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I owned a narrowboat for 12 or so years and found that it needed patience to go astern for any distance - but I could do it OK! Dave

I'll bet you have an ad blocker running! Amazon doesn't like them. Dave

The current Zappi has WiFi built in so you don't need a separate hub. Dave

I bought one from a member on here and it works just fine! Dave

Just had a look on Amazon (UK) and less than 50% on there are pure sine wave inverters. PSW inverters are not cheap either. Good luck with your project. Dave

I've not tried running an inverter from the car battery but I have had experience of inverters, first of all on a canal narrowboat and then in a motorhome. The one thing I will say is make sure you go for a pure sine wave inverter, as most modern electronics are not happy with a modified sine...

I have just formatted a USB drive to FAT 32 on my Windows 10 laptop. Dave

When I was a schoolboy (long ago!) I had a weekend / holiday job in a petrol station. This would be in the early 1960s. Esso Regular was 4s and 4d a gallon Esso Mixture* was 4s and 6d a gallon Esso Extra was 4s and 8d a gallon Esso Golden was 4s and 10d a gallon. In each case the tax was 3s...

"Its amazing how ICE drivers are environment experts" Without pointing a finger at anyone, would it be fair to say "Its amazing how many ev drivers are electric car experts"? Dave

or even an imperial ton - which is more! Dave

Mine works OK on my Mk 1 ZS EV. Sometimes after plugging the phone in I get a message on the car screen to plug in so I unplug the lead from the phone and then plug in again and that does the trick. I generally get better results by plugging the phone in before turning the car on to ready mode...

Don't forget "No heater"! Dave

Maybe Jolt the volts!

There is an update for the Zappi which corrects that. Dave

When I bought my ZS EV I had an arrangement with my insurance broker that I would phone them when I got to the dealers and they would do an immediate transfer from the old car to the new one. Of course, they already had all the details so it was a case of pressing a button on the computer. Dave

You don't have to pay for smart meters! At least I didn't. Dave

Yes you can, but very few places have electric hook ups suitable for recharging. A friend had a canal boat that was electric, the complete roof was covered in solar panels. He had the boat built so it was like it from new. However his range was very limited as the power needed to propel his...

I'm sure most of the work is done by computers so staff holidays won't have a great effect. Even inputting details from one V5 to another will be automated to a certain extent. Dave

My late wife and I had our own narrowboat for 12 years and we used to go out for 3 or 4 months every summer, plus an occasional winter cruise. Never tired of the life style and the only reason we sold the boat was that my wife's disability made it difficult for her to get in and out of the boat...

That might have been effective in the "good 'ole days" when a bag of cement weighed 1 cwt - that's 112 pounds for the young. Now the common weight for a bag of cement is 25 Kg or just less than half a hundred weight. Dave