mgevs.com/threads/mg4-in-australia.13438/page-83#post-357455
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wattmatters replied to the thread Annoying "features" when using a tow bar.Mine does not. I need to manually activate tow mode.
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wattmatters replied to the thread MG4 in Australia.I normally inflate to 39 psi with my portable compressor. Other day I brought the rear right back up (that's the one which loses...
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wattmatters replied to the thread MG4 in Australia.The Ideal Gas Law says no. PV = nRT Same temperature rise contained within the same volume results in the same change in pressure...
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wattmatters replied to the thread MG4 in Australia.O2 does leak faster than N2. N2 is a relatively larger molecule (not by much but it's enough to slow the rate of loss down). It will...
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wattmatters replied to the thread MG4 in Australia.I'm getting a bit more home battery now - after discussing it my wife suggested we up the battery to the 32 kWh option and we are also...
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wattmatters reacted to CCMG's post in the thread At last, a very high mileage ZS EV under the microscpe with
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That is very cool. I already use Home Assistant so will definitely set this up! Thanks -
wattmatters replied to the thread At last, a very high mileage ZS EV under the microscpe.I use the Home Assistant SAIC MQTT Gateway (Python) add-on to gather data from both of our MGs, and I also have MQTT server inside of...
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wattmatters replied to the thread MG4 in Australia.That's Powershop's Night EV plan based on the Sunsoaker two rate TOU tariff. I also have controlled load which has a separate daily charge.
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wattmatters replied to the thread MG4 in Australia.This is what I got (I'm currently on the EV Night plan): I will be discussing this with them in due course, as well as checking other...
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