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Today I pulled the bumper off and replaced the failed windshield washer pump. A sure fire way to fail the inspection if you ignored it. Luckily all the auto stores had some workable options. I also finished the single phase 32 A EVSE. Literally just assembled it according to the instructions and it ...

Try Tim Brunner at EV Works, Landsdale WA.
I know he recently brought a stack in and there may be some leftovers.

Interesting to hear about the WP 3-phase requirements.

Also, is there any indication of which cells are in the PW2? I have heard they might be using the new 20-70 cells same as in the Model 3. But as always with Tesla, lots of secrets.

https://www.caradvice.com.au/811371/maz ... -5-report/

Well it's not like it hasn't been done a few times before

Silver soldered and re-plumbed. Ready for some aircon hoses now! I should read up on the compressor and make sure I'm about to fire it up correctly...

Good to know - I have just ordered the single phase version to go with the Prelude. At least this will work from any socket. I have also ordered a Type 1 to Type 2 muzzle adaptor so Francess can use Chargepoint and RAC chargers which are still all Type 1.

I had a friend knock up a couple of stainless steel fittings designed to perfectly match the 7/8" aircon male end.
Next step is to braze these on with silver solder. One shot - no pressure...

Probably a French thing, they leave the p out of hospital too I think.

Correct, 1100 kg with the spare tyre and tools, and a full tank of fuel. So we should be pretty close to original tare.

Remove the rear two battery packs. Then put them back in afterwards

It should only be a mere 60 kg or so overweight if anything.

The car is 99.99% done. All we need to do now is drive it down to the air conditioning guys and get them to install the new plumbing and re-gas the system. I'll be brazing the new fittings onto the heat exchanger on Monday so they just need to make up some new short hoses and fittings. All wired up....

Tesla owners practically live in their cars, so they're killing two birds with one stone

Please forgive the necroposting, but I have been looking for a good option for a dual relay delay timer for the Prelude's master contactor and precharge relay. I originally used a basic 555 timer delay which closed the master precharge relay with supply voltage, and 0.5 seconds later the master cont...

Like hotwheels crash cars!
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It would probably depend on the wheels to some extent. A set of 18"s would help.

No, its going to need a custom basket. I might just ust threaded rods and aluminum extrusion.

I'm still yet to really clear a space and get started, and at some point I won't be able to proceed unless I have a working pack in front of me, but I plan on using the 60 Ah cells like so: 20191123_141528.jpg The difficulty will be making sure the BMS sits neatly on top, and all the main conductors...

No, but I am about to start fitting these cells to the iMiEV battery tray. How did your cells work out?

I had the car for the weekend to get the air conditioning looked at, and to finish the rear two modules. Main issue with the rear two modules was securing them so they can't move vertically or side to side, as well as tidying up the plumbing, HV cables and the fuse. The fuse was just mounted right o...

That is a really, really good idea!

Well the A/C guys reckoned it will be best to put it in series - it won't be as epic at cooling, but won't result in big pressurisation either. Apparently things get a bit expandy when parked in the sun, and having two evaporators in parallel would increase the likelihood of it over-pressurising. Th...

Yeah the price is pretty impressive. But impressive enough? Time will tell. The concept is growing on me I have to say.

Interesting first post on this thread... Hornsdale by the way.

Re: Cybertruck - the fanbois will eat it up. Everyone else will buy a Rivian.

And that's the rub - the fuel levy has been going into general revenue for half a century. Once it's in the pot, it really didn't matter where it came from. They could just as easily remove the fuel excise all together, and change the income tax brackets so everybody pays less at the pump, but more ...

Really, all modern cars are pretty good. And when comparing an EV and an ICE in identical trim - the EV always wins.