Please play nicely. No one wants to listen/read a keyboard warriors rants....
Failed an MOT broken drivers side front springSpring compressors
Got the strut off, just pondering how to compress it without hurting myself....
Partly depends where and how it is broken...
Afternoon,
I sourced a spare ar35 from omegas52 on ebay, its coming to me on friday.
The thing is, no one around here is prepared to swap the boxes for me. (We don't touch automatics mate) etc etc.
I don't have access to a ramp, but I'm considering trying it, can anyone give me their view on this, please?
How long might it take for example?
The old box has needed topping up every two weeks for a while, now it's undrivable.
I would really rather not do it but it's looking like I don't have much choice.
Help!
I would love to know how much, but I suspect very very very little...yes but you could still keep the battery at full charge and use the surplus amps to power everything else .
That's exactly what a conventional alternator does. Floating the battery at 13.8-14.4 V = keeping it fully charged and powering everything else from the alternator - all of the time the engine is running.
What a "smart" alternator does is to allow the engine ECU to reduce this voltage to perhaps 12.5V during cruising and acceleration conditions. Not low enough to seriously deplete the battery, but low enough that the battery will take no charge whatsoever unless it's pretty flat and, if it's fully charged, it will supply the car electrical loads. When braking, the voltage can be raised higher than the normal alternator output, to perhaps 15 volts or so, rapidly charging the battery and taking over all electrical load.
Don't forget that such a vehicle will probably be cursed with "stop-start" technology, so the loads on the battery are going to be quite high during normal driving as the battery repeatedly starts the engine and runs the accessories while the engine is stopped. By only replenishing such loads when the car is braking or when the battery does get low enough to cause concern, you save a little fuel.
Granted, the battery is going to keep getting cycled between partially discharged and fully charged, which will shorten its life, but since when have environmentalists been able to see the big picture?
I bet you wouldn't half get a crack off a 50kw fast charge cable!
All these electric cars lined up on the street for a quick charge. Such temptation.Unless you break into the car you can't as it will be locked in.....
I wonder how many small boys will find it amusing to pull the plug out as soon as the owner has walked away?
I certainly would have done.
Just throwing this out there..... I can forget to tank up with diesel on the way home. But it's not a problem, as even with fuel light on I can nip to Sainsbury's and tank up with £65 of canal boat fuel in the morning on the way to work. Instant 700 mile range
What happens when you forget to plug your car in one night, like a mobile phone it's easy to forget now and then
You will be a bit stuffed in the morning
If you need 700 miles range an electric car is not going to work for you.
If I forget to plug is in it will tell me so on my phone and if I ignore than I will pop to a Rapid in the morning.
It does require a little more thinking sometimes but that fine for me.
Steve
Whilst you could charge a Tesla at 13 amps, why on earth would you
https://www.tesla.com/en_GB/support/home-charging-installation
A little research goes a very long way
You mean the bit where it says most homes are only on a single phase supply, so limited to 7.4Kw or 22 miles per hour on charge? A full charge is therefore going to take more than 14 hours?
The Tesla unit can go upto 22kw but only if you want to invest a lot in your supply - normally set to 7KW.I have a Leaf and range varies from between 60miles and 110miles INDICATED depending on the weather and how hard its been driven. After 2.5 years we are begining to notice a drop off in the battery life. Until they get the range from the batteries and also the life from the batteries its going to be non starter. We are due a change of car in the next 6 months and we are dumping the leaf and going back to a small petrol.
No doubt they suit some people (inner city with an abundance of public charge spots) for us, Cumbria and hardly any convient charge spots its a non starter.
The reality.
How high is it? Just trying to figure out how much the cars I have are lowered or have lowered by themselves over time.
To be honest I thought there'd be a queue of people clamouring for these, but guess not? Did you have a price per seal, Lazydocker / gstylebaby?
Only just spotted this but would take some if good price....
Due to lack of interest I didn't bother following it up
To be honest I thought there'd be a queue of people clamouring for these, but guess not? Did you have a price per seal, Lazydocker / gstylebaby?
