Recent content by wattmatters

In general (but noting every individual case is specific), the MG4 is not suitable for direct connection to a home's wiring system with a standard earth-neutral link. It will detect a fault and shut down the discharge session. V2L is expecting an isolated load (e.g. a plug in appliance). The...

Cost of charging has been higher this past couple of months as we've moved home and for now have no solar PV or super off-peak charging options. Will be getting solar PV soon, and just waiting for a utility tariff change after having a smart meter installed earlier in the month. Then we can get...

$180 repair.

And on a completely unrelated topic, I got a stone chip in the windscreen yesterday, but it's a repairable size apparently (completely covered by a 5c coin and not too close to the edge) so am booked in for a repair this afternoon.

After having moved home and not being able to keep our EV plan from before (our new place had an old meter incompatible with those plans) we've had our utility meter upgraded, and so I'm swapping our electricity plan over to the Powershop Night EV plan. At our previous home I was using the EV...

Used to travel much further and more regularly but some life changes and also changes to the way cycle races operate nowadays means I am doing almost no volunteering work. Else I used to do regular trips down to VIC with occasional forays to TAS, SA and QLD.

Only travelled inside NSW with the car so far.

Which networks use those? I've never seen one in the wild.

What does the storage system weigh? I'd be pretty hesitant unless there was available Tesla superchargers. I treat the rest of the networks as backup but with low confidence. New England Hwy sucks. It will improve once Tesla opens all access site at Armidale while Glenn Innes could use more help.

In Australia you need to consume about 50-65 kWh at superchargers before recovering a monthly subscription fee. So if you don't expect to use that much supercharger supplied energy during a month then it's not worth it. On our last three trips to Sydney, we've used 113 kWh, 150 kWh and 110 kWh...

2nd row, 3rd column. 90-100 kW. I've seen a touch over 140 kW in my Essence 64 at a Tesla V3 supercharger. Plenty of times in the high 130s. It's obviously much warmer here.

Perhaps your plug-in charging unit is faulty. Have you tried a different one?

No endorsement, just a couple of options from Aussie EV charge equipment suppliers: https://www.evchargingaus.com/product/portable-type-2-ev-charger-10-amp-plug/ $200 https://ultipower.com.au/collections/portable-ev-charger/products/mida-adjustable-portable-ev-charger-6a-8a-10a-type-2-au-plug $290

It needs to be compatible with the safety systems for the home and the power source. Plug my generator into the home's power inlet and flip the transfer switch to isolate from the grid, no problems, generator powers the home. Same with an off-grid inverter designed for it. Try it with the...

Yeah, sounds fine.