rw86347
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I have owned a Leaf for 3 years now. I think I charge away from about twice a year. I expect with my tesla that will be zero times per year (excluding road trips).
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The AGL all you can charge $1 a day deal and the Wall connector
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I have owned a Leaf for 3 years now. I think I charge away from about twice a year. I expect with my tesla that will be zero times per year (excluding road trips).
Just find out AGL forgot to put a transfer in for my electricity so have to wait another quarter for the dollar a day deal. So if want to deal the deal, apply to change immediately.
Installation took a long time, about 6 hours.. l was told mine was 2nd one in QLD that had been done, but they are booked out solid, so assume a lot more coming on line soon.
AGL installed their own smart meter at main switch board, then installed a sub meter as per picture as well as a bunch of other gear including isolator.
First night of charge, 39.5kw, 2nd night 20.1kw, all for a total price of $2.... great plan and price...
Was there anything in the AGL fine print saying that you could/couldn't put your location on Plugshare?
You could share the AGL love with other Tesla owners all for a dollar a day, or if you were an entrepreneurial type
and lived close to cafes / shops you could make a very respectable profit.
You could share the AGL love with other Tesla owners all for a dollar a day, or if you were an entrepreneurial type
and lived close to cafes / shops you could make a very respectable profit.
Just got an call from the electrician doing my install. He said because we have an air conditioner and 50 something plug outlets in the house they can only allow a 16amp connection. Seems annoying as the wall connector can go much higher. It's not as if we'd be using 50 plugs at once in the house. --- just got another call now as I type and he said he spoke to his boss and they can now do 32 amps! Sounds like it's the first they had done one. It's booked for Thursday so will update then.
Fine print says "you must not charge more than one vehicle from the EV charging station or circuit to which AGL Electric Car Plan applies".
So I think charging friends cars is a no no. You also might have problems if you have more then one car to charge.
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Also "no unauthorised device, appliance or installation may be connected to the same circuit as your designated electric vehicle charging station and you must not allow the metering devices or charging station to be altered or replaced without AGL’s permission"
The wall charger is in! The contractors were really good, worked non stop, two guys from about 8am to 2.30pm so big job. Getting 42km/ per hour on average at 32amps. On previous 10amp wall socket was only getting 11km/ per hour. Electricians said the box said "3 phase charger" which they thought might be a problem as I have only got single phase power. A quick call to Tesla revealed that all wall chargers are now single phase and 3 phase compatible and there is only the one type now. Thought about adding to plug share but don't want to annoy AGL! Whole switchboard was upgraded too for free. Very pleased! Cheers
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garyjac
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Blue heaven
Fair Dinkum Tesla
I would be interested to hear from AGL if there is any sort of reasonable use clause which would allow a friend to charge when they come over for dinner, would be a bit lame to say "sorry AGL won't let you charge your car here so you'll have to stop off at the supercharger on your way home".
I know commercially there has to be some limit but surely they could make room for say 20-30 kwh per week.
Blue Heaven, yes still on rated range. I prefer it, and on a road trip it is realisic. I guess looking at a bigger range is more pleasant than looking at smaller "actual" range!
I'd still let a friend charge. Don't see how they could know occasional use by a friend is not you. But on plug share they could check on you I guess!
I'd still let a friend charge. Don't see how they could know occasional use by a friend is not you. But on plug share they could check on you I guess!
I'm getting the AGL $1 a day plan. $365 a year is a fantastic deal for me. I drove around 28k in 12 months using up over 5,000KWh (I average 179 watt-hour per km). At $0.29 per KWh I paid around $1,450 in 12 months. We're moving soon and my commute will increase by a huge margin and I would not be surprised if I drive over 40k a year. I just hope AGL does not drop the plan after a year or two.
I'm getting the AGL $1 a day plan. $365 a year is a fantastic deal for me. I drove around 28k in 12 months using up over 5,000KWh (I average 179 watt-hour per km). At $0.29 per KWh I paid around $1,450 in 12 months. We're moving soon and my commute will increase by a huge margin and I would not be surprised if I drive over 40k a year. I just hope AGL does not drop the plan after a year or two.
Are you on the Queensland WhatsApp group? Some very relevant information for you there...
Are you on the Queensland WhatsApp group? Some very relevant information for you there...
raynewman
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PM LGGD on here your full name and mobile number after loading WhatsApp onto your phone.
Finally got my meter installed by AGL, one month after making initial application (in Victoria). I had jetcharge install the cabling within a week of applying with them so all AGL installed was the meter. It appears their demand is quite high and they have precious few technicians to do the install. I was warned it would look ugly but in fact it was all neatly packed in. I'm very pleased with the plan; mainly because I no longer play with scheduled charging and just leave it to charge all the time whenever I'm parked at home now and it's substantially cheaper than even scheduled off peak was working out to.
You either get your own electrician to do your charger install and then get AGL to install the meter or you get the AGL electrician to do both. The AGL electricians are swamped and there are very few of them so it can take a long time to get your charger if you wait for them to do it. I got jetcharge to do mine and they did it within 5 days. The AGL electrician took a month to come and install the meter - their meter install is free (but they'd charge you if they did the charger install.)
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