Random Renewables Thread

More likely the parts will be shipped to a convenient port where a crane can do the final assembly and then that is towed out rather than towing fully assembled turbine half way around ireland/europe (depending where turbine/blades/etc are constructed)!

They are designed for typhoon wind speeds that this country has never seen (as in well over 200km/h winds)

Definitely will be of interest to many if they produce a patio awning version.

I’m about 1 year ahead of you with our 2nd hand Leaf too. Our first EV and only car we have, and we’ll never get an ICE car again.

You get a €600 grant on charger. Granny charger runs ~2kW – can’t remember but close to that. I’d suggest charge it to full each day (or night) as the charger is so slow. Leaf has a small battery so best it’s full at the start until you get used to the range.

We got a Zappi maybe 2 months after we got the car. Any granny charger (irrespective of the speed) is a pain day after day I found. Lead is short and costs something mad like €200 to buy a replacement one with a longer 10m lead (so don’t need an extension lead too). But you’ve time to decide what to do. I read there is more electrical risk too as they are not designed for everyday use.

I put the extension cable to the granny charger in a waterproof box and ran power from the shed (as was too short without it). Granny charger itself is waterproof but a very short lead. Box and plugs got very hot even when the weather wasn’t hot – sealed so heat can’t easily escape. And extension reel was rolled out fully so wouldn’t cook. I live in Dublin so wouldn’t be leaving windows open on the ground floor for a cable to hang out of it for X hours a day during charging.

Another option is if you’ve a smart meter, get a cheap EV night rate and then ‘sell’ FIT. So just need any entry level charger, not a Zappi. Benefit reduces if FIT drops in time and nightrate increases of course. Plus you pay the dreaded peak TOU rates. Like me, I don’t think you have a battery.

Btw, what I read at the time was to let the Leaf charge get low once (like 10-20% or so). Then charge to 100% and the SOC can improrve when it ‘remembers’ what 100% of the battery is. And suggestion was to do that every one in a while. Also look at the % charged and not the GOM (guess-o-meter). Then you can tell your available mileage from the % charged once you start to suss out the % you use for mileage. So you’ve an idea of juice, we use ~1800kWh for ~15km a year. Pretty much a steady 150kWh a month. Little more in winter when using the heater a lot. Seems to use a little more battery when it’s cold, maybe more electrical losses – just a hunch. That’s ‘driving miss daisy’ stuff around Dublin.  

Thanks both, deposit down on it this evening, delighted.

Yeah the cable run for granny charger won't be huge deal as have an outside socket. Mileage won't be huge but will keep it near full for first little while.

600 grant yup but I don't fancy another 800 on top. That sounds interesting unkel.. presume there are threads on ev forum about that.

NOTE: Not everyone will be offered that v1 to v2 cheap upgrade, just in case peoples hopes are being raised here but there should be some v1's coming online for sale alright as a result.

I was hoping to do that myself but got rebuffed by myEnergi as I dont have other myEnergi products. This is what they told me

"As to the upgrade offer, this is only available to people who have other myenergi products in their setup (zappi2, Eddi or Libbi) and the compatibility will affect their connectivity."

I dont know if you can bluff that and just tell them you have an Eddi that you bought after market, or if they'll request proof etc but it seem the offer is only going to those who MyEnergi know have multiple products.

They can see what is linked I expect. The website portal shows my Zappi and serial number and all the data that sends back and forth.

So they could see another device was never linked I would expect.

Banned

About 20 houses on our road in D12, including mine, came within a whiskers of being flooded the other day after the flash floods. We got a wild amount of rain in maybe 20mins and nothing to soak it up. Road just became like a river, and it filled, and filled. Dry ground can't absorb water quickly as it's pretty solid. Blessed it didn't rain a 2nd time or we were gonners. Neighbour was draining water from inside his car.

Tbh it was scary in that I was helpless to do anything. Called Council emergency drainage number, but apart from that I could only watch it. Not helped by Council not longer actively cleaning drains as they did in the past. Means they can handle less volume.

Last time it was that close was maybe 3 years ago. We're in a large housing estate that's 80 years old. It's a recent problem afaik. Happened that bad maybe 3 times in 20 years I'm living here, but all in the last 6 or so years.

Weather unpredictability is becoming the new predictability sadly. I'm not saying poor me, simply pointing out that change is sadly coming. And we're in a country where we're less impacted by that change.

Often when I'm walking home I curse the idea that I bought a house near the top of a hill. But when I'm watching the river of water flowing down the road away from the house then I'm a lot happier with my decision

What's the deal with DLRCC council not cleaning drains? Fingal seem to have the truck out several times a year checking all the storm water drains are clear

Hi unkel...are you able to elaborate on the issue between older zappi's and new myenergi hardware? i have a second hand zappi lined up over here in england which i think would be ideal for my gaf in ireland. i haven't one yet but i'm also thinking of picking up a second hand hub and eddi. would be good to know what's compatible and what's not.

p.s. i note from myenergi's website that from september neither new zappi's nor new eddi's will no longer require a hub.

Has anyone bought kit from a distributor based in Tullow? Don't want to name names but the prices on their site are keen. They seem to be a fairly new operation with Dublin area number.

Hi Folks,

planning a project at home with a lean to. I saw somewhere about a sealed roof using panels with a kit of some kind.

does anyone have any links or anything?

thanks

Nice one @AndyBoBandy

I wouldn't open the freezer at all until the power has been back on for several hours. I would also quickly eat the perishables from the fridge well before the use by date over the next few days as all of them will have been compromised after an 8 hour power cut. Except of course if you can run another extension cable to the attic to plug your fridge / freezer into

I take it you're not in Dublin then? I can't remember a power cut that lasted that long in the 23 years I live in this house. But I'm well ready for that situation myself with a very large home battery with a continuous 3kW output through the EPS socket while solar panels are still charging the battery, also have my eBike battery pack and a 48V inverter ready for a more mobile 1000W continuous solution and I can connect a 12V inverter to either of my EVs 12V battery, for another steady and pretty much unlimited 600W continous output