Can I ask how much it costs to get the software update as have the same issue with the onboard charger with my Zoe. Thanks
@PeaceChanel4 күн бұрын
Thank You Everybody for All that you are doing for our Planet Earth... . Peace.. Shalom.. Salam.. Namaste 🙏🏻 😊 ✌ ☮ ❤ 🕊
@nicholasroberts69545 күн бұрын
Is that what the marketeers term "Stuffed for life". (Unlike modern gearboxes, of course) Seven years and fubarred. I can see the eco arguments. You must have money to burn buster. Don't worry, you're keeping African child slave workers in jobs. My Skoda Fabia ICE still going at 21 years old and in reasonable nick. I don't get it,. How can a 7 seater MPV/SUV be expected to be powered by a 24 Kwh battery and to grow old gracefully ? . If such a vehicle were ICE powered you'd have a 2.5 litre normally aspirated or a 1.8 turbo in it. Evs are like desktop computing, mickey mouse and ill thought out.
For some new micro cars quadrocycles motorbikes, a three pin adaptor is needed and is for sale, but apparently you need to watch the amperage, don't know what say pod point 7kwh at Tesco would be.
@peted72959 күн бұрын
My employer decided install proper chargers instead of just letting me use the 3 pin socket "for free". fair enough. only to find out they've installed two Wallboxes that are tethered with type 2 plugs and Wallbox no longer offer type 1 tethers. So, long story short they just dumped it on me to buy an adaptor on behalf of my employer, which on the face of it is fine but they're not compliant with the code of practise. so now it's a case of who's liable if the use of said adaptor causes damage or a failure of the battery or onboard electronics. For now at least I'm not charging the car at work and having to use petrol for half of my commute.
@IanSampsonRLO8 күн бұрын
I will update if I have any issues..seems to work just fine. If so this might give some confidence to using one? I have heard from someone who had theirs fail apparently- but the failure was the adapter nothing more (i.e charger/car unaffected).
@SirHackaL0t.9 күн бұрын
Can you remove the cable or the adapter whilst it’s charging? That isn’t something that is normally possible due to the charger lock when charging is happening
@IanSampsonRLO9 күн бұрын
Yes, you can pull the type 2 from the type 1 mid charge.
@SirHackaL0t.9 күн бұрын
@@IanSampsonRLO I thought the idea of the type 2 connector was that you shouldn’t be able to disconnect until the charger and car had stopped the voltage so people don’t get electrocuted. This seems to bypass that safety feature.
@IanSampsonRLO9 күн бұрын
On disconnect there is no power being output from the cable, i.e stops before being fully disconnected.
@SirHackaL0t.8 күн бұрын
@@IanSampsonRLO Even if you pull the connector out before stopping the charge?
@IanSampsonRLO8 күн бұрын
Correct - bit like a UK plug I guess, before the live contact is exposed the circuit is broken.
@plumberhosegood82969 күн бұрын
They are OK for temporary use, but I've gone through two with my env200. Maybe I've been unlucky, but eventually, they start smelling of burning.
@IanSampsonRLO9 күн бұрын
How often did you charge with one approx? And over how long was failure? Got a link for the one you had?
@plumberhosegood82969 күн бұрын
@IanSampsonRLO I had two different makes, both from amazon, but i couldn't tell you without looking it up. The charger was a type 1 and the adaptor took it to type 2 for our MG5. I guess used a couple of times a week and I think they lasted about 6 months ish.
@projectx20008 күн бұрын
@@plumberhosegood8296 Came here to post exactly the same thing. I had one...Used it maybe 20-30 times before the burning smell started. EVCables do a better looking one for about 70 quid....At some point I'm going to pick one of those up.
@AdrianMcDaid9 күн бұрын
How you finding the replacment battery in the env200. Perhaps short update video ?
@IanSampsonRLO9 күн бұрын
Still amazing, ~135 miles in summer. Game changer.
