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Trying to get in touch with the council, but Gemtek are organising the DQA and getting it ready for Western Power to do their thing.

This seems as good a place as any to share:
https://www.google.com/url?q=https://ww ... LxfwsRUrSQ\
(it's a big file)
From page 130 the good news starts

I reckon it has to do with settings, but by and large these 'upper-tier'* hybrid inverters are effectively playing an accounting game with your meter. They ramp up the AC output voltage until it matches the load being seen at the meter box, so export is just whatever is left over. I'm pretty confide...

I don't have any inverter on the house yet. The shed system is unrelated as it's too difficult to pair with the house. Since I only have real estate for one piece of power conversion equipment, it's going to have to be a DC coupled unit with two MPPTs. The Goodwe 5048D-ES is the best contender, and ...

wow that's crap - it would be a little heater - imagine summer that goodwe dc-dc unit keeps looking better and better I'm not sure what to do now. The GW5048D-ES is a single phase, 5 kW, 48 volt, DC coupled hybrid inverter. But it's limited to 6.6 kW of PV (I have about 7.5 kW on the roof now). Now...

Hmmm.
This from a Youtuber with one of these inverters. That is a huge amount of extra energy required per day just to keep it running.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dwsX8U-Q79k

Aye, the old fuse slid in and out a little too easily for my liking.

I wondered the same thing too. The wiring from the fuse block to the pump is only rated to 4.5 A continuous, so there's a drop there. I also noticed that the blade connected I had crimped onto the wire which lead from the fuse block was a bit dicky - I could wriggle it a bit and get the pump to run ...

Yeah, I would be happy with it being directly on the wall without the enclosure, because the patio will be covered with a roof. But it's not going to be closed in like a room inside the house. I suspect any humidity would cause dust to cake up pretty fast. IP-1006025_open.jpg MPI-10kw-3-phase-Hybrid...

Hi Dan - might be able to help. I have a battery which belongs to someone else, but I don't think they will be using it again. Will find out.

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the battery will be installed in front of the old chimney stack.

Um, do you still use the fireplace at all? Heat from the fire is bad for the inverter and especially the battery.

Nah, it currently serves as a liquor cabinet

So this is where the inverter will go, and the battery will be installed in front of the old chimney stack. 20200419_163228.jpg With a bit of lousy MS Paint skillz I predict it will look a bit like this: inverter battery placement.jpg The inverter will have to go inside an IP Enclosure with vents cu...

Today I picked up the Prelude and drove it carefully back to my workshop. The brakes worked for the first 5 km or so, but soon stopped working. Provided I kept my distance and was ready to stomp on it, I could still stop. With the pump not working, now was the time to test the vacuum sensor versus t...

Sounds great - how will it differ from the Zappi charger then?

The pump has been failing again, this time on a mild day. So I think it's time to replace it.

I wonder if the internals of the pump were damaged by the vapours from the PVC glue I used on the reservoir?

I've put a listing for the cells in the for sale section, and I'll also mention that this iMiEV is also for sale. Happy to pass any interest onto Pauline.

Hi all, I need to sell these prismatic LiYuan cells for Pauline. They were originally going to be installed into her iMiEV, but she needs to sell the car ASAP. So we installed the original battery back in and it's good for about 80 km range. Another sale thread for that soon - maybe $8000? Anyway, t...

I'm not convinced they exist. Given how poor the Department's records are.

According to WA Department of Transport, we have seven (7) Volvo C30 electric sedans in the state. Any idea who has these? We suspect they might be PHEVs, but Wei Fischer (DoT) insists they have been VIN checked as BEVs. https://s1.cdn.autoevolution.com/images/news/volvo-tests-viability-of-the-c30-b...

Considering Porsche, Audi and VW are all part of the same conglomerate, I reckon you can fuse them.
Likewise, BMW and Mini can be joined, as can Nissan / Renault?

Work of art

Hi all, Well it's been almost 10 years in the making, but we are about to launch the AEVA's new website and membership database! Please be patient as we set things up in the meantime. The forum will stay right here where we left it, but the main website will be a real smorgasboard of good stuff, not...

Looks great - got a link to the inverter board guys? Interested to see how they've put it together.

Yeah certainly not a problem in this case. I totally disconnected the BMS board and the cells from the pack and re-installed. Not a single bit of grief, just charged it up and drove it out.

Guys, mind starting another thread on iMiEV charger maintenance and repair? Interesting and all, but not really relevant to getting Pauline's iMiEV back on the road