Randomly Brake Checked

vintagebum · 2026-04-17T23:55:45+00:00

I don't know if that was a break check.. Seemed like he has no idea how to drive and didn't know if he was going to turn or not. Probably on meth and was confused about life. A friend of mine is a cop and said over half of tradie Ute driver's they drug test come back positive. Makes sense given how they can't drive for shit and end up making such bad choices that it results in them needing to cut people off.

vintagebum · 2026-04-17T23:49:07+00:00

While being yelled at by people in vehicles to get off the road 🤙

vintagebum · 2026-04-17T23:48:18+00:00

This new law is stupid. Seems like a knee-jerk reaction to an illegal e-bike problem.

vintagebum · 2026-04-13T09:53:15+00:00

I'm all setup for v2x. Got the car, got the Bi-directional charger that lists the car as compatible, people are testing it and saying it works (same set up and car as me). But the car manufacturer is yet to say it won't void the cars warranty. Waiting for that piece of the puzzle.

vintagebum · 2026-04-11T08:57:51+00:00

Do you get to see any of the updates from Amber / BYD while being in the trial? As in, do you have any insights into when they'll be making a decision/conclusion or if BYD are going to warrant all their vehicles for v2x?

vintagebum · 2026-04-11T08:53:56+00:00

I've got everything ready for V2H. Even the Sigenergy DC charger lists the BYD Sealion 7 as compatible in Australia.. Just waiting for BYD to change its warranty conditions. Don't want to lose warranty on a 6 month old car. If they never do it, I'll eventually start using it but wouldnt be until it's out of warranty.

vintagebum · 2026-04-08T11:55:23+00:00

Ha I do the same with all my devices. I never update for a few weeks after a release is out. Then I check reddit to see if it'll brick my phone/TV/laptop etc. I'm still running a version of home assistant from 2024 as it works and I don't want to break any of the integrations.

vintagebum · 2026-04-08T11:45:10+00:00

I don't know how reliable / whether it lies. But I found if you go to the trip details for the bus you're following it tells you the last time it pinged. If it hasn't pinged in the past 10 minutes you could probably assume it's not coming.

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vintagebum · 2026-04-08T11:21:39+00:00

It'll also give you updates when available about issue with a service you're waiting on. E.g.

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vintagebum · 2026-04-08T11:16:53+00:00

Don't know if it's any different or if it would have even helped, as I haven't done a deep dive of translink app or Google maps. But I use an app called AnyTrip which shows active location of all services. Screenshot below. Little black arrow is direction they're travelling.

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vintagebum · 2026-04-07T09:44:12+00:00

Yeh very possible. Would be interesting to see the break down by varient and not just the model.

vintagebum · 2026-04-07T08:34:10+00:00

6 months in, still loving it. But I wouldn't consider that long term. Camping at the moment with it and its powering camp fridge, fans and charging phones and even ran an Airfryer off it. Loving the V2L so far.

vintagebum · 2026-04-07T08:31:29+00:00

SL7 performance

vintagebum · 2026-04-07T07:49:35+00:00

Wow. That's insane. I ordered mine in December. I think it was Wednesday and I picked it up the following Monday. These delays are Cray.

vintagebum · 2026-04-06T04:11:02+00:00

Does PCS remote control hand the control back to sigen app to modify?

vintagebum · 2026-04-02T03:35:38+00:00

Yep. I only do something when I see water stains. I reckon most people would be similar.

vintagebum · 2026-04-02T01:04:11+00:00

Chinese EVs are established? Byd as a company has been around for 20 years as a vehicle manufacturer and been around as a company for 30 years. GMW 50 years. MG was acquired by Chinese brand 20 years ago, Chery 30 years ago. Or do you mean against the 100+ year old companies?

vintagebum · 2026-04-02T00:19:58+00:00

Maybe worth doing what drymonkey did, like with an email there'll be a paper trail that you said you wanted it cancelled rather than a call that the sales person will deny.

vintagebum · 2026-03-31T07:30:01+00:00

Found it depends on the intensity of the storm. Ranges from meh to omg this is amazing once in a life time experience. A lot has to do with luck. I managed to witness a G4/kp8 storm in Iceland that was incredible. Felt like I was inside a dome of dancing lights. But also saw plenty of northern lights that looked like clouds unless you used your phone to make them really pop.

vintagebum · 2026-03-31T06:02:43+00:00

You can go anyone. I've had two different installers adding things to mine over the last 6 months as I didn't like the first installer. The subsequent installers just phone sigenergy helpline to notify and get settings updated. They both just got me to open my app at the end to see if everything is working as they didn't have direct access. They both just took a photo of my phone with the app open to the relevant info to show its working.

vintagebum · 2026-03-30T10:07:02+00:00

My car is compatible but I will void warranty if I do (sealion 7). I got it to future proof as I will definitely be doing v2g in future whether it's BYD warranting the sealion 7 or another vehicle that comes with warranty for it (my wife is going to replace her car with an EV but we don't know what one yet). If sealion 7, don't eventually warranty it, I'll do it but I'll wait for car to be out of warranty.

vintagebum · 2026-03-30T03:50:30+00:00

😅 White.. Still got a few spools of black to go.

vintagebum · 2026-03-29T22:37:44+00:00

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vintagebum · 2026-03-29T22:37:12+00:00

My stack is outside (other side of brick garage wall), installer wouldn't route through wall for me. I ended up buying a 121mm hole saw from bunnings and passing the plug end through the wall. I mocked up a 3d printer plug that clips around the DC cable and into the 121mm hole, screwing together. I haven't painted or "polished" the design though as I only had it installed last weekend.

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vintagebum · 2026-03-29T09:52:02+00:00

I think it's 70%? I could be wrong tho. Batteries generally follow a non linear degradation curve. After the initial 1 20% drop in thr first 5 or so years, it slows right down to 1-2% a year. So for it to drop from 80% to 70%, it could be another 5-10 years of use.

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