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@Bandersnatch Still doing my research, but I think ABB have dynamic charging and also the Feyree. I'm leaning towards the Feyree as they have them from China and Lazada so think buying through Lazada may be better if a problem.

BYD Phone Application Must be doing something wrong when I try to bring up the QR code in the Sealion 7. No QR code. Can you register 2 different emails with the same BYD car? I haven't looked into it but sharing 1 email account with two different native speakers seems to cause problems.

@sometimewoodworker what is the name for those metal outside wall clips please? Tried to search Lazada with pic but no go.

@JBChiangRai do you charge your car via solar? Or, is the ABB Terra solar capable?

That ABB Terra sounds like what I want. So on 3 phase charging at 22kW that's about 30 A per phase. So should be OK with my 15/45 meter without the 3 phase water heaters (only in cold season). And pool pump 8A off. 🙂

EV Single/Three Phase Charger Anyone installed one of these chargers? Evidently they have the capability of running of 1 or 3 phases. Initially I will be charging from 1 phase until I re-wire the power feed to the garage, then use 3 phases. I saw them somewhere but can't remember where.

I am not an electrician. I would think it definitely requires an earth connection. (Better to get the water heater manual and have a look at the circuit). You would have to check that the metal pipe is at earth potential and that would require an electrician with a Megga I think. You could or should also install an RCBO where the waterheater breaker is now. I think you can't ground the neutral at the waterheater. I think you need an electrician.

Nice looking build you got going there. What did you decide to do?

Just ordered one of these.

Hello I may have not understood where the power is coming from. I thought the power was coming from the carport to the right of the fence and pole and going overhead to the pole. (I'm never wrong). 🙂

Sorry to but in, but I would use the correct cable and put it underground. I think overhead wires in the yard look horrible and overhead cables, although insulated, will sometime get hit by diggers etc. Birds will sit on it and poop everywhere. That big black cable is special underground cable covered in another sheath. I dug mine down 3 feet.

@Crossy thanks. I think I will go for a 3 phase CT meter, DIN mount, WiFi Bluetooth/RS-485 connectivity and logger. I will have a look at the brands you mentioned. 🙂

@JBChiangRai think I was wrong about the pods. The left one is ventalated but I don't know what the right one is yet. I was playing around with the BYD phone app and needed to place my phone down on the unventilated pods to take a QR code shot for the digital key. So not sure what this pod is.

Now I think it could be a design feature.

@JBChiangRai Re Charging Pod. Sealion 7 has 2; one is ventalated the other not. We use Android Auto to stream the phone audio and I don't think the phone overheats. 🙂 Thanks anyway.

Yes nice bikes but after my back fusion from T11 to sacrum I need a step thru and China supplier wouldn't come to a deal. Being an ebike man from way back (we worked in China for a year but just had regular bikes), what is a reasonable price I should advertise the bikes for? Thanks

Yep getting ready to advertise them....got a great Honda CRV as well. Let me find the specifications. I just looked at the motor: JNW11OH-20" 48V500W. As you know I paid US $2500 and $500 freight. So I'd have to knock of the freight price to start with. Will find the specs.

It's a 'no name' bike I sourced from a Chinese supplier. But a good thought, I'll look up the motor number.

I haven't found the solution but posting back. The battery and taillight are one unit. Disconnecting the battery to the bike electrics does nothing and removing the battery from the bike does nothing. Taillight always on. Strange it's happening on both bikes. Must be a fault as the light being always on would flatten the battery over time.

Have 2 E bikes that have not been used (I bought the wrong ones). After a few months away I come back to both tailights on, even when the battery switch is off. So me thinks it means to recharge the batteries (no manual). Charging the batteries did nothing to extinguish the lights. Just enquiring with EV bike owners if this has happened to them and what the fix is?

Correction: First EV car.

@motdaeng thank you. Great you made the car more comfortable for your wife. The car is a bit intimidating as our first EV.

Had to take the Sealion 7 back to BYD Mukdahan today as the rear roof plastic panel was not fitted correctly. There was a 3 to 5mm difference in the fitting between the left and right sides. I was a bit peeed off as I initially thought it was the roof panel that was the problem and I had visions of guys with blunt screwdrivers and hammers fixing the problem. Bit difficult for wifey to see when she picked it up a couple of weeks ago. Mechanics got out the computer and I guess they checked the panel installation diagrams before repairing, which was a good sign. That fixed they connected the car to the computer and checked everything, before washing and cleaning the car as part of the service. I also got some tips on the info system and how to change languages. I'm going to stick with Thai once I'm reasonably sure of the Thai/English equivelant. Wifey is still fairly scared of experimenting but we've started going to different chargers to see what to do. I can see a new phone coming up for Sup as hers doesn't have the magnetic charging. Really love the car and the different people we meet at charging stations are very helpful. 🙂

I need to do some load tests for my upcoming solar project. I wish to purchase some current and voltage meters to install in the CU on the incoming 3 phase supply. There are many available and I would like a recommendation on what brand to buy.