I can’t imagine a sparks will install and sign off an installation that’ll overload the main fuse.
Hope I'm not dragging folk away from all this complicated electrical talk, but I was wondering if anyone has any experience or data on tyres and how they affect range?
I recently put 2 new all season tyres on the front, and the 2 previous all season were moved to the back. Driving a Leaf.
In hindsight, maybe not a great idea, as I found out later they were F for efficiency. I did notice a drop in the range, but didn't take any 'BEFORE' data so can't work out how bad they are affecting it.
Anyone have any data on tyres they may have changed out?
I'd suggest you need a better imagination, plenty of people out there installing any auld stuff. Sure look at @ELM327 's post above, he has a 32A charger living it's best live. That said, load balancing isn't the only option, there where posts way back on this thread about chargers being installed and configured at 20A and even further back there are references to Pen devices which have to be manually reset if you draw two much power at once. I'd get an load balancer
I’d question some of the load balancing, I cud sun metering for years and you’d be surprised how many sparks can’t install a CT the right way. Half them probably think the house is exporting…
Similar to @ELM327 I've a simple rolec. Wired to the fuse box, but it's a dumb charger. I did however install an energy monitoring ct clamp to keep an eye on things. Regular hit 10kW in the mornings when the car is finishing charging and we're making breakfast (oven or hob), or putting on a wash before the night rate ends. Think I've seen 12kW once. It's rare though.
A Fiat prototype from the mid-90s, similar to the Multipla.
another range test from some of the cars that will be getting a lot of interest, Mach-E, Ionic 5, EV6 ,Enyaq etc
We drove these electric cars until they DIED! - YouTube
worth a watch : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gg5MdeC6qzI
Second Black_Knight & ELM327, I’ve a twin Rolec securicharge (dumb) charger that is running from 11-7 every night, once one car finishes the other car starts and with our milage both cars need to be charged every night, pulling big amps all night with washing machine, dish washer and two 3.5kw air to air heat pumps. 60amp fuse no issues.
Found the Rolec’s great, been using them since 2014 and the only issue was replacing a €20 contactor. That’s with one charger doing 90,000km’s of electric driving and 200,000km’s on the other.
I would never make back the extra for a zappi on what the solar could put into a car- I’d need to double my 5.4 kwp array to make a zappi worth my while, add in no serviceable parts and it’s not worth it. In summer I plug in the granny charger to soak up any excess.
The 9kw shower pulls 40amps in winter.
The load balancing is very clever though and would be a nice addition if the treble priority switch system is ever replaced.
Screen shot shows one car charging, tapering, 3am the second car coming on and two quick showers.
impressive figures from Germany and France, shows how slow progress is here...
France has seen an equally impressive 60% growth: from 31,849 in 11/2020 to 51,243 now.
> 601 150 kW+ chargers
With only 342 charge points difference, will Germany overtake France this month?
Ah lads, we can't compare to Germany either from a financial perspective or geography as we are poorer and land locked with no through traffic
not comparing, just (jealously) admiring and hopefully planning a trip for next summer.
How many chargers were operational here at 31/12/20 vs 31/12/21 (ecars/EasyGo/Ionity/Tesla/any others).
What's the % increase been overall? anyone have the stats?
Does anyone know if a Kia ev6 has a bi directional battery ..that is can you use it's battery to run your house in the event of a power outage
The ev6 has a "car to load" feature, where it acts like a generator, so not connected to the house directly.
I'm presuming that it would push out DC current so if you had an invertor to convert it to ac you could run the house or certain items in a house Incase of a power outage
No it has a inbuilt 3.6kw inverter, so it outputs AC
Would 3.6kw power lights and tvs ...boil a kettle .
Yeah kettle is usually 2.5kw, tv and lights are only a couple of hundred.
Will be no issue there. Only issue is running the extension lead into the house.
I've got some outdoor sockets on the wall outside the back door...not sure if there's a cable coming with the car for doing that ..
The new Ioniq 5 comes with a 3 pin "Granny" charger and a 3 phase 32A cable. Presume the EV6 comes with the same, but worth checking.
You couldn’t connect the car up to your house supply/fuse board, only run an extension to power some appliances, like TV/modem etc…. So it wouldn’t be like having the house powered up as normal…
you’d need a fireman switch in the system to do that, if it could even be done/signed off.
I have a generator allreadyy that I start up and reverse into a socket that. Runs the house but it's noisy and thought I could reverse the cars ac into an outdoor socket
Kia EV6 has no ground, so some things won't charge from (like an ID.3 on a granny charger). Presume the Ioniq5 is the same.
Hi, not sure if I'm reading you wrong, but just in case, you won't be able to plug you car into an outdoor socket and use that to power your house. The load to charge device is basically a plug. You won't be able to power your lights or heating off it or anything else that isn't plugged directly into it.
Ah.. a widow maker.
You need to be really careful cos you could end up back feeding into the grid and electrocute people working on the lines.
Just have to turn off fuseboard
What kind of power are you pushing through a 2.5 T&E?
As you are pushing it through you realise that none of the sockets on that same circuit have any protection?
does it just have a 3 pin plug ? Pretty sure that’s illegal as if the genie starts and it’s not plugged in, then the exposed pins are live , likewise if someone plug a it out, they won’t know the line are live
That's a bit mental, I'd never heard of that before.
Been doing it for awhile and had no probs ..runs tvs,lights fridges ect ..but don't use the shower or cooker...generator has current stabilizer so devices work flawlessly.
Mcbs protect the cable not the appliances/sockets, just to clear that up.
But yeah it's sketchy AF. https://youtu.be/At0advb9_fA electoboom explains it quite well.
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