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Yes it gets pretty hot. I have my fast charging and fast wireless charging disabled to avoid unwanted battery degradation, so never that hot that it stopped charging. Wireless charging inherently is inefficient and tesla wireless chargers are pretty high power to accomodate so many device...

Yeah, noticed such silly errors with Ocular chargers hooked to exploren at workplace.

MarshalEnergy got some good solar deals going on now. But not sure if they do outside Victoria. Whatever kwh you are getting now try to add a hybrid inverter to the mix so that you can easily add a 10-20kwh battery later when they gets cheap as chips. Battery prices are going down very fast as...

Anyone planning to do this(tieing a spare tyre to the trunk ceiling using straps)?:

All that and a lot more new people gets a lot more meaningful relevant new jobs related to EV's, chargers/charging stations, rooftop solars, solar/wind farms, Local/Zonal storage, Newgen billing platforms etc etc. Whatever Andrew forrest said in his recent interview has everything. "It is going...

Only in ios it supports uwb. Tesla app in android is still not updated to support uwb.

Not sure how updated this list is: And also not sure when Tesla Android app will be updated to support UWB. But I don't know how different the experience will be compared to the Bluetooth Key.

Frankly speaking, After my 500+km of driving I didn't find the stalks as a show stopper of any sort. Yes in very weird steering positions I am skipping switching indicators which I wouldn't have if there were stalks. But it is not really a value add as those cases where when the vehicle is...

I don't think there is any issue in stopping charge at any time of the charging process. The thing that happens during calibration at the end of full charge is that it will slowly trickle charge and monitor the voltage. Let's say 420v is the max pack voltage. So when it reaches almost 410v it...

Tesla app works well on all those phones except for the uwb which is yet to arrive in the android app. I tried in many different versions from android 9 all the way to my latest s24ultra with android 14. All worked flawlessly. So nothing to be afraid of for nothing or oneplus.

Both on same software versions? I think it will improve as time goes. suspect would be hairpin motor and new inverter algorithms still getting improved ?? We can only speculate, but still. WLTP range for new M3H LR is 20+km more than 2023 LR. So it should be based on something. May be it's...

Can't stop myself from posting this when within a week, the point I made in a miniscule forum gets reiterated in a much amplified fashion by someone with resources and information at many orders of magnitude than myself :) :) :)...

Small correction: Auto flap close will work with third party chargers after unplugging the charger. And if you get the below charge port opener remote for ~$6 and paste in on your charge plug you can get the open feature too. Not that elegant as a tesla charge handle...

If you really intend to make it a side hustle then better to get a OCPP enabled one like occular or many others(~$1-1.5k) and onboard to a public charging platform like Exploren which makes it truly seamless. Makes real sense if you have surplus solar which gets sold to grid for next to nothing.

All I am saying is that reliable and safe third party chargers are dime a dozen and designs are very matured. Home chargers has no use for non-standard SWCAN for vin-locking or billing unless you are living in a mansion with multiple ev's and the relationship between owners is like below: Or...

Which is what I mentioned earlier that these chargers especially Mida/Khons and many others where tested and reverse engineered and dissected and found to be of very good quality. One of the entertaining teardown videos by our very own kangaroo dave for your entertainment :)

Protection circuitry is the bare minimum and is the default in all these chargers. Locking to VIN's -- can't think about any real USP for that feature. And it is not part of the CCS2 charging protocol by any means...

Yes. That's absolutely right..Even more so if you also have powerwall, single app less clutter 👍 👍 👍 👍 But does it really matter that much as charging status can be viewed and controlled in the app even when using third party chargers?

It won't make a lot of difference as 32A 3 core cabling which gives you 7kw is equally costlier or more and harder to route than 16a 5 core cable which gives you 11kw with the added benefit that it will keep the grid balance. And you can get OEM 11kw/22kw 3-phase chargers at around ~$300-$400...

This is excellent. Just enough to protect the vitals. A sign of things improving as time goes by. 👌👌👌👌👌👌

I tried it and after 5 mins just somehow squeezed the original one back and put these in the glovebox and forgot about it until I saw this message. Think I should take my hot air station next time to avoid hurting my fingers :)

the 5 pin plug but connected just to 3 - Earth ,Neutral and one of (L1,L2,L3) for line. most likely L1 but can be any of those.

So far which all chargers you visited has easy access to food, restrooms, coffee etc?

Ohhh... what is that stuff a nail? ohh a silly stone puncturing the mightly tyre... never seen before... Edge punctures are not repairable??

But in NSW the no's were quite high since launch and I think some uber rich got grey imports too before official launch. We were spotting quite a few since then. And since we were not caring about spotting unique ones it felt like quite a lot quit fast here. But appreciate the early adopters...

