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  1. Fullerene

    Sentry Mode - Use sparingly!

    Same here, spent a long time trying to figure out what’s happening. I’m not feeling very confident if there was an incident it would end up being recorded. Anyone got an idiot’s guide? o_O
  2. Fullerene

    Model 3 + Rolec —> interrupted charging?

    I think this is the case. With my normal base load of 200-300W I still see big voltage drops particularly when not sunny and in cold weather. With the graphs the only thing happening when that voltage dropped was my car charging, no other significant load. Apologies for partial thread...
  3. Fullerene

    Model 3 + Rolec —> interrupted charging?

    yes, I’m end of the run, plus a lot of small homes on big plots on the way to me have been converted into sites with many massive homes, they all appear to have enormous heatpumps, which I am sure isn’t. The DNO hasn’t afaik upgraded any infrastructure. I think it’s really borderline, thinking...
  4. Fullerene

    Model 3 + Rolec —> interrupted charging?

    my 2 cents - what time of day are you charging? Here's me yesterday, voltage drops and power is dialled down from 32A to 24A, I do see grid voltage dropping locally during peak times and I will get voltage warning on the various bits of kit in the house. Generally I wouldn't charge during...
  5. Fullerene

    Tow Hitch Waiting Room

    have you tried services like this: How It Works | Rebtel.com Call a local number and they put your international call out. I used another service like this years ago. Hopefully you won’t be spending too long on the phone to Tesla :)
  6. Fullerene

    Tesla Model 3 vs BMW 3-series - a personal view

    Nice balanced write up, the 40p/kWh with BP, is worst case; if you join the club you’ll get a discount that makes sense providing you use it regularly. Completely agree that starting from scratch now using an ICE in a car would be questionable. Last night whilst reading Clearing the Air by Tim...
  7. Fullerene

    Average waiting time from order to delivery

    That’s my spec except I coughed up for FSD, I ordered after you. I believe it was more to do with delivery location, but possibly FSD. Although Tesla get more cash for FSD they report car sales to the market as the headline figure. FSD must help their cashflow. Still can’t quite believe I have...
  8. Fullerene

    Tow Hitch Waiting Room

    can you use Skype or similar to dial at a lower rate?
  9. Fullerene

    Sentry Mode - Use sparingly!

    Yep, onboard computer needs to be running the whole time so it’s ~300W... I’ve reviewed some very dull footage with no real discernible picture change. Glad my SSD is super quick to copy would be nice to have trigger on ultrasonic, continuous record with post processing or similar.
  10. Fullerene

    A few days in. Tesla driving is fun, isn’t it!

    Not at all.. If it makes somebody think about getting an EV when they see you out then that's even better :) I still love driving past the petrol stations :)
  11. Fullerene

    Anyone Home Solar Charging?

    I think this is sensible - there's a limit to how much solar thermal anyone will use - though there was grand designs a while back that someone had many massive solar thermals units on a property. I thought this - however in practice it made no measurable difference. Awesome - this is what...
  12. Fullerene

    Tow Hitch Waiting Room

    Everything a bit quiet in towbar land, any luck?
  13. Fullerene

    Anyone Home Solar Charging?

    yeah - don't get me started (new thread required), I did my own CAD drawing for the installers as the ikea survey had my panels over the roof windows... They do look lovely - it looks like my roof is covered with the Metallica black album. You can overtilt panels, to improve solar collection...
  14. Fullerene

    Anyone Home Solar Charging?

    According to data sheets as purchased my CIGS panels were something like 12% efficiency, I seem to recall modern mono crystalline panels being ~ 18% so hence the 50% more efficiency gain. Much to my annoyance my roof as it stands couldn't fit another panel on it :( I know somebody who was...
  15. Fullerene

    Anyone Home Solar Charging?

    I know a local installer of powerwalls - he said Tesla have been bundling in a free TWC with power walls on some of the recent jobs he has done, may be worth asking :) My panels are 5 years old, new panels appear to be 50% more efficient.. The inverter magic and MPPT sort it all out. I'd...
  16. Fullerene

    Underground driveway charger?

    Very cool, inductive charging in the UK with the number of potholes would lead to certain death! Bring back the Trolleybus - Wikipedia
  17. Fullerene

    Underground driveway charger?

