Recent content by Lockey

I'm an engineer working in the conventional (gas/diesel) electricity generation sector.

It does seem to be a feature of Tesla's - I find my M3 blows cool air at my feet but if I turn the heating up then the rest of me is too hot (in auto).

I've had the car change the supercharger when I'm en route (usually because the original one is busy or faulty), not great when you're heading for Hopwood Park then it wants to take you to the one near the centre of B'Ham at rush hour. I've got a pretty good mental map of the superchargers on my...

Lead times for new transformers and other components required to reinforce (increase) supply capacity can be up to 2 years. Couple that with not enough experienced engineers and technicians to carry out the work and it's understandable why the DNOs are struggling to cope with the demand for new...

I have a vague recollection that 70kWhr of my 75kWhr battery is it's usable range (for the reasons described above) which is backed up by the car taking approx an hour for 10% increase in SOC when I'm pulling 30A off a charger (I don't usually pull the full 32A as I've had chargers with flakey...

Still not worth going to the Warrington one!

Does anyone know what the problem is at Hopwood Park supercharger? It was down to something like 4 stalls when we attempted to use is a few weeks ago and looks to still be at reduced capacity when we passed nearby today. Keele South supercharger was showing as out of service and Hilton Park...

My husbands MY had the same issue this morning when I asked it to defrost (sat on the drive at home connected to wifi), he did go through a dodgy signal area earlier in the week so the car might need a reboot.

The Tesla tech couldn't see anything wrong but replaced the AC cable that connects the charge port to the HV battery. It's been OK since and I've charged it twice, so fingers crossed that's sorted it. It was more like an hour to sort out but that was partially because they had to drive round to...

Yep, that was the message. It cleared overnight but I think I'll keep the service appointment as it could well be either moisture ingress or a loose connection so may well reappear.

The car was charging in a covered carpark so I'd be surprised if it was water ingress. I have AC charged it outside in the rain but not for a few weeks so I guess it is possible.

Thanks both, fingers crossed it's an quick fix for me too.

In which case that would be my next move, to try charging it for an hour and keep an eye on it. I have to run at 16A on my Mum's charger (might be a zappi) as it keeps cycling between 16 and 32A, her car doesn't have that problem so she doesn't feel the need to fix it and I'm only up there a...

Just been to pick my car up after leaving it to (AC) charge at work overnight to be greeted with a DC Charging Unavailable message. I've started the process to book a service centre visit (not massively convenient as it's 45-60 mins away) but wondered if anyone else has had this and how quickly...

Try putting the car on charge for a few mins at a time when you can monitor it and see what it says on the app, does it say 16/16 (this would indicate that the charger is limiting the charge) or 16/32 (you should be able to increase the charge rate using the box below the charge tip on the phone...