EV Owners Thread

[icowden]

The suggestion is that their 100 amp single phase supply is too near capacity to supply the additional 30ish amps for a 7kW EV charger.

I'm not an expert but my Zappi charger shows the kwh going into the house and what is going into the car. It will divert less to the car, if it thinks the house is drawing too much. I've only got a single phase supply in a 4/5 bed house with ample electric devices running all the time.

 

[lazybloke]

The App for my VW shows how much draw it takes and it varies depending on time of day and what else is being used. Plugged in to my Father In Laws shed socket it moved between 1.1kwh and 0.78kwh. It didn't just suck juice at a fixed rate.

Cells often have different charging phases,.the BMS has to manage this and respond to things like internal temp variations etc.

This are some reasons why evs (or indeed any battery charger) will vary the current demand over time

 

[CXRAndy]

What about the cooker? I would have thought that would require more amps than a kettle.

Yes, my charger too is limited by the current that the cable into the house can handle. But given how long it takes to charge a car, compared to boiling a kettle for water, and having a shower, it is never going to be a problem.

Some cookers so have upto 40Amps. It really does not matter when the charger has an CT clamp input. Overall max current is kept in check. Some houses have 60/80/100 Amps supply.

I set my lads Zappi at around 85A to clip charging rate, to make sure no accidental main fuse failure.

 

[mustang1]

Most are solely looking at it from a cost perspective. There is the emissions benefits. As more and more EVs appear on the roads, the town's and cities, urban living areas will get improved air quality.

We thought it was a massive plus by going electric

And things will be quieter a well.

 

[CXRAndy]

And things will be quieter a well.

If 20 mph zones become the norm across the UK. I've noticed cars, even EVs are no quieter due to tyre noise. It's around 20 mph and above that tyres emit more sound

15-20mph EVs are almost silent

Upto 12mph is the mandated pedestrian safety noise whirr.

Our Tesla's are older so are silent from 1 to 20 mph

 

[mikeIow]

If 20 mph zones become the norm across the UK. I've noticed cars, even EVs are no quieter due to tyre noise. It's around 20 mph and above that tyres emit more sound

15-20mph EVs are almost silent

Upto 12mph is the mandated pedestrian safety noise whirr.

Our Tesla's are older so are silent from 1 to 20 mph

Our Kona makes it’s spaceship whirr up to 19mm. I’ve still had to wind the window down to say “excuse us” to pedestrians ambling down a town centre road, oblivious to us approaching 🤣

 

[fossyant]

And things will be quieter a well.

Not as quiet as riding the bike though !

 

[BrumJim]

Not as quiet as riding the bike though !

Depends. Uphill you can probably hear me trying to turn my lungs inside out a good 1/2km away.

 

[CXRAndy]

Our Kona makes it’s spaceship whirr up to 19mm. I’ve still had to wind the window down to say “excuse us” to pedestrians ambling down a town centre road, oblivious to us approaching 🤣

I find it incredible the lack of observation from pedestrians in general. Phone zombies are the worst.
For my kids
I've drilled the mantra of look right, look left, look right again. Listen too.

I tell me daughter every school morning, she won't get a 2nd chance if she isn't paying full attention crossing the road

 

[mustang1]

I find it incredible the lack of observation from pedestrians in general. Phone zombies are the worst.
For my kids
I've drilled the mantra of look right, look left, look right again. Listen too.

I tell me daughter every school morning, she won't get a 2nd chance if she isn't paying full attention crossing the road

I don't like cars making artificial sounds; one of things I like about electric is the near quietness (ps yeah I know about tyre and wind noise though like you mentioned earlier).

People just walking straight into the road, how irksome. I really don't get it, not that I try to understand such zombies.

 

[mikeIow]

I don't like cars making artificial sounds; one of things I like about electric is the near quietness (ps yeah I know about tyre and wind noise though like you mentioned earlier).

People just walking straight into the road, how irksome. I really don't get it, not that I try to understand such zombies.

They need it at low speeds, for sure.......
....although I reckon there will one day be a market for an EV that, on the INSIDE, sounds like a V8 muscle car - that's the way to convert the die-hard petrolheads 🤪

 

[the snail]

They need it at low speeds, for sure.......
....although I reckon there will one day be a market for an EV that, on the INSIDE, sounds like a V8 muscle car - that's the way to convert the die-hard petrolheads 🤪

The fiat Abarth thing does that, although the speaker is outside I think, sounds ridiculous.

 

[mustang1]

They need it at low speeds, for sure.......
....although I reckon there will one day be a market for an EV that, on the INSIDE, sounds like a V8 muscle car - that's the way to convert the die-hard petrolheads 🤪

... with a manual gearshift, the sounds, the way the V8 delivers it's power, stuff like that. Would need some huge computer code.

 

[CXRAndy]

... with a manual gearshift, the sounds, the way the V8 delivers it's power, stuff like that. Would need some huge computer code.

I think Audi and Porsche play engine sounds when accelerating inside the cab.

 

[fossyant]

I think Audi and Porsche play engine sounds when accelerating inside the cab.

Should be a Tie Fighter or X Wing. Even a Merlin engine would be better.