MG5 top gear review

[John m]

Imagine working in the rain? 

[Shallow Hal]

Us peasants have to John!!

[Rat Catcher]

They cannot take the tools of your trade .When taxi drivers buy cars we buy cars we then turn them into taxis .The Issue I would think with Bullit is he still has a mortgage and is borrowing more than the value of the Car .It makes no sence to change over your electricity supply to run a Car .Like Watty on street charging is still economic .If you want EV go the MG5 for 15 K .You can drop over and have a spin in mine .Good strong car for the money .

I was talking with an apprentice electrician recently who suggested folk needing house rewires should consider simply getting a 32amp (CEE type?) socket installed in their garden. You can buy a "portable" 7KW charger that simply plugs in to any such socket. I hadn't heard of such a device but he said they're less than a ton and a half from the wholesalers or on ebay / something called Temu? Anywaysanall, I had a quick google and found one (as below) for stg£170. He reckons the house rewire (while most likely advisable regardless) only arises in practical terms to satisfy SEAI grants. Apparently, SEAI inspect a relatively large sample of installations so everything has to be "A1".

https://www.amazon.co.uk/SURFOU-Commando-Charging-Portable-Electric-Silver/dp/B0CLVKNBKY

[silverbullet]

I think your making a mistake by not installing the proper tethered home charger fer the sake of 699.

I think you might be mixed up Ken Tethered means it comes with a charging lead permently attached .I have a removeable lead that you use to power up from your home charger or on street charger it comes with the car .

OK, I get you now. You have a home charger but went fer untethered instead of tetherd.

That's ok too, just as a mate pointed out it could be a pain in the ass doing the slightly longer untethered job constantly, especially in the rain.

That's true Ken,I've never used the cable that came with the car...only the granny charger that I used at my bro in laws house in Tipperary....I've come out at 5.30am,pissin rain..I only need to disconnect and click it back in the holder,the thought of rolling up a wet..and dirty cable and placing it back in it's bag is too much hassle...I do keep a pair of gloves in the hall for those occasions though.

Right beside your shooting stick and your monocle!

[John m]

They cannot take the tools of your trade .When taxi drivers buy cars we buy cars we then turn them into taxis .The Issue I would think with Bullit is he still has a mortgage and is borrowing more than the value of the Car .It makes no sence to change over your electricity supply to run a Car .Like Watty on street charging is still economic .If you want EV go the MG5 for 15 K .You can drop over and have a spin in mine .Good strong car for the money .

I was talking with an apprentice electrician recently who suggested folk needing house rewires should consider simply getting a 32amp (CEE type?) socket installed in their garden. You can buy a "portable" 7KW charger that simply plugs in to any such socket. I hadn't heard of such a device but he said they're less than a ton and a half from the wholesalers or on ebay / something called Temu? Anywaysanall, I had a quick google and found one (as below) for stg£170. He reckons the house rewire (while most likely advisable regardless) only arises in practical terms to satisfy SEAI grants. Apparently, SEAI inspect a relatively large sample of installations so everything has to be "A1".

https://www.amazon.co.uk/SURFOU-Commando-Charging-Portable-Electric-Silver/dp/B0CLVKNBKY

Just spoke to Dave said that is a good system .Not as fast as some but will do the job .

[watty]

I was talking with an apprentice electrician recently who suggested folk needing house rewires should consider simply getting a 32amp (CEE type?) socket installed in their garden. You can buy a "portable" 7KW charger that simply plugs in to any such socket. I hadn't heard of such a device but he said they're less than a ton and a half from the wholesalers or on ebay / something called Temu? Anywaysanall, I had a quick google and found one (as below) for stg£170. He reckons the house rewire (while most likely advisable regardless) only arises in practical terms to satisfy SEAI grants. Apparently, SEAI inspect a relatively large sample of installations so everything has to be "A1".

https://www.amazon.co.uk/SURFOU-Commando-Charging-Portable-Electric-Silver/dp/B0CLVKNBKY

I'm not doubting you but I see two problems:
1.  It's the 'thin' 10sq.m. meter tails that are the problem that need to be upgraded to 16sq.m.  They're not designed to take that much power for hours and hours and, in theory, could melt and cause a house fire.

2.  The electrician signs the ESBN form that he's inspected the meter tails AND the rest of the house.  SEAI is separate form.  If, for some reason, ESBN find out the house is not up to scratch, he's in professional trouble because he signed the form that the house was up to modern spec.  (Other genders than he can sign the form obviously)

[John m]

So Watty in what way is the wiring not up to scratch .By getting it condemned what happens if it goes on fire because of your christmas lights ?.You can get the tails upgraded if that solves the problem .Might be worth asking ?

[watty]

My house is perfectly fine for TV, computer, washing machine etc etc.  All the usual normal stuff.  The problem is the extra prolonged juice needed to power the EV.

I found it very difficult to get sparks but my two problems are:
(a) the meter tails - so my house might go on fire if I use an EV meter.  They keep changing the rules so this may or may not be true depending on the year.

(b) shit like the kitchen sink and hot water press are not bonded (or something).   I think it means the kitchen sink might electrocute me someday.  It hasn't in the past 50+ years so I think I'm pretty safe.  The mafia disagree and they point the finger at the ESBN (classic sales technique to pass off the blame to the boss).  The Earth Rod may or may not be present.

I have the EV now almost 3 years.  I've gotten used to my situation & I'm not bothered to chase it up anymore.  I have other things to worry about these days.

[watty]

@ JohnM:  I got your pm about the amazon gadget above.   Looks good.

There are similar 13A cables (so slower) available with almost all that protection built-in for less than stg£50.  E.g, https://toughleads.co.uk/collections/heavy-duty-13a-extension-leads/products/13a-extension-lead?variant=47684212879

[John m]

@ JohnM:  I got your pm about the amazon gadget above.   Looks good.

There are similar 13A cables (so slower) available with almost all that protection built-in for less than stg£50.  E.g, https://toughleads.co.uk/collections/heavy-duty-13a-extension-leads/products/13a-extension-lead?variant=47684212879

I got one free with the car .

[watty]

The car one is probably not long enough to reach a 3 pin socket inside your house.  You can use an extension cable but official advice is not to use them.  They come with their own problems - one of which is the temp sensor in the granny cable won't work properly so it could overheat.

[John m]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ft-aMNRDXD8

[John m]

Small snag with the new motor .The rainwater runs into the car when you open the windows .Probably needs wind deflectors to keep the rain out of the cabin ? Full set about 90 yoyo .

[John m]

MG do not supply wind deflectors they dont make them .You can get them on Alli Express or Amazon DONT they are shite .Got some today they are going back .You fit them with double sided tape FFS the wind would blow them off .or a carwash .

[Belker]

MG do not supply wind deflectors they dont make them .You can get them on Alli Express or Amazon DONT they are shite .Got some today they are going back .You fit them with double sided tape FFS the wind would blow them off .or a carwash .

As what you have seems to be your only option I will offer some DIY advice on how to fit them if you wish.