Bandersnatch

1 hour ago, josephbloggs said:

Well there you go, consider me educated. For some reason I always had it down as a low end vehicle, seems I was wrong - that looks nice inside. I also didn't know it was that speedy and had such a good electric capacity.

Thanks for the info.

Forgot to mention the Bose sound system 

Digital music service replicates on the drives display

Super sports button 

I think MG tried very hard to show they were not just a budget brand and wanted to be taken seriously.

On 1/15/2024 at 6:50 PM, dinga said:

Is it feasible for the Sub Pump and the Fountain to separately be powered by the single Solar Panel?  Are there any limitations?

I have a solar well pump and  pump from a pond sharing solar panels with a switch to swap between them.

if you have a 300w pump and 300w panel then most of the time you won’t have enough power to run the pump, so probably best to add another panel 

On 1/15/2024 at 6:50 PM, dinga said:

Does the 40 metre cable length between the Sub Pump and the Solar Panel pose any problems? [perhaps Voltage/Power drop-off etc...]

we ended up moving our panels away from the pond pump and closer to the submersible pump as it was having to work harder bringing the water up.

On 1/15/2024 at 6:50 PM, dinga said:

3.  Assume I need a 3-way switch at the Solar Panel to allow selection of the following settings:  (a) Power Off;  (b) Fountain On;  (c) Sub Pump On.  If this is correct, where can I purchase the switch?  (I can't see them on Lazada - is there a special name to cater for the solar power connections?)

A DC transfer switch which you should be able to buy from your local pump shop

On 1/15/2024 at 6:50 PM, dinga said:

4.  I have (I think) a 120 Mesh 3/4inch in-line Disc Filter that I'm thinking about installing on the main line at the head of the bore.  Should this filter be sufficient to separate any fine particles in order to prevent any clogging of the drippers/micro sprinklers?   Regardless of the filter used, should I still anticipate regular clogging - especially by bugs & ants?? 

i don’t use a filter with my drip irrigation but I don’t have any fine spray heads

9 hours ago, josephbloggs said:

I would agree that makes sense. In its current guise it is not an attractive car (for me), even with the discount. But also agree it is great for the consumer - long may it continue as we have never seen this price competition before in Thailand.

I would definitely recommend taking it for a test drive before writing it off. This was MGs top end car designed to compete with the Honda CRV. It is a luxury car packed with features and a 0-100kph of 6.9 seconds.

I’ve owned one for over 2 years. It’s 70km EV only range is enough for most of our local trips. 
 

We own a Seal Performance as well, but we have no plans to sell the HS as we have 5 dogs and a baby.

1 hour ago, tgw said:

regarding the discussion about Kwh, 1 liter of diesel has 12.7 Kwh in theory, and the diesel engine is highly efficient at around 40-45%, so that would net about 5Kwh per liter.

5 Kwh x 60 (assuming full tank) = 300 Kwh, again, in theory, I'm unsure how much gets lost in the car's electric plant

I couldn’t find anything on diesel trucks efficiency at producing electricity, but a diesel generator would be way more efficient as they are designed for that specific purpose. So your figures above are way out.

“A general rule of thumb is that a diesel generator will use 0.4 L of diesel per kWh produced”

https://energyeducation.ca/encyclopedia/Diesel_generator

1 hour ago, tgw said:

you assume your battery is fully charged.

but disaster strikes unannounced.

This is fossil thinking, you have to drive to the filling station to fill up, so most ice drivers only fill up when their vehicle is nearly empty. 

1 hour ago, tgw said:

most people won't have a solar home to charge their EV without a grid.

You would be surprised just how many EV owners on this forum also have solar. It’s something we talk about a lot.  After all it’s only logical to have solar once you have an EV. My EV is always fully charged as I charge it every day (Use it or Lose it)

2 hours ago, tgw said:

they won't last long as a power source.

Really!

https://aseannow.com/topic/1311736-my-ev-can-power-my-home/

17 minutes ago, motdaeng said:

 

thanks for the detailed information!

 

have you asked the workshop after how many years the PPF needs to be replaced?

This the quotation I got

180 micron 3yr warranty 6 monthly inspection and full polish
฿28,000 - front half of the car not glasss roof
฿56,000 -  whole car not glass roof plus interior trim

190 micron 4yr  warranty 6 monthly inspection and full polish
฿38,000 - front half of the car not glasss roof
฿63,000 - whole car not glass roof plus interior trim

They didn’t say when it needed to be replaced, just “up to you”

the cheapest option would be PPF on the plastic nose and rear sections, but I haven’t found a company that offers that.

still not sure what route to take yet

4 minutes ago, KannikaP said:

Thank you for a good answer. So a self charging runs on petrol, a plug in runs on electricity

both will have some recharge from regenerative breaking 

1 hour ago, Bday Prang said:

no concern of mine 

You don’t a car, truck or motorcycle?

