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I’m staying at Kings Cottage now. 16A maximum. I suspect it’s due to dip switch settings. The charger appears to be connected to a 32A breaker. I notified the letting agent who seemed unaware but said they would notify the owners...

Quotes on a Model X 100D today, $1500 excess, windscreen waiver, two x 40 year old drivers, Mosman NSW address, 1 claim in the last 12 months, market value (with new car replacement). Insure My Tesla (renewal): $3608 GIO (with three other policies): $7559 (seriously) CGU: $2442 Oddly GIO was...

@AnthonyB Could this have the unintended consequence of the battery charging from the grid during periods it thinks are off-peak but which are shoulder on your tariff? Entirely agree there still more development needed on the algorithm. Predicting how much charge is needed as at the start of...

@AnthonyB & @BJReplay great write-ups and graphs! I've also had the time-based controls for a little while and have been watching its behaviour. I'm seeing the same discharge behaviour starting in the early hours of the morning. There are also days when it uses power during off-peak or shoulder...

Resolution for mine was the replacement of the onboard charger. I didn't probe into the details or reasons. I completed the Sydney Byron return trip with the faulty DC charging, quite certain with less delay than waiting for a tow truck etc would have entailed. Very impressed with the...

@novacasgreeny I'd previously done a Sydney to Melbourne trip a year ago and had used the Sydney superchargers a couple of times, most recently August I think. All up at least 10 supercharges without fault. My second set of charging woes (previous episode a property lacking sufficient earth...

Thanks for the tips, I found the HPWC at The Observatory Hotel (it charged at 40amps, 9.2kW) - they were extremely helpful! I charged enough there to get through to Coffs Harbour planning to use the show grounds 3 phase but tried the supercharger first and this is working now. Whilst waiting...

Thanks Mike, doesn't sound promising. Failing a fix any suggestions on the fastest non-supercharger options between Port Macquarie and Byron Bay? Not expecting to make it to Coffs Harbour until around 8pm so guessing the show grounds are out.

Hoping someone else may have experienced a similar fault and resolved. I'm enroute from Sydney to Byron, the first supercharge at Heatherbrae I plugged the car in, came back in 20 minutes and it wasn't charging and had a message saying "starting to charge". Disconnected, re-connected, tried a...

Answering my own question for anyone else the finds this. I ended up using the Yass destination charger. It only runs at 16Amps. There was a petrol car blocking the space but there's a disabled spot immediately adjacent that you could use if really stuck. No evidence of any effort made to...

I'm looking to do a return trip Sydney - Cowra on the same day (via Goulburn supercharger). Goulburn -> Cowra -> Goulburn is 410kms return + diversions. I'm hoping to top up at Yass on one leg. Has anyone used the destination charger at the Yass Soldiers Club? Can you access anytime or only...

Very helpful, thank you kindly all, Smart EVSE or Zennio sound like they will do the job. To clarify what I'm hoping to achieve - all little more background: - The car is often at home during the day - My typical distance travelled is 20-30kms per day so plenty of tolerance for only partly...

I've dug around a little and can't find anyone other discussion of this, wanting to know if anyone has looked into charging the model S from excess solar PV? What I had in mind was a system that could recognise when the PV system was producing more power than was being used by the home and then...

@AndrewNSW - I've experienced the same re extension leads. In the course of dealing with the problem I did not the manual says you're not supposed to use an extension cord with the UMC, not always practical but a heavier cord is definitely a good idea. I also read of other people with faults...

Some feedback that might hopefully help others when pushing the range limits of the Model S. I drove from Sydney to Merriwa (north west of the Hunter Valley) via Putty Road. Mapped distance is 330km and we didn't detour more than a few kms. We had a full car and for the most part drove...

I've just installed a 10kW system on my roof. Q-Cells panels with Tigo optimisers (achieve a similar effect to micro inverters but the inverter stays out of the weather) and Fronius Inverter. If you want to future proof for Tesla PowerWall then you need to use either a Fronius or SolarEdge. If...

I'm thinking about driving down for the All Energy conference in October. Is this practical at the moment? Would ideally like to be able to do it in a single day. Any tips?

Pretty close. My understanding is Rated range equals that which would be achieved if you drove the car the manner which is used to achieve the EPA range (ie the 502 km number) from that point forward. The typical range will average based on how you have been driving recently. Note that typical...