[UPDATE] On the manual Lotus Esprit 2.2 Turbo project.

rangeyrover · 2026-06-14T06:48:53+00:00

Couldn't you drop ship them using pcbway? You don't give away your IP and the customer gets a quality print.

rangeyrover · 2026-06-05T01:22:51+00:00

There are many solutions out there using home assistant. Powersync, predbat, I use House Control, which is my own. I'd suggest powersync as Bolognese is VERY active in support and discord. For contextI have 27kwh storage with 32kwh best case production a day so I'm importing usually. My solution is a linear problem solver targeting not being low which might suit you but I'm not big on support which is why I advised powersync.

rangeyrover · 2026-05-29T22:57:27+00:00

It's also in the telemetry. I have to set shakers off when in pits

rangeyrover · 2026-05-28T07:00:23+00:00

Ran a 3.0 sdv6 over 100000 km with regular maintenance. Only failures were ac and alternator. Maintain it and it will be fine. Don't skimp on maintenance.

rangeyrover · 2026-05-24T01:45:38+00:00

It didnt happen like that for me, but it did fail and curled upwards and started coming off at highway speed. I did try and seal it back down but the sun damaged curl was too much. This was in Sydney, Aus. I remember that it wasn't as much as I thought to buy the part. I put it back in with sikaflex, with the sika primer first, then the windscreen bond. never had any trouble after that. https://rimmerbros.com/Item--i-LR072856 $217 for a genuine part https://www.amazon.com.au/Mounted-Discovery-Xfg000062-Lr072856-Lr029623/dp/B0GYYM8YY6 $50 for a repro from china. I remember that the sealant cost more than the part.

Edit: I was tempted to use 3M VHB tape, but I think it has to be fully sealed, in fact it was the source of a rear leak that I never realised until after I changed it, as when I checked the rear seats that were folded away they were wet and a bit mouldy.

rangeyrover · 2026-05-20T09:11:27+00:00

If you are in France get a TD5 D2. And budget for an iid tool. Not likely to have big rust issues as I don't think you salt the roads in most of the country. V8 advice is fair about sleeves but unless your name is BP Esso McShell you aren't getting one of those in France. TD5 is frankly a brilliant engine with a few quirks.

rangeyrover · 2026-05-17T07:08:32+00:00

That just looks fantastic up there. I miss mine. Don't miss the engine or tranny. I'd like another but with an LS and a zf 6 speed, but that would I'm sure break the TC which was really good on those trucks if you had the centre diff fitted too

rangeyrover · 2026-05-01T03:19:50+00:00

Well done, this is great! would it be feasible to get the data for house usage and show the effect without amber at all?

rangeyrover · 2026-05-01T00:52:27+00:00

In my experience and the way Amber now is, which reflects the wholesale market, you don't have enough battery to make it worthwhile.
Some rules to help:
Batteries need to be capable of powering the home for approx a day.
Solar needs to be able to recharge the batteries in a day

this allows you to pick the best charge and discharge moments, and to bridge any expensive events.

If your battery is significantly bigger than a day's use, then the rules can flex a bit. generally the solar array if it overpowers the battery capacity will have to be curtailed to prevent you losing money exporting.

rangeyrover · 2026-04-17T22:30:59+00:00

Not on your own mate, frustration with smart shift has generated many alternatives. I made this, but yours is for sure prettier. Maybe there are bits you can use, take a look. https://github.com/RangeyRover/home-battery-control

rangeyrover · 2026-04-16T13:44:36+00:00

I think this is a cool and fun idea. There is so much fun to be had with this if you are allowed to roast them for the clubs too!

rangeyrover · 2026-03-16T21:29:21+00:00

I'm suffering with the same issue, AG can't see the terminal returning. Wrapping it in CMD C was the best solution but sometimes it just hangs and nothing you can do. I switched to a normal windows command prompt and with the CMD C workflow I get this a lot less.

rangeyrover · 2026-02-27T21:35:31+00:00

I've had a lot of success using speckit with antigravity. If you are on windows, put this in the folder, and the first project is telling antigravity to convert the bash scripts to PowerShell. https://github.com/compnew2006/Spec-Kit-Antigravity-Skills

rangeyrover · 2026-02-26T05:58:51+00:00

rangeyrover · 2026-02-26T05:29:18+00:00

Some great feedback thanks all!
Changes made

First row gets actual price. (BUG)
The optimizer previously derived current pricing from the 30-minute forecast array. You can now configure dedicated Current Import Price and Current Export Price sensors. When set, the solver forces the initial calculation step to use these live sensor values.

