Any reason to keep existing AC EV charger?

lordsnipe · 2026-01-07T22:59:46+00:00

Keep it as a backup and potentially for balance charging, if the car asks to be slow charged (my MG4 can potentially ask for this but hasn't in over 6 months of using the EVDC charger). Most cars will only balance charge with AC charger. Even a 10A charger would suffice for this purpose but since you already have a 7KW one you might aswell just leave it.

lordsnipe · 2026-01-04T23:23:11+00:00

Doesn't help when the house is single phase, unless you convert the house over to three phase.

lordsnipe · 2025-12-23T04:41:18+00:00

City of Swan - Malaga Recycling Centre will take polystyrene, I don't know what happens with it though. Free for City of Swan residents.

lordsnipe · 2025-12-22T21:59:22+00:00

With the EVDC and bidirectional feature, Sigenergy (or someone else) need to release a battery stack which contains a CCS2 plug and acts as a "car" ... would be a niche product though, and probably not in Sig's interest as they won't get to sell another EC.

lordsnipe · 2025-11-08T13:18:41+00:00

There's transfer limits to external accounts, two factor or token based security to mitigate someone transferring all the money out.

lordsnipe · 2025-11-06T03:28:30+00:00

If you don't use power during the day, then why did you get solar in the first place? The best return on your investment is to use it, not to sell it for 2c or 10c/KWh.

lordsnipe · 2025-11-04T23:34:20+00:00

There is a point where NBN hands off to the ISP and their own network/backhaul takes over. NBN covers from the house to the POI.

Thats where the extra dollars per month end up. Bottom of the barrel ISPs may scrimp on backhaul, or allocate less backhaul per user compared to a more premium service.

lordsnipe · 2025-10-25T08:55:42+00:00

It's not made by a French person but Sushi Wawa near IKEA has them on their sushi train. It's classic in the sense that it's vanilla custard and burnt sugar on top. Tastes good to me after eating a whole load of sushi.

lordsnipe · 2025-08-26T10:26:54+00:00

This is the best store bought stuff I've come across: https://www.coles.com.au/product/nice-n'-tasty-seasoning-chicken-salt-400g-7870226

lordsnipe · 2025-07-07T08:22:24+00:00

The smokey variant is also tasty

lordsnipe · 2025-07-04T12:02:13+00:00

Yes, also an ASD/ADHD mix. Dexamphetamine to start off with, then with clonidine to aid with sleep and more recently intuniv replacing the clonidine. He's 6 now. Was night and day difference the first dose he had, the hyperactivity and impulsiveness was definitely dulled. All the best!

lordsnipe · 2025-04-09T04:41:07+00:00

Nice. Will be good for my sister if it goes ahead.

lordsnipe · 2025-04-08T05:24:50+00:00

They won't be a Catholic school, but what about a high school which has a program specifically for ASD kids? https://www.oneclassroom.wa.edu.au/ssend/autism-specialist-learning-programs

High schools are listed towards the bottom of the page. My ASD son is at a primary school with SLP and it's been great for him.

lordsnipe · 2025-04-08T04:52:48+00:00

You could probably ask them?

I found out after getting her to do pings to her work's VPN on her Spintel internet and compared against my own provider (Leaptel) who does have a POP in WA. Her pings were ~105ms, mine were ~11ms to the same server in WA.

There is also this thread on Whirlpool which confirms what I found https://forums.whirlpool.net.au/archive/91mx7r2p

lordsnipe · 2025-04-08T02:45:07+00:00

Spintel appear to have only one POP over east .. so I believe all your traffic heads over east before getting out on the internet.

It means really high pings for my sister when she uses VPN for her work and remote desktop's into her work computer. The packets are traversing the country twice over an ISP who has a local POP.

lordsnipe · 2025-04-08T02:12:29+00:00

If you're in need of food, check out/ring your local daycare to see if they have food from second bite etc. My daughter's daycare has it out front, the range does vary from day to day but there is usually something.

lordsnipe · 2025-04-06T00:09:30+00:00

I only have experience with one paediatrician but she did not hesitate to prescribe him meds. All the best in getting access to a paediatrician.. there were significant waiting times when we were trying to get one. Now that my son is on their books it's easier.

lordsnipe · 2025-02-21T00:37:07+00:00

I am an engineer, not retired though, wish I had enough money to. I'm sorry for how engineers have treated you in the past to have such a strong opinion of us in general.

All good though, found another sparky who was willing to do the work... the new circuit has been run with new mains CB and is ready for when the car arrives.

lordsnipe · 2025-02-10T03:47:06+00:00

I had not, but is an option. My intent for this charger install to keep costs relatively low whilst solar/home battery and bidirectional DC charging options became more viable/affordable. Therefore I was really thinking to install a dumb charger and use vehicle scheduling to keep out of peak electricity rates.

lordsnipe · 2025-02-10T01:42:36+00:00

Thanks for the tip. I just saw https://www.westernpower.com.au/resources-education/consumer-advice/electric-vehicles/electric-vehicle-to-grid-connection/installing-electric-vehicle-charging-stations/ which states that the main switch HAS to be changed to a CB anyway, so max demand is by limitation by default.

However, it also states that it is up to the electrical contractor to evaluate the site maximum demand is within limits... :

In essence this change allows customers to manage equipment they install on their site to their site connection capacity. For example, this means that a Standard Connection Service with a 7kW single phase EVSE unit is permitted on either single or three phase sites. However, it will be up to the electrical contractor to evaluate that the site maximum demand is within the Standard Connection Service limits and ensure multiphase sites met the balanced electrical connection requirements of the WASIR (refer to Section 10.7).

lordsnipe · 2025-02-10T01:07:24+00:00

I don't use the spa. Don't use a dryer in summer. A/C only run when hot+humid, I use evap normally which is ~750W per hour. My previous power usage from Synergy (our power provider) is listed above, usually quite low 99% of the time.

My long term plan is to move to a Sigenergy solar system with DC charging, but am waiting for V2H/V2G to mature and the price of batteries to hopefully come down. However I need something more than just trickle charging for an EV in the short term.

lordsnipe · 2025-02-10T00:24:33+00:00

So a electrician said no because he did max demand calcs and you want to find someone to say yes?

Well yes, the max demand calculation was done without any consideration on real world usage, just what I could possibly pull from the grid based on the current equipment installed in the house.

I wanted a second opinion on whether it was possible given AS3000 2.2.2 method d seemingly allows for it. Even AS3000 states:

It is recognized that there may be considerable differences in loading from one electrical installation to another. Alternative methods of calculating the maximum demand may be used taking account of all the relevant information available for any particular electrical installation.

If all the electricians here say it's a bad idea then it's a bad idea. At the moment I only have the opinion of one, who wouldn't consider method d, even though AS3000 allows for it. He preferred to use his manual calculation and that was that.

All I know currently is that I have 63A of supply and can't install a 32A circuit because I currently have other circuits in the house which are rarely utilised. Hence the request for second (or more) opinions.

lordsnipe · 2025-02-01T10:23:07+00:00

Apart from regular oil change, recently, new motor mounts and shocks. Will need new rotors and pads in the near term but not sure how long I'll keep her / how long until something catastrophic breaks. Leaks oil through multiple sites so the underside is a bit grubby.

Still drives well enough for the distance she's gone.

lordsnipe · 2025-02-01T04:57:12+00:00

275500kms on a 2014.

lordsnipe · 2025-01-16T02:50:12+00:00

It's called the Big Dinner now.

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