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Hmmm, that champagne should be struck across the bow anyway, not the stern!

I do big branches with the pole saw too. Use a trick I learned from the professionals: start out at the end of the branch, lopping off the lighter sub branches first. Then lop off 1-2m lengths of the main branch starting at the outer end. As the branch gets thicker, lop shorter lengths. That way you...

Our nephew has the Ryobi 36V mower, he loves it!

18V probably OK for very small lawn and lightweight grass!

weber , I believe you're correct, Dylan will have been trying to register for AEVA membership. Dylan ( ev28wa ), firstly, there is no direct link between AEVA member username and the username you use on this forum. There are many members of this forum who aren't AEVA members. There is an indirect l...

We have a lot of Peppermint Gum trees around our house, as well as other natives, and had quite a few palms at one stage. I've cut down almost all the palms and I've been pruning the Peppermint Gums using a plug-in electric chainsaw (Chinese Ryobi copy) and also my Ryobi 18V battery-powered pole pru...

I would guess that the heat extracted from the seat has to go somewhere. If it just exits into the cabin it's not going to contribute to overall cooling much I'd have thought.

... Why the Car is Outside? I learned Tesla's burning during charging some times so this Car is from China.... :lol: "Safety First" ... But with the car in full tropical sun while charging, battery temperatures may be higher (or battery cooling system working harder if it has one) causing shorter b...

@doggy, please remember to change the subject of your topic by adding the word "SOLD" once you've sold these.

TIA,

The way you've drawn the body, it looks like it would hold a lot of batteries. Maybe no need for the big red box up front?

Hi @rileyman ,

For people not familiar with the Volt, it would be good to mention what range you typically get on battery alone. Also, worth mentioning what area you live in (state at least).

Cheers,

Rob Hills

My experiences with owning our PHEV since 2014 are: Virtually seamless transition between battery/electric drive, engine charging + electric drive, engine direct drive + charging Some pretty complex technology that just works ™ (electric drive/charging/engine drive/charging, adaptive cruise control)...

I use Tef-Gel on the boat. It's perfect for preventing galling of stainless steel screws/fittings on aluminium masts in a salty environment. Without it, the ally is oxidising within 6 months.

Hi Mike,
Congrats on the new EV, good to see you're enjoying it.

Plugshare is crowd-sourced data, so you should absolutely update any information you can. I've done so where I've found things that aren't correct.

Cheers,

Woot, way to go Mike!
Does this mean the MX5 gets relegated to Sunday afternoon rallys?

...I've finally got a 2014 PHEV Aspire, and slowly getting used to it... Congratulations, hope you're enjoying it, despite the buglets. I'm having no luck getting even close to connecting to the app though. I have the password but nothing happens when I press the keyfob 10 times (meant to be some b...

Just returned home from my 2 months cruising up to Shark Bay and back 8-) . Thanks for the discussion and links. I've tweaked our .htaccess file IAW the link that Scotty T posted and it seems to be working. Any problems with the change, please PM me or post to this thread using the @ ("mention") fun...

Hi Hugh, I recently replaced the batteries in our Mitsubishi Outlander PHEV after water ingress caused major problems. Mitsubishi Policy is to destroy the battery packs because of perceived safety hazards. I pushed back hard and eventually convinced them to let me keep my old pack. My main argument ...

I think it only works on the Aspire, but others may know better. What I can say is that IMHO it is barely worth having. I am generally very keen on apps but I was disappointed with the PHEV app, both with the limited functionality and its clumsy user interface. Because it works over WiFi, it often h...

Rob - just regular old general purpose styrene polyester resin - pretty whiffy stuff, but easy to work with. I assume you're aware that of the three types of fibreglass resin (polyester, vinylester and epoxy) polyester is the least impervious to water penetration? I suspect this doesn't matter as m...

The nice thing about fibreglassing is that most sins can be fixed with an angle grinder (or Dremel for venial sins 😁 ) and patching. What resin are you using? I've been using Bote Cote exclusively for the past few years now. Not cheap, but the 2:1 ratio of resin to hardener makes for easy mixing, es...

My Google Chrome Browser still has a red warning triangle + Not Secure in the URL field. Not showing an https header. Will this be changing soon? Short answer: No. Details: This is a leisure-activity forum, not a bank website. To host a legitimate, encrypted connection (using the https url prefix),...

And one of the biggest reasons of the lot:

4. Loss of a valuable income stream from servicing and spare parts sales.

Hi Terry, That would be great if we can make it work, PM sent. To update our panel saga, over the Oz Day long weekend we were away in our van and had plenty of time to test out our two panels under a variety of conditions, mostly optimal for solar power generation with clear skies and plenty of cool...

Hi All, During the process of migrating our account to new servers, I also upgraded the phpBB platform this forum is based on. Unfortunately, unlike previous upgrades, this one blatted the links to our forum images and the legacy smileys from the old forum. I've now repaired those links so images an...

Hi All, Overnight, our AEVA web hosting was upgraded to new, faster servers. Unfortunately, this took longer than planned so some of you will probably have experienced site outages this morning and I apologise for that. Both the Main AEVA Website and the forums are working for me now in WA, so hopef...