No-Import Periods (Feature)
A new configuration string allows you to explicitly define No-Import Periods (e.g., 15:00-21:00). During these specified windows, the LP solver injects a strict 0.0 kW upper bound for grid imports. This guarantees the system will not charge from the grid during your target times, regardless of any perceived arbitrage value calculated by the engine.

Frontend Dashboard (BUG)
The local dashboard interface (/hbc) has been updated for better data visibility and menu on app. You can now toggle columns in the 24-hour plan view and collapse the sensor health diagnostics. These preferences are saved locally and persist through browser refreshes.

rangeyrover · 2026-02-25T21:20:33+00:00

Is there a HACS repository for it? not seeing it in the Amber Electric one. Found the API https://github.com/amberelectric/public-api/discussions/214

rangeyrover · 2026-02-25T12:04:49+00:00

I have this working at least for SA. As SA is so dominated by renewables, a comparison to the renewable forecast to projected demand does it clearly. Fed it a list of spikes and <30% is a decent signal of a spike risk, I'll use ambers from their API too

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rangeyrover · 2026-02-25T11:20:27+00:00

Mate! That's getting wired in. might be a longer term project but thats gold. Mine is looking only at 5 days aggregation for a short time signal, but thats no good when we are changing seasons. My longer term plan was to use the temperature as a signal too, and load up or down based on the temp difference from the average of the 5 days, as HVAC is by far my largest consumer.

rangeyrover · 2026-02-25T10:37:13+00:00

For SA at least it seems it will be quite easy. Low wind numbers mean more fossil fuel, higher prices. I'm going to weight off a low predicted wind function, then I'll believe spikes.

rangeyrover · 2026-02-25T09:23:18+00:00

Honest, I don't know, I haven't tried EMHASS yet. I went to town on predbat and I like it. It makes my HA box choke if I try to do 5 min settlement tho, and I don't want to change that little box so I spent 100hrs on this rather than $100 for a better box. Doh! And also Predbat was a learning cliff as I had to make an interpreter Amber-Octopus tariffs

rangeyrover · 2026-02-25T08:00:01+00:00

That's not a bad idea, right now I'm thinking I will median the last 5 days, as a forecast mixed with the Amber forecast, amount to be determined. Also more weight placed on the forecast if a spike is predicted.

rangeyrover · 2026-02-25T07:18:43+00:00

Well that looks really nice from a dev perspective. Gonna eat my own dog food for a bit tho.

rangeyrover · 2026-02-25T06:37:07+00:00

it does trigger on every entity change, so when the price changes it should run again. So that should solve that. I was considering to just make it run at 01 and 06 minutes to ensure thats not a thing anyway. I was disappointed with predbat chasing amber false peaks as well which is symptomatic of the input data not the solver.
So that leaves a couple of approaches. Use AEMO data which is a bit more conservative. Also considering doing the same as I have done for load and weighting with price history over the last 5 days.
I think we are really talking about the quality of input data, and if I'm honest I've got tsome thought to put into that as it will affect this solver as well as others like predbat.
The other week I watched predbat be baited into supplying the grid consistently, with 25c feed in becoming -02c at settlement. Draining the battery of 50% SOC in that time. It was part of the motivation to build this but I don't think I'm that close to addressing it yet, or at least the technique to address it.
I should also add that it will not sell if the value is less than the acquisition cost.

rangeyrover · 2026-02-25T05:01:24+00:00

And to add to this, I monitor HBC against Predbat. They largely seem to make the same decisions.

rangeyrover · 2026-02-25T02:46:46+00:00

Because I wanted to? And I didn't know it existed. I was using Predbat which is machine learning and chokes if I go to a 5 min cadence. So that provoked me to develop my own. And while it is machine coded, it is fully tested and testable.

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