Recent content by Sir Surfalot

It's good that you have included SYD-CBR-SYD as an example, as that is unquestionably the sort of road nobody can say "you are holding it wrongg" when it doesn't work. For my car, and as recently as last Wednesday (on firmware 2024.8.9), I still had an asymmetrical success vs failure rate with...

Following myself up on this, I managed to get a fairly ok photo through the windscreen of the low beams pointing at my roller door earlier this morning (firmware 2024.8.9, 2021 Model 3 LR MiC (first batch of them)). I have circled the "missing" bit of low beam which wasn't missing before. See...

Thanks. It’s pretty clearly different on 2024.8.9 on my car at least (ie a missing “block” kind of directly in front of the driver out at the end of the light throw that wasn’t there a month ago), so that puts it down to either a change they made that has tripped-up the not-enabled-in-my-car...

I don’t know, will try it if I can. Against all probability, there IS another EV the last few days arriving and wanting to charge at the Palm Beach Jolt charger around when I have been (white model 3 with roof bike racks - Hi! if you are on here). Two out of my last 3 charging sessions it has...

I’m pretty sure 5 minutes (twice a day) is all I can reserve with the $10/month level I pay for. Maybe people who pay more can reserve for longer, I don’t know. I vaguely remember it being a longer reservation period when it was initially available to all users. I agree with you that 5 minutes...

I tried it once a couple of weeks ago. From memory in the app after you select the charger and plug, next to the “start CCS2” button there is a smaller button with a clock thing on it. Tap that and it reserves/locks that plug to your account only for however many minutes it is (at least the 5...

Yes I am now (for the last 6 weeks or so). It is probably a wash either way for me - whether I save anything on the $10/month deal with 10kWh/day free vs the default 7kWh/day free. The off peak pricing probably saves me rather more than the increased freeness but it’s small beer either way :)...

White Model 3? If so you *were* seen :) I only charge there opportunistically really - happy to see the Jolt chargers getting used so they are enthused to install more of them around the place. I have coffee/chat most mornings at Pronto (which is about 100m south from where the Jolt charger is...

The Palm Beach (Sydney Northern Beaches) has been more-or-less my private DC charger since it opened. I don’t think I have encountered another car actually charging there when I turn up - which is usually right after I finish surfing and while I am having a coffee and a chat with my friends just...

I think if you have a parking sticker or have otherwise paid for parking just take that spot to the left/north of the “official” one anyway if it is available. What I might do tomorrow (assuming I surf then buy coffee afterwards - both fairly reasonable probabilities) is try using the official...

The Palm Beach one is like that too; the allocated EV parking space does not line up well with the charge cables, especially for cars with the charging port on the left. In this photo below - which I meant to post earlier to show the (installed yesterday) parking signs, but I forgot - my car is...

There would have to be enough space within the box for another charger at the other end if demand ever required it. I don't think I have a "before" photo of the green transformer that the Jolt charger wraps around but it wasn't _that_ long. BTW the original plan submitted to council was for the...

That’s my most common use for the Jolt chargers - if I am buying groceries and/or coffee in Mona Vale (where there are two of them) or now by preference in Palm Beach near where I have coffee most days anyway, a 25-30 minute stop at a charger, even (or especially) a slow-ish one suits me...

25kW so I get the usual 22-23 into the battery. The green substation that it is “wrapping” was a larger one, accounting for the larger box size. Has advertising LCD panels both ends but I don’t think that accounts for much of the size. Here’s a photo from the other side of it. Will work out...

New charger opposite Barrenjoey House at Palm Beach. Just opened (and working).