OzTzlaBloke
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This is the flaw in my original thinking. I like this quote. Hits the nail on the head. Thanks brother
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Universal Mobile Connector (UMC) in Australia
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OzTzlaBloke
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Brilliant Borgy and Cafz
Good to know the C63A has similar behaviours to the big supply fuse. I understand totally your helpful insights into better practice. Im going to pay for ugrading from a master switch to a CB.
Champion. Ill find that datasheet too. Yeah now I understand this whole level 2 thing, gawd, thats a drama I need to avoid.
For sure now that main switch isnt going to be staying in my fuse box - his days are numbered
Good to know the C63A has similar behaviours to the big supply fuse. I understand totally your helpful insights into better practice. Im going to pay for ugrading from a master switch to a CB.
Champion. Ill find that datasheet too. Yeah now I understand this whole level 2 thing, gawd, thats a drama I need to avoid.
For sure now that main switch isnt going to be staying in my fuse box - his days are numbered
Make sure if that main switch is replaced the Sparky leaves a 1/2 unit width gap around it for cooling and not jam it up against the other breakers, same with your 32a outlet one, that neeeds a 1/2 unit gap around it to prevent nuisance tripping.
OzTzlaBloke
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Thanks Paul. I'm kinda let down a bit by the smart meter upgrade. I thought now I have a smart meter itll probably let me do cool stuff like knowing what my peak use was, the instantaneous use etcetc. I had thought I could log on to my retailer which is currently Red Energy and see graphs and data from 30mins ago etcetc. Well it seems I cant see diddly squat. The smart meter has this 03 display then a 14 display and then just data and time and thats it. Red Energy said they dont do data in my customer portal like I thought and worse Id have to manually call them and then they take forever to come up with a manually built spreadhsheet from them on my use when trying to expense the electricity for the Tesla etcetc.
So Im kinda left to guesses on my own and better doing guesses based off deeper insights into what Im doing with power at the cottage etcetc
The big battle looming before me will be the unsafe 6mm power pole to my PAO being upgraded to 16mm so I can actually safely get 63A single phase into the cottage.
Is the wiring from a power pole to the POA actually copper? Gawd I hope its not Al
Tesla have agreed to give me replacement 10A & 15A tails, for my 8A & 12A, free of charge
A powerwall battery will provide you the data you seek. I can see my peak solar, grid in, grid out, and house consumption. It will also provide your more power for sudden surges (But it too has limits)
Your distributor might have an interface like that, even if your retailer doesn't.
However, you can also get a device like a Powerpal or Emerald Electricty Advisor that sticks onto the front of your smart meter and gives you that kind of data.
You should look into an energy meter with CT clamps, that way you can monitor the energy directly. Many solar inverters would come with this sort of energy monitor.
Energy Australia does
But its latency is 48hrs - you get the data 2 days later. But it is accurate and granularity down to the hour. Plus historical data as well
And I find their rates are on par with RE and better than OVO - after including all the elements of the electricity plan
I have TOU with EA
No peak tariff on any weekend
No peak tariff Sep/Oct/Mar/Apr
Unlimited solar export
I recently negotiated a deal with them for Flexi 20%. I had told them RE offered me a good deal and I was going to jump ship. They didn't know I spreadsheeted my electricity bills from the last year. As electricity retailers have different plans a spreadsheet is the only way to win the game - easy to enter tariffs and discounts which recalculates the whole 12 months bills instantly. Eventually they discounted their standard discounted plan Flexi 7% to Flexi 20%.
Fairly big discount as I export 20,000kWh to the grid each year and import 20,000kWh pa from the grid each year
I reckon they should be doing that for everyone. I know they have been pressured by some of us who pointed out that what they advertised didn't match what they delivered. Hopefully they will do the right thing by anyone who asks for replacements.
I now only have one spare UMC, having sold the other (after upgrading it's firmware in case Tesla break that option again!).
I have used mine (current firmware, ie 10A/15A enabled) to charge a Hyundai Kona and also a Porsche Cayenne PHEV.
Do you have a specific repeatable example of an EV that the UMC can’t or won’t charge?
I was confused by this as well. Having recently updated my UMC firmware, I just checked that I can still charge the 2022 Kona EV, and it is working fine - currently delivering 2.1 kW, as my voltage is often as low as 220V.
I know some of the earlier Wall Chargers have not been able to charge non-Tesla's, and apparently only some of them could be updated to allow it, so perhaps that is what hooty was referring to. I was nearly caught out at accommodation which advertised EV charging - only one of their Tesla wall chargers could charge the Kona. I am looking forward to a time when charging is universally available and compatible. I am pleased that Australia is increasingly free of the need for charging adapters.
I had a BYD Atto 3 for a couple of days and it wouldn't charge with my UMC. I didn't try too much with the troubleshooting though, so may have been user / new car error.
I know of several Atto 3 users who either also own a Tesla or who specifically went out and bought a UMC to use with their Atto 3 and the combination is working for them. I even just asked in the Atto3 thread on Whirlpool earlier this morning to reconfirm and got two replies already that it works fine for them.
Maybe jump over to https://whrl.pl/RgDaMX and ask if there is some particular Atto 3 firmware update or an in-car setting or something that needs to be done if you can’t get the UMC working with your Atto3, because it _should_ be working and certainly doesn’t appear to be deliberately blocked by Tesla for any reason.
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