I was wondering what it would take to just create a small umbrella sized top over these chargers to protect these from direct sun, rain and bird poo exposure. All it takes is max 30 mins to cut a sheet a plastic or just repurpose a plastic clothes basket and screw it on top of the pole...

Yes that is a reality and that is a reality we all now. The problem is not in that. The problem is when committing to new coal projects even after knowing that it will not be profitable compared to the new solar/wind/battery options, The problem is not committing to charging Infra or Supporting...

Not just that and not many others or not the making-a-fool-of-all-of-us paris agreement debacle or many many others that our selective amnesia has conveniently forgot by now, It is still continuing the narrative by the shadows even today that is hurting the transition... Any way this...

First step in building progress is to build confidence in the minds of masses and that is something the Liberal have done inversely and quite abundantly over the past decade and that is one reason people are still reluctant. If strong messaging have come from the top then EV sales would have...

Decade ago is 2014 there were many model S tricling by then and that was when I started closely following this even though I made a promise to myself then itself that any new purchase that I make anywhere in the world will be electric and then I can't forget the puppetry and mockery of the...

I think this means Tesla chargers only open to Tesla vehicles and if it says CCS2 any vehicle with CCS2 port can charge there(Open to other vehicles).

Payment options should be there. prepaid cards, option to pay onsite via cash etc are nice to have. I understood your point to just have a QR based payment where we can add options in future. But then that needs connectivity at charger as well as from customer mobile. So yeah.... But then none...

100% agree. Commendable and brave initiative by Labor both at state and Federal levels to finally bring some generational change which could have done atleast a decade back.

I love to do such trips. So far trips I have are all within 15km range couple of times a week to and from work and few pickup and drops. Please keep posting your adventures here also with a lot more pics of your adventures...

yes 100% go for 22kw ones, which will enable 7kw from single phase and 11kw from 3-phase, the max rated for M3 and MY and maybe your friend with some other car which supports 22kw can borrow your cable too. But then you can get the same cable for almost half the price from ebay and their...

That is a universal problem right now. Norway is one of the first to recognize that problem and trying to establish a standard to solve this and put an end to the the charger app mayhem. I wouldn't say billing to just tesla as a solution. May be an option to link to any biller of your choice...

I have the 32a 22kw 3-phase cable. will check for any resistance between PE and PP

16a is the max for three phase for Model 3 and are you are getting 11 kw

I still don't understand why these and any fast chargers can't be under a canopy of some size. Is is mandatory to make all those go thru the planned obsolescence by Harsh UV and bird poo and rain water and what not? Or are people so imbecile and lazy and stupid?

Links?

7-8 days. It will show bit later in the account/credit card statement even though it will be dated so due to the nature of batch processing

Didn't see a type-2 to type-2 cable which is rated less than 22kw (3-phase and 32amps) which is the max for AC charging in CCS type 2 mode. And I think that is the reason why type-2 -to type-2 cables costs this much and some single phase charger with attached 5M cables costs almost same or even...

That is applicable only for cable attached to a charger. detachable cables usually connects those lines from male-to-female.

Many vendors in ebay 22kw 3-phase type2 to type2 cable ~ $130 delivered. Good quality cable with a cheap carry bag makes it neatly organized...

I keep the wifi off all the time and whenever I have to wait in the car for sometime I just enable the hotspot in phone and try to catchup with all the updates. At that time I have to manually connect to my hotspot after turning the wifi on even though I don't have to input the wifi password all...

71 km just consumed 10kwh with average consumption at very good 138wh/km. Rest 33kwh should have gone in Cabin Overheat protection while parked, too many wake cycles while parked by constantly invoking tesla app, Sentry mode set to camera getting invoked too many times because of too much...

If you want bit more reliability then get 10 meters(or any other length) of this : https://www.bunnings.com.au/olex-2-5mm-orange-2-core-and-earth-electrical-cable-per-metre_p4430139 then get these: https://www.bunnings.com.au/deta-10a-heavy-duty-rewireable-socket_p0046006...

Seems atleast double the price but they have all the choices both in 2.5mm2 and 4mm2 single phase and three phases. I will try to get a bunnings cable and do a teardown and see how good/ bad it is and insulation quality and heat/fire tolerance whenever I go there for yummy hotdog :)

Actually 2.5mm2 is good for 13A with acceptable voltage drop. 4mm2 can easily handle upto 17a . Here is current rating chart for 20m and Here it is for 40m If you are using 2.5mm2 cable just limit the current to 12Amps (2.8kw) And here is a 40m outdoor extension cable from bunnings which...

Of-course you can. Get a better quality one from bunnings or somewhere of adequate length. You can use the same during camping trips. And 15 amps should give approx 3.6kw (240v x 15a = 3600w = 3.6kw)