    Going down the camouflage route, there was also a fully charged episode with Zappi, the owner had put their Zappi on a post in a shrubbery. Very discrete though be careful with the secateurs!
  18. Fullerene

    Anyone Home Solar Charging?

    This is shocking, there should be a mandatory FUD course to send architect and builders on. I had a very good estate agent around and saying if you refurb it must have underfloor heating as the market expects it. I was hoping it would never need to be heated as the preferred option :) So...
  19. Fullerene

    Anyone Home Solar Charging?

    Yesterday had a decent amount of blue sky for me, I dropped the charge current in the car down so I could mop up the delta between generating and baseload. Very pleased to add my first few (30) miles of home grown solar charging :)
  20. Fullerene

    UK Owners with v10?

    Think it's the bit which shows the car and nearby traffic lanes. Driving Visualisation " The driving visualisation has been improved to display addition types of objects and lane lines around your car in more environments. Additionally, you drag and pinch the driving visualisation to...
  21. Fullerene

    UK Owners with v10?

    Was in the car listening to the shipping forecast (why do I do this?) this morning, scrolling through the .1 release notes. Assumed the .1 release was bug fixes, although I can't remember the option to move the car angle in AP View on screen from the first release, possibly didn't spot it.
  22. Fullerene

    Common as muck

    Did a tiny bit of research a few years ago, maybe things have improved, numerous people complaining about had to put up scaffolding on building to install cheap DIY store LED flood on my church, shop etc and it failed within a few weeks. Once again decided to invest in the commercial option...
  23. Fullerene

    Common as muck

    Good effort, it's sad to see people who can afford to make a difference not doing it. I was hoping on doing a proper green-over on my house but can't quite afford it yet. Upgrading a kitchen seems to have a lot more bragging rights than insulation and LEDs. @WannabeOwner Slips off to the loo...
  24. Fullerene

    UK Owners with v10?

    It's a shame this can't be geofenced to private ground, well done for no mention of the B word. If I were Tesla I'd look at locations and whether there is wifi there or not, then wait for a drive to a location with WiFi, to try and save a bit on Data - though I think it was in the region of 1GB...
  25. Fullerene

    Tow Hitch Waiting Room

    Yes - used to race when I was a lot younger :) I also need to take car not to 'press the clutch' ;) I rarely drive automatics, have been ok so far but contemplating putting velcro hooks on my left shoe. Got the hang of that now, definitely worth a little practice, it works really well. Aware...
  26. Fullerene

    UK Owners with v10?

    Spoiler Alert: | | | V It opens all windows by around 15mm, enjoy!
  27. Fullerene

    UK Owners with v10?

    It's got me and my kids, 2048 is tetris for geeks, totally addicted.. I do love a power of 2. I've managed to get Advanced Summon working on a UK model: You need to open the Frunk first, wait 10 seconds and 2 Red Flags will appear and start waving, then off it goes.... Awesome ;)
  28. Fullerene

    UK Owners with v10?

    I have the hole pattern underneath - no idea if a speaker is lurking behind the panel FYI - Sentry mode needs to be OFF before the update can occur.
  29. Fullerene

    Wrong Home Address giving DashCam Problems

    I think I've got a hack for this - but you can't do it with the App or Car alone - As Far As I Know - glad to hear if somebody has solved this. Here is the issue: I've tried a few things for this but I think you may be out of luck for now. As far as I can see locations must be navigable. So...
  30. Fullerene

    UK Owners with v10?

    One issue I have encountered was Bluetooth. Keyless entry worked fine after upgrade, however the car shows bluetooth isn't active and I am not paired to my phone, although the phone says it's paired to the car. So I can't make calls from the car. I will un and re pair them. FYI I've got FSD...
  31. Fullerene

    Keyless Entry no longer working?

    I will put a Bluetooth update in the V10 thread - I have yet another bluetooth oddity.
  32. Fullerene

    UK Owners with v10?

    Yes, on WiFi - took 25 minutes. Forgot to check traffic stats on network to see the size of the download. Haven't taken the car for a spin yet - will be interesting to see if we have the Pedestrian Warning sounds. It says V10 on the release notes which will appear on the screen once complete...
  33. Fullerene

    UK Owners with v10?