Don’t take trips in taxis, motorcycles taxis, tuk tuks, buses, baht buses? 
 

Because if you do, then you are hypocrite, for attacking EV owners who don’t use cobalt when you do.

1 hour ago, Bday Prang said:

Or more specifically "Cobalt used in Lithium ion batteries"   same same but different, so how much of the article did you read?

My EV and my house batteries are LFP so no Cobalt.

42 minutes ago, KannikaP said:

I see ads on TV (UK) for self-charging hybrids, and plug-in hybrids. What's the difference please.

If it's plug in, what does the petrol engine do? Take over when the battery is flat.

self-charging hybrid in Toyota Marketing speak “you don’t need to plug it in, it charges by magic”

PHEVs have a small battery which gives you about 70km of battery only range (some more some less) you plug it in at home and you can probably do most of your local trips on just the battery. On longer trips you can use petrol engine. 
 

Hybrid cars have a tiny battery of about 1kWh that can’t be plugged in. It is used in slow traffic or when the car is stationary.

3 hours ago, Bday Prang said:

Are you suggesting that lithium mining does not take place in third world countries, and that children are never involved ?  The following link from a lefty NGO  should make interesting reading for you

https://www.amnesty.org/en/latest/news/2016/01/child-labour-behind-smart-phone-and-electric-car-batteries/

Quotes an article, but doesn't bother to read it himself 

3 hours ago, Bday Prang said:

Are you suggesting that lithium mining does not take place in third world countries, and that children are never involved

The article was about Cobalt and not Lithium.

3 hours ago, Bday Prang said:

You are another holier than thou type who should read the info in the link to amnesty international I provided earlier

 Yes, I read it, it's about Cobalt not Lithium, which I have explained..

3 hours ago, Bandersnatch said:

Another EV hater demonstrating his ignorance, by thinking that Lithium and Cobalt are the same!

 

The bottom picture is supposed to represent Artisanal cobalt mining in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.

 

Even if the meme creator and the poster actually knew this they would still be wrong as most new EVs use lithium iron phosphate for cathode chemistry with no Cobalt. 

 

Cobalt is however used in fossil fuel refining as Cobalt helps to clean sulfur impurities that interfere with the refining of liquid fuels 

8 minutes ago, richard_smith237 said:

The reality is neither Lithium mining or the Oil Industry is particularly environmental friendly.

Shocking image of baby penguin contaminated by Lithium at Lithium salt flats in Australia

On 1/13/2024 at 3:59 PM, JBChiangRai said:

I just had my car back from being wrapped, he's done an excellent job.  A cautionary note, when he was wrapping the back bumper, it removed some paint from the bumper, a piece fell off, fortunately it's inside where the boot closes.  I would say it's now very wise, to at the very least, wrap your bumpers front & rear with PPF if not wrapping the full car. 

 

The wrap was 32,000 baht (I got a 2,000 baht discount from 34,000, Rolling Wrap Chiang Rai).  The Wheels were 28,600 baht from B-Quik, original tyres and I still have the old wheels.

 

Window film is 3M 40% cut at 12,000 baht, no film on the panoramic roof. Black badges from Lazada, less is more, so some badges in the bin.

 

 

Looks fantastic and presumably any damage they would be able to wrap just that panel. 

I was looking at ฿63,000 for PPF with a 4 year warranty.

There doesn't seem any way to match the paint of my white Seal. 

21 hours ago, JBChiangRai said:

I would like to understand how a solar diverter charger works.

You can use it like a regular charger or you can choose to use only the amount of power that would be have been exported.

I considered it as I used to charge my car in the middle of the day and wake up after my nap to find that the it had clouded over and I had drained my house batteries into my car.

Now I just wait until it gets dark (My inverters priority setting is Solar First, Then Utility, Then Battery) and power the house from the Seal for a few hours.

21 hours ago, Bandersnatch said:

Paint - there are links to Lazada and Shopee further back in the discussion, but if anybody can't find them, I will dig them out tomorrow.

 

I bought 2 versions.

Big pot of good quality thick paint that didn't match the colour of the Seal - too cream 

Small pen good colour match but very thin and watery

 

 

 

 

 

Colour match  - big blob from big pot, small blobs from the pen

 

 

Paint wait 24 hours and polish 

 

 

 

Before

 

 

First run:

 

 

I have to repeat a few times 

The problems trying to repair damage on the plastic sections of the car:

There is no clearcoat to protect the paint and that can be polished to hide scratches.

There is no paint just a colored plastic wrap which leaves a big hole when it’s damaged 

The paint available online does not match the color on the car and is very thin and watery, making filling the hole difficult.

The color wrap is very thin and is easily damaged by aggressive polishing.