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Pauline has informed me that her car has been sold. Tiago bought it and has plans to upgrade the battery, but remains to be seen if he's interested in these 60 Ah cells and related kit or go straight for the big ones (the smarter option).

Otherwise they are still up for sale.

A Better Route Planner is a bit clumsy; seems to want to back track unless I'm doing something wrong? I figure 7 kW would give me something in the order of 50-60 km per hour charging, so a long coffee break at the Williams Woolshed would almost get me through. We have the Vegepod at Arthur River too...

Patio is approaching completion. Batons are up, which means the roof is next. I'll have to get the parapet flashing installed first though. Should be a fairly waterproof battery by then!

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Sat, 23 May 2020, 09:50

jonescg wrote: ↑

Fri, 22 May 2020, 15:01

Well we finally got it.

Congrats!! Is that the 38 kWh one?

Yeah manufactured March 2020. Looks like a solid 310 km range with typical driving. Might take a trip to Albany next weekend to see how it goes on the highway.

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Fri, 22 May 2020, 20:20

I can't see any initials carved in it, where's the diy professionalism?

As I always say whenever I do concreting work - You don't need to see my initials in it to know that my name is written all over the workmanship

A little concrete mixing to end the day.

Yeah antday gave us a lift to Wild West Hyundai so we could collect it. So many features to learn but at least getting in and driving is a piece of cake. Had 311 km on the guessometer when we got in, and it had a full tank of angry Li+ ions. Very nice, and the first (and probably last) new thing we'...

Well we finally got it. New car smell is quite overpowering...

Batteries are tested 18650s sourced mostly from laptops packed in 40 packs of 60p. I am enclosing them individually in aluminium casing and sandwiching custom liquid-cooled plates between each. Additional parallel packs can be added to share the load/extend range. Currently, max continuous load per...

Following NCOP14 to the letter is a good start, and really, it's the only thing the assessing engineer will reference in their final report. Of course the rest of the car should be roadworthy too. My advice is to make everything as rugged as you can - waterproof enclosures, cable-ties everywhere, ex...

Pretty sure @Leonford or Larry Mudd can share some insight!

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Tue, 19 May 2020, 13:29

Something to keep in mind if buying a model 3 for a paddock basher for sure.

Why have a Datsun 120Y when a Model 3 could be used instead?

Some progress to report on my home storage setup. The patio is up, and after many tears and cuss words, painted. According to AS5139, the battery must be at least 600 mm away from a window or doorway, so it will sit in front of the old chimberley stack. Battery slab.jpg The slab will easily support ...

I had a reply from the supplier of the 400 Ah LFP cells, which are a realistic source of spare cells for these AVASS cell packs. US$160 each, or about $280 each landed in Australia. If folks really need some spares, try and arrange an order for at least a dozen and share the burden. Spec sheet here:...

How'd you go Gary? Find a willing Tesla owner keen to help out?
Chris

Hi all, Warwick Cathro is organising the next electronic branch meeting for the ACT, and he's looking for a speaker on electric car conversions. There are a few DIY conversions in the ACT, and being a zoom meeting there's no reason the speaker can't be from anywhere in Australia, but it would be nic...

I think the trick is to know your likely demands, and size accordingly. 60 kWh worth of battery is only $30k, which makes the total just shy of $100k for a full setup.

@Travers our other thread on the 93 Ah cells might be of interest to you then.

Yeah but put it this way - once the new transformer is in, the HV lines feeding the town are more or less at capacity. No FCAS market to speak of in WA, and certainly not out in the bush.

I think the BMS might not like the cascade in the event of a low or high battery. If one BMS goes open circuit, the others are still closed, but the load on them increases by a third. Until one of those goes open circuit, and the whole load is being borne by the one remaining. And then it goes. Pres...

Asking Tesla fans to show their Tesla to a potential Tesla buyer?

Brace yourself.

Plus from my observations, a $150 regas rarely fixes the AC anyway...

Hi, I filled it out, but there are a few questions where the context was missing. Range question as above - yeah I do 400 km a week. "Who makes the best chargers?" and you list several kinds of charger, not makes of charger. I chose 3-phase socket cause I like simple and cheap. Option 1 at the end? ...

On the matter of pronunciation, I recall discussing organic molecules with a lecturer way back in 1999. Benzoyl chloride, according to Max Gunter, was "benz-oh-isle" and not "benz-oil" as I preferred. Good thing us chemists use hieroglyphics by default.

We did have data, but it's not being shared any more. Plus, we have a situation where the chargers are being run down to the point of disuse. Recent data wouldn't actually be all that relevant any more. What we do know from Chargefox et al. is that most people do their rapid charging during daylight...