    Wonder what the resolution of the M3 screen is, YouTube claims to be playing 4K, in fairness it is pin sharp :)
  34. Fullerene

    UK Owners with v10?

    Spotify shows up as spötify - spinal tap would appreciate the rocknroll umlaut.. caraoke, hilarious! surely this won’t function when driving, undue care and attention..? Kids will like it with a bit of rainbow road added in. FSD better be sweet in V10 quite a few distractions here..
  35. Fullerene

    UK Owners with v10?

    Rear camera for sentry mode :)
  36. Fullerene

    UK Owners with v10?

    Just got V10!!!
  37. Fullerene

    Running out of lightning

    On Collection one of the Tesla people mentioned they had no affiliation with any of the roadside recovery people but mentioned that either AA or RAC would soon have a top you up service. Not sure if any of the V2G enabled cars can do car to car charging yet. I was thinking I could get a few...
  38. Fullerene

    Keyless Entry no longer working?

    Thank you all for assistance. Keyless is now working. I hadn't done anything unusual with phone or car between it working last night and not working this morning. Charge cable was plugged in but car wasn't charging. I hadn't used the car at all yesterday - apart from sitting in it to get SSD...
  39. Fullerene

    Keyless Entry no longer working?

    This morning I went to the car and nothing. Door didn't unlock, bluetooth was connected, had keycard in pocket, got in and started with keycard. Rebooted Car, rebooted phone, no luck, tried a few times in the past few hours. Will raise with Tesla if it doesn't come back to life later today...
  40. Fullerene

    Tow Hitch Waiting Room

    It's called 42 at the moment - TeslaMate retrieves the name from the car as: Hopefully more unicorns on their way soon ;)
  41. Fullerene

    Tow Hitch Waiting Room

    Thanks! Forgot to take the toy unicorn to put on the dash... Tesla people kept referring to my car as a unicorn... ;)
  42. Fullerene

    Tow Hitch Waiting Room

    Apologies if this post is an incoherent mess, it was written in dribs and drabs - this week has been a whirlwind let alone the M3 side of things. Woke up this morning and realised I didn't need to check the shipping forecast...and breathe... Hum the tune.. Start the Crawl: :)...
  43. Fullerene

    Tow Hitch Waiting Room

    Nuts, so sorry to hear that, I’m picking up at same slot as you had, I will be mortified if I turn up and it isn’t happening.. Thanks! Will do, I think the therapy required to sort my head out after the ordeal will be more costly than the car.. maybe we could get a discount for group therapy?
  44. Fullerene

    West Drayton/Heathrow Sept month end pickups

    Nightmare. I’m picking up from west Drayton today, missed a load of communication from Tesla yesterday due to phone breaking. See tow bar thread. Planning on getting there early to see if I have a reg and a car, 250 a day seems so ludicrous mode..
  45. Fullerene

    Tow Hitch Waiting Room

    Wasn’t able to get phone repaired yesterday evening, loaded up a new phone with Tesla app the barrage of messages will be a mystery until I get to the SC or repair phone. Hopefully squeeze my reg out of the SC when I get there this morning and no issues with car. On the positive side on the way...
  46. Fullerene

    Tow Hitch Waiting Room

    Today should be a happy day as it's my pick up tomorrow. However a ridiculous spanner has appeared in the works - the touch screen on my phone died this morning - I can see lots of messages from Tesla on lock screen but no way of accessing phone. Booked in for a repair on the phone, hopefully...
  47. Fullerene

    Home-charge tariffs (UK)

    Charlotte makes an appearance on Fully Charged Regen this week from FC live, link below starts at Charlotte's appearance. Robert gets somewhat emotional! Recommend re-winding and also listening to Tim, started reading his book 'Clearing the Air' yesterday.
  48. Fullerene

    Cabin overheat protection greyed out

    This smells like a bug, can’t think of any plausible reason for this restriction. Any thoughts?
  49. Fullerene

    Cabin overheat protection greyed out

    Apologies, phone rattling around in pocket / incompetence .. rating undone!
  50. Fullerene

    TeslaFi "Gas Saving" for the UK

    BNP Paribas report touches on some of this, there are many ways to skin the cat like most things with EVs and power- efficiency,ecological impact etc. https://docfinder.bnpparibas-am.com/api/files/1094E5B9-2FAA-47A3-805D-EF65EAD09A7F