@rbcleaningskegness91919 күн бұрын
Thanks Ian for uploading i have a ENV 200 van
@IanSampsonRLO9 күн бұрын
No worries
@michaelturner310411 күн бұрын
So amongst all this complication you have a couple more reference points on energy usage. The Electricity supplier app would show daily consumption from the 'grid', which should of course be consistently down now you have solar. Also, you have an In Home Display that shows live usage of both gas and electricity. Switch on a kettle and an oven and see the needle hit red, unless the battery offsets some of the demand. I'd say I hope that helps realising it is more complication, but at least you have a couple of more lots of measurement data.
@IanSampsonRLO8 күн бұрын
Its now pretty much sorted, its took me throwing another few hundred quid at it though…and a kind chap who knows these systems inside and out to come down and do some work for me.
@HH79Ай бұрын
Great Update i ordered my battery on top of my solar now and hope to get it paid off in 6 years time the solar that I installed 4 years ago is paid off by next year 100% so hoping this battery is as good of an investment also.
@IanSampsonRLO8 күн бұрын
Yeah I would hope so! Last month I got £117 for my export. I.e I used just over 1000kwh from the grid and STILL got a refund! (Exported 554kwh @ 0.15p p/kw).
@GWAYGWAY1Ай бұрын
Do you have to balance the new ones with the old ones?
@IanSampsonRLO8 күн бұрын
Yes, when new ones installed old packs need to be close to 50% as possible.
@GV-xx7vhАй бұрын
Main dealers will rip you off if they get half a chance!
@IanSampsonRLO8 күн бұрын
Shame really!
@whocares264Ай бұрын
Wow , turns out this ev is so much cheaper to use than a petrol/diesel....
@IanSampsonRLO8 күн бұрын
Correct, especially with the solar. We drove combined ~2000 miles last month in our env200’s and powered the home and got a £117 payment for export and thats AFTER accounting for energy we used. Wild.
@whocares264Ай бұрын
£10k for repairs 86k miles 6.5 years ... you have saved more than that on fuel, sevicing and road tax...
@IanSampsonRLO8 күн бұрын
Yeah approx £1300 over the period would have been road tax going by what they plan to charge from march next year. Fuel we save approx £2-£3k per year depending on use.
@HalbmondАй бұрын
The Honda bumped the other car in the first test!?
@IanSampsonRLO8 күн бұрын
No bumping.
@dmitriyl41772 ай бұрын
What about the insurance? It is now a "modified" vehicle...
@IanSampsonRLO8 күн бұрын
No, as uses OEM parts designed for this exact model. Same as swapping engine for same replacement engine.
@BrianNoakes2 ай бұрын
Hi, haven't been through all the replies to your vid, but has anyone just suggested you go old school and insert a production meter in line with the AC output lines if that is possible
@PicmipPixel2 ай бұрын
For checking some of your E clips... I'm pretty sure you are stocked to get the Renault 5. It seems that the new Renault 5 will be everything the Honda E should have been when it was released, range wise at least. (I'm thinking of getting an used Honda E with 16,000 kms for 20k Eur... not sure yet but sounds about right the price for that range)
@seltaeb96912 ай бұрын
That top view, looking down on the car, I presume it's a video drone, with the operator in a open top car behind? I hope to get the Scenic E-Tech, 379 miles & it's got everything. All depends on the seat, if good sell my Scenic MK3 9800mls, like new. Offers..
@seltaeb96912 ай бұрын
With the repairs its not so much the labour but the parts are so expensive with Renault, if you can get them with older fuel cars.
@seltaeb96912 ай бұрын
Failed on your number plates? Where they not secure.
@dudefullofjelly2 ай бұрын
Dont those things have a 10 year 100k mile battery warranty?
@HonestWatchReviewsHWR2 ай бұрын
What kind of range can you expect when driving on the motorway?
@asensibleyoungman29782 ай бұрын
0:58 £10k for a SECOND HAND battery???????? This is one of many reasons while I'll never buy an EV.
@TimBorg2 ай бұрын
cant get this scam app to work
@rafterselectricallimited16452 ай бұрын
Hmmm, LEDs look out of sequence on your hybrid inverter? Might not matter on the energy cube but on the HV2600 it sometimes indicates an issue. I might be wrong!
@pmbpmb54163 ай бұрын
Thought occurs what would insurance company say if you have a burn and they ask was it installed by approved installer , I know you likely often know more with your experience , but we all know about insurance companies and the opportunity to say no .
