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I have a brand new, surplus-to-requirement Gelco 15A (~3.5kW) portable EVSE for sale - still in the bubble wrap. Item: Type1 J1772-plugged portable EVSE, takes input from either a TSLA HPWC Destination Charger, or 10/15A plug - through a Type2 "tail". Location: Southern NSW Item Condition: Brand new...

Incidentally, the Japanese i3 s, that have CHAdeMO in the normal rear side port, have a J1772 in the frunk. It doesn't have the little mechanical/solenoid plug holder - the spot at the top of the socket is just blank. I will ask the kiwis whether the plug is locked in, or can be removed like mine no...

well, maybe a bit of both - more mechanical. Charging it does not seem to have been affected, and I can now get into the mechanical latch in the granny charger plug, if needs be, with a blade screwdriver. It looks like the little, inbuilt mechanical latch (driven by the $300 solenoid?) that comes do...

dunno, maybe wishful thinking. i3 can be upgraded in Germany, there has to be a way. let's wait until the 120 Ah version is released and then recap.

I just had it stick, again. This time in warm sunny conditions, at home, where my DREMEL was. five minutes later, the plug had a hole in it, and a screwdriver successfully levered the caught hook, up, with a sickening crunch/bang. I was worried that I might have buggered the new $938 solenoid thingy...

jonescg wrote: ↑

Mon, 02 Jul 2018, 10:21

ev.2549 wrote: ↑

Mon, 02 Jul 2018, 10:19

I can now use both CCS1 and CCS2, so that helps.

Oooh so you got the adaptor?

Yep, AFAIK, the only one... Safely coiled up inside my newly-acquired 19" spare wheel <wink>

jonescg wrote: ↑

Thu, 28 Jun 2018, 13:17

Now you just need to convince BMW to swap your DCFC inlet over at a decent price Pete!

Yes, well, we all know how far that will get! More interested in a battery upgrade, now that I have a CCS2>1 adapter!

There have been a number of posts about showgrounds and caravan parks. In my neck of the woods (southern NSW) I have not yet found a showground that doesn't have a few 32A 3 ph sockets, and some have 20A 3 ph. They all work, although of course it is polite to seek permission, and to offer to pay (I ...

NRMA Wallsend (Newcastle) is now operational. Jindabyne apparently ready to be. Cooma (Massie St) delayed until later 2018 due to cabling challenges.
Snowy Monaro Council is in discussions with NRMA about adding recharging infrastructure to Bombala, Nimmitabel and Adaminaby.

Anybody have any further info on the install timeline? I know that Jindabyne has gone in, Newcastle is rumoured but no-one has reported seeing it yet, and Cooma is in the pipeline (this year? in Massie St, behind the visitors centre. Bega is apparently on the list. Can't find out definitive info re ...

I also had this, after granny charging overnight, and it was very cold. I pulled the blue cord in desperation. Big mistake. It should only be pulled 20mm - mine was much further. Locking solenoid apparently buggered, according to BMW Canberra. Only $938 later, it's all back. DON'T PULL THE CORD - lo...

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Fri, 06 Apr 2018, 07:31

Pete, do you have signs you can offer them for the charge point? I think Mark still had most of them.

I only have one metal sign. I have made some laminated temporary ones meantime. I will ask MH whether he has more...

Yes, they were - good report. And I think I found out that Cooma and Jindabyne are on the list, as well as Bega and Moruya. Now I need to buy a CCS2>CCS1 adapter...

Went to Bombala yesterday. Used the 5 pin 32A socket at the Showgrounds. It went fine. They didn't know how to accept payment, when I offered at the Council offices. They think that both Cooma and Jindabyne look like getting NRMA DCRC. I put Bombala on PlugShare. It looks like a cafe owner at Bembok...

An excellent book resource on EVs, using the i3 as the subject, is available on Kindle for $11.99 (3rd Ed). Apparently the 2nd Ed is available free through iTunes. David Bricknell “Electric vehicles and the BMW i3”. You can read it in an afternoon, and then keep referring to it to bore your friends,...

I have had some success using tips from the UK BMW i3 group. The i3 is designed to be charged to 100%, not 80%, as for leaf and TSLA. My range was stuck between about 100-115 km. I fully charged to 100%, and then locked the vehicle, and left it in “deep sleep”. It is designed to quietly and very slo...

There was a bit of headwind. If I didn't slow down, I wasn't going to make it. The i3 makes it very easy to match range left against distance remaining. I arrived with a couple of km up my sleeve...

Chris, any updates? The price for Zoe Intens must be at least $51k, from my investigations. Hope it works out for the sandgropers.
Signed, ex-sandgroper.
PS I will be over April 12-23 - maybe I can catch up with a few of you?

So, it all went very well. I was surprised and delighted. I fully recharged at Bemboka on 15A, then set off in EcoPro+. Ian, the i3, climbed the mountain steadily at about 50km/h, with consumption swinging between 40-60 kWh/100km. Got to the top lookout easily. Arrived in Nimmitabel for a coffee, af...

Chris, Sally and Terry, thanks so much for your thoughtful and helpful advice. I am going to give it a try on Tuesday next, in order to attend a Sustainable Transport forum in Canberra, at 5pm. I will start at Sparrow’s, so that if I have to retrace, I can ICE it. Ambient temp. should be manageable....

Hi all, I have a 2015 22 kWh i3, named Ian. It has 17.6 kWh usable, about 110 km, or 120ish in EP+. I need to drive 45 km, from Bemboka to Nimmitabel. I have to climb Brown Mtn, which is 10km of intense climb up 2,000’, and then make it the remaining 25km to Nimmitabel. I am concerned that I will ge...

Charles, “After Cann River is in, the biggest gap would be from Melbourne to Sale (219 km). Which is not what you would expect the biggest gap to be, there are so many biggish towns in the area!” I have dropped a 3 ph socket set into Cann River, but haven’t visited to see if it’s installed. I have p...

Update: The Cooma Showgrounds are OK to use, and I have put on PlugShare. Yes, it is a healthy walk from the shops, but it’s all I can find at the moment. There is a vague plan for an EVSE at Centennial park, in town, but Council contact Jane didn’t sound too positive about it happening. I have cont...

I have images of the other two pages of the Eurobodalla Shire letter, of early Dec 2017, but don't know how to post them, here.
(I shall enquire whether Bega Valley actioned it’s receipt...)

To clarify to some folks, The Zoe (and Kangoo ZE, I think) can use 22kW charging, through a standard Type2 plug. As you say CHAdeMO is fine on 3phase, if you have an adapter (Tesla) or socket (iMiev, LEAF). Many other vehicles have only up to 7kW on-board charging, ie one phase at 32A, hence the ori...