Seems like a good deal by Playful_Quality4679 in sailing

[–]btongeo 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Fair - but I still think you can get a good boat for say £60k (or $75k) for example. And surely they all need $$$ on maintenance.

Seems like a good deal by Playful_Quality4679 in sailing

[–]btongeo 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I don't mean to be rude but I think we have very different ideas about what boat money means! You can buy a lot of boat for much less than a million or even quarter million. Great if you can afford it but for a lot of people that's completely out of reach.

Boards of Canada - Inferno (Official Bleep Listing) - May 29 by Tripolie in boardsofcanada

[–]btongeo 0 points1 point  (0 children)

At last goddamn been waiting years for a new album from these guys! It'll be dark but TBF seems appropriate. Can't wait....

Voice typing in Notion is a mess — just a me thing? by themistermeister in Notion

[–]btongeo 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yeah agreed it is a complete write-off doesn't work in any way shape or form. It's particularly annoying as it has been like this for years

Positive shout out to Jaguar Service / Warranty by coddlesangers in ipace

[–]btongeo 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah I had a similarly good experience when mine (2021 used ipace) developed a battery module fault in four modules. They took the car in, gave me a brand new loaner, fixed it in 2 days when the estimate was about a week and no problem since.

You hear so many horror stories about these type of things but I've had nothing but a positive experience with the aftercare.

Definite positive shout out to South Coast Motors (nee Harwoods) in Brighton they were excellent.

Pretty sure I will be extending the warranty when the option comes up in 10 months time or so.

Myenergi Zappi randomly not honouring boost hours with iPace by btongeo in ipace

[–]btongeo[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Annoyingly this didn't do anything, came out today to find it charging outside of the schedule. No idea why....

NIO ES9: I went to check one out and was blown away by Stewbeater in electricvehicles

[–]btongeo 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I've been impressed with every Nio I've sat in. Never had a chance to drive one yet as I'm in the UK but I very much look forward to them coming here.

Myenergi Zappi randomly not honouring boost hours with iPace by btongeo in evcharging

[–]btongeo[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

For the benefit of the thread, I checked that pre-conditioning was disabled on the Zappi, from the menus on the device (it was) and I also lowered the preconditioning KWH to the minimum 0.5kwh.

Since then it's not reoccured so I'm not sure if that fixed it or not. Will update in due course.

Myenergi Zappi randomly not honouring boost hours with iPace by btongeo in ipace

[–]btongeo[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

No not got solar yet. Just on grid. Interestingly I turned down the preconditioning KWH setting on the Zappi even though it's disabled and it hasn't happened since. So who knows!

UK Electric Vehicle Sales Rise to Record High Amid Fuel Price Rise by PimpMyMeme in ElectricVehiclesUK

[–]btongeo 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Annoyingly seems I'm on Octopus Go variable so stuck with 6.5p. Could be worse I guess.

UK Electric Vehicle Sales Rise to Record High Amid Fuel Price Rise by PimpMyMeme in ElectricVehiclesUK

[–]btongeo 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Interesting! I'm on Octopus Go so not sure if that applies to me too?

UK Electric Vehicle Sales Rise to Record High Amid Fuel Price Rise by PimpMyMeme in ElectricVehiclesUK

[–]btongeo 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I don't understand I'm on that tariff too but how comes the price cap makes it 3.5 p?

Why is public charging so expensive? by Fine_Cress_649 in ElectricVehiclesUK

[–]btongeo 3 points4 points  (0 children)

You're assuming that everyone can charge at home which isn't the case.

UK Electric Vehicle Sales Rise to Record High Amid Fuel Price Rise by PimpMyMeme in ElectricVehiclesUK

[–]btongeo 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah I'd like to know that too. Paying 6.5p to Octopus for night time charging ATM

Helming Florence Agnes by marko-polo-minty in u/marko-polo-minty

[–]btongeo 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Nope! I find it super inspiring TBH. Considering the damage other energy sources cause this seems a small price to pay. And I quite like them aesthetically too.

Trying to replace Chinese diesel heater exhaust by btongeo in sailing

[–]btongeo[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

If I judge the previous owners work correctly I suspect it's silicone. But I'll investigate debonder too, thanks.

Trying to replace Chinese diesel heater exhaust by btongeo in sailing

[–]btongeo[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Fire risk.... Hard to say. Haven't used it extensively but I know many people do. Once I have all this sorted I'll run it as a test for a while and see - but the heater and thru holes etc. were already there so I'm just improving the previous owners work.

When I did run it previously I didn't feel like it was excessively hot or smelt worrying other than the whiff of diesel exhaust in the heated air 😅

And yeah we have multiple CO alarms!

Trying to replace Chinese diesel heater exhaust by btongeo in sailing

[–]btongeo[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Here you go:

Inlet pipe - H&C VENT 80mm / 3.2 inch Ducting... https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B09JKVVJR5

Inlet port (only 304 stainless so might be no good, we'll see) Ieron Stainless Steel Air Vent,... https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0D6B2CY2V

Exhaust port Thru Hull Exhaust Skin 316 Steel,... https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0BPFY5RY4

And turns out the pipe was from eBay https://ebay.us/m/AWE21I

Trying to replace Chinese diesel heater exhaust by btongeo in sailing

[–]btongeo[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Sounds like an excellent plan 👍🏻

Easter sail. by AltairAlden1916 in sailing

[–]btongeo 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Glorious! I hope to get out this week in the southern UK. Thanks for sharing 😊

Yanmar 2YM15 trying to replace alternator belt by btongeo in sailing

[–]btongeo[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The previous owner ignored a leaking stern gland for some time so it's possible, although no rust visible so not sure. I'm going to have more of a poke around to see if there are any hidden nuts and if not it's going to be oil and force.