@pmbpmb54163 ай бұрын
I’m just installing , I want in reality the whole house to be able to run if I go off grid . Teslas suggested but their limitation is you have to choose what you want to run in the event of off grid . Does the ESS allow complete function without having to choose , assuming I have enough cubes ?
@pmbpmb54163 ай бұрын
Having continued on in video , unless something dramatic changed , fox is a no no.
@rbdogwood3 ай бұрын
I charge my eNV200 40kWh on off peak Octopus intelligent go 11:30 to 5:30 (you've probably found that tariff by now) that would boost your 3.4 kW charge.
@AntonkoH-vn5pz3 ай бұрын
What is maximum charge and discharge in your systems?
@hsahil4 ай бұрын
you put the dip up before adding. Do you need to put that down after you added the two batteries. Also how do you update the firmware?
@janvandeven98764 ай бұрын
He Ian,love your videos thanks. Find your self a towbar and a small trailer 👍
@philipread77414 ай бұрын
The direction arrows on the clamp refer to the live lead between meter and consumer unit. If put on negative lead, the clamp direction must be reversed.
@matthewaride22344 ай бұрын
Leaf is way better than Renault zoe. My leaf just did its 7th MOT no single fault. Leaf built quality and reliability is hard to match. Yes battery chemistry could be poor but its fall down to where and how its been used. I still got 81.35% SOH.11bars. 2013 Registered Japan leaf. Amazing and going strong
@ecoterrorist14024 ай бұрын
From all you in chat & Ian, Curious to know what you're charging the cycles are for the daily grind i own a evn200 40kwh & zoe 24kwh, at the moment i set the charge to 75%, this gives me enough for 100miles in the van and 60-70ish in the car, thou i have quoted these miles In reality. the car does 10 miles a day and the van does 40 miles a day, The van displays full bars on the health thing. As I haven't gotten OBD reader, I will have to presume this is accurate.
@brushlessmotoring4 ай бұрын
@IanSampsonRLO you should pin the update video to this one - the bad news is still the runaway success, and got pushed again into my feed without the good news response video showing up.
@A-Viking4 ай бұрын
interesting, is this site still active?
@joseortiz-km4oe4 ай бұрын
Why do people in Europe complain so much? It's all complaining god it's unbearable
@Rob-rx4ik4 ай бұрын
Did you sort out your iboost? i’ve got exactly the same problem, done everything suggested in the comments, but didn’t work
@GavinScrimgeour5 ай бұрын
Ian - you'd better get that room cleaned up before the wife sees it 😉
@A-Viking4 ай бұрын
lol
@toddm69995 ай бұрын
Leafs are the best
@MrGoogle875 ай бұрын
If only it had just a litte bit more range… Like 5-7kWh more, it’d be a much more useable 2nd car for us
@KCTalksEV5 ай бұрын
Amazing news! I've only just come across this today! 24 to 40kWh for £5k, and a new lease of life for another 8-10 years I suppose? Fingers crossed! On another note, the comments section for this video seems to have less of the luddites from your original... Funny that, can't deal with a positive story right? Just like when they realise that not every vehicle fire is an EV or something like that
@rogercrier91155 ай бұрын
Could you please give Eds details, as i need to do this swap✅
@juliandavies78905 ай бұрын
Pleased to hear you got it sorted for a good price. I have now upgraded from my 22 Kwh Zoe to a ZE50 Iconic EV50. Totally different beast and three times the range. You must now have the longest range ENV200.
@jamesp.17845 ай бұрын
Sounds like you've bought an absolute pile of garbage and had it fitted by cowboys. I'm stressed, you must be tearing your hair out😢
@ChrisBrown-xf2ce5 ай бұрын
FYI your charge at 10p/kWh doesn't work out as your import rate as you're not adding in the losses from the battery & inverter which workout at 12% give or take. So charge at 10p/kWh costs 11.2p/kWh discharging. Considering tracker at approx 18p/kWh you're only saving 7p/kWh but you've spent over £20k on batteries. For most consumers this doesn't make sense, but if you're a higher user it may, but Octopus Tracker does put a big dent in break even date. That said, I do love your set up, so jealous