JBChiangRai

This is the video, there are 4 or 5 recommendations, there is no shortcut but to watch the video. He explains the chemistry and he explains why he gives the recommendation. this is specific for LFP chemistry and does not apply to NMC.

There is a YouTube video posted on one of these forums by Engineering Explained that explains the chemistry of LFP and how to get the longest life out of your batteries. He explains what Tesla say for their LFP batteries and he goes through why they recommend that. He also goes through what Ford say. Typically, manufacturers suggest you charge to 100% and run down the battery to less than 20% and then recharge. The reason for doing this is to recalibrate the state of charge/range calculator. I explained earlier why it’s very difficult (read impossible) to determine the state of charge between 50% and something like 85%. If you are prepared to sacrifice the accuracy of the range display, then you will get the most longevity out of your battery by keeping it in the lowest state of charge possible but above 0%. If you do this, your range remaining indication is not accurate and it gets worse as time goes by, it’s only reset by charging to 100% and the batteries actual capacity cannot be determined until you go below 10%. The chemistry is clear and cannot be disputed.

There is a chance I might go to Khao Lak next month, if the flights are unusually high and if I need to go, I will probably drive. Phuket end of next week but already have 5 tickets for daughters and boyfriends.

Lamborghini and Ferrari literally shout “Look at me, I’m a spiv with new money”. The educated or professional money goes on a 911.

I will, if I don’t do it this year I’ll probably do it next year.

11 months of the year I have more solar power than I can use. Most years it’s every month. I do commute occasionally to our house in Chiang Mai. That house has a charging point for my daughters MG4, but it doesn’t have solar power, so it costs me. I would like to be able to charge up at Chiang Mai using my 30,000 baht Rêver credit, but it’s almost impossible because everybody is free charging. I would like to go on a road trip to Khao Lak, but again that’s impossible, unless I pay for all my charging.

I canceled my order, I must be very naughty indeed. NAUGHTY, NAUGHTY JBChiangrai. {flagellates self with whip o’nine tails}

It’s very difficult to tell by battery voltage with an LFP battery what the state of charge actually is when it’s charged between 50% and 85%. because the voltage is fairly flat in that region. The purpose of charging to 100% occasionally is to recalibrate the state of charge indicator, it knows when it hits a preset much higher voltage that the battery is 100% charged. The longer the interval between 100% charges, the more likely you are to find in the last 20% the indicated distance you can travel is inaccurate.

I am fairly sure BYD cars use active balancing which means they are being balanced all the time you don’t need to charge 100% to trigger the balancing cycle. AFAIK the only manufacturer to use the cheaper passive balancing at end of the charge cycle is MG, they probably save a couple of thousand baht in balancing modules.

LFP batteries will last longer if you keep them as discharged as you can without getting close to zero. I try to keep my Seal under 50% with the occasional charge to 100% when I’m commuting between Chiangrai and Chiang Mai.

I think foreigners are in the huge minority. It won’t be us causing changing policy.

My new order is 23,290 with delivery seller own fleet. Seller S.Electric. This TV is sitting atop a credenza in the kitchen with HiFi speakers either side of it, the headphone jack will plug into the amplifier Aux input so the last thing I want is another soundbar. I have an LG soundbar in the cupboard for the last 5 years.

My first order was the cheapest I could find in extensive searching. Here is my order clearly showing 30 days free returns. They didn’t tell me or possibly I didn’t notice that it came with a free sound bar, which I don’t want. Only after paying did Lazada’s shyte search engine offer me another seller for almost 4,000 baht less. The whole thing could have been avoided with a search engine fit for purpose.

My quote came through Rabbitcare, you'll find them easily on the web or hotline 1438

Someone else who hasn't read the post.

I was quoted 29,000 and IIRC that was Virayah, I don't have the email to hand.

In my case the saving was 3,897 baht. That's not being cheap, that's significant.

In the post directly above yours, I already rejected one delivery.

I rejected the "free" soundbar today that came with it, the TV will come today

Another person who hasn't properly read the thread.

I don't use Lineman, I use Foodpanda and grab, I know with Foodpanda my tip is shown to the rider and it probably affects his decision to accept the order. I always tip 10 baht, occasionally 20 on a bigger order.

I'm at the point of no longer investing in new disks, as they fail I don't replace them and I've binned some of the stuff that doesn't interest me. I won't lose anything with the next 2 disk failures but after that, I'll have to prioritise what I really want. I do have Netflix too, but there's a lot of good stuff on Hulu and Apple/Apple+

Hundreds of years.

If it integrates with my NAS I will be nicely surprised. I have about 250TB of media on them.

Can I ask the model number? I’ve ordered the 75T7B