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    EV conversions

    in International Forum

    Posted

    35 minutes ago, miketomcat said:

    It would be interesting to see how badly the range is hit with 3500kg on the back

    It'll depend a lot on what type of 3500kg. A low flatbed with some steel beams on it is going to hit the range a lot less than a big box trailer. Same as for an ICE car, but more pronounced.

    An Ibex EV will be interesting either way, because it's not really the most aerodynamic vehicle to start with.

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    EV conversions

    in International Forum

    Posted

    26 minutes ago, deep said:

     I'll never understand why people want to be anti-Apple bigots

    Because Apple is a terrible company that's been riding on the laurels of a very limited and closed ecosystem. If they had to support half the hardware and legacy software Windows does, they'd be 10x worse.

    2 hours ago, Bowie69 said:

    Well the OS being Linux based helps immensely, there's far fewer dependencies to get things up and running, e.g. development environments.

    I use a 2019 27" iMac at home which has an amazing 5K screen, the OS is lighter weight than windows IMHO and has fewer time wasting idiosyncrasies. I use a silicon Mac Air for travel, which is ~1Kg so you hardly notice it, and more than powerful enough for development work.

    Since the move to Windows 10, the UI has just got horrid, massive buttons everywhere , and a general dumbing down of things.

    I used to develop on Windows, but glad I moved to Mac around 2012.

    It depends what you are developing of course, but I do remember significant pain making thing work on Windows, because it wasn't Linux based.

    Opinions and experiences vary, I guess. Although I don't see why you use W10 "dumbing things down" as an argument, as that's been Apple's main strategy for the past decade.

    Oh well, back to EVs. I've test driven two, an Audi e-Tron and a Mercedes EQC. Both were nice, was almost tempted by the EQC until I saw the price tag and realised it would be utterly useless at 50% of my usage, so no thanks. A plug-in hybrid with fairly decent range (100km) is on its way though. And that can still run on petrol for long trips and tow 3.5T.

    Teslas I've never liked (except the original Roadster), they've always looked terrible inside and out, and Musk is a total idiot.

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    EV conversions

    in International Forum

    Posted

    2 hours ago, Bowie69 said:

    Excellent for a web developer, as in my case.

    At the risk of straying very, very far off topic: what actually makes it better for web development in your opinion? Except that all the cool kids use it ;)

    I've been a professional developer for 10+ years, and have been developing sofware and websites for 15+ years. Always on various versions of Windows. Zero issues. On the other hand, every time I have to touch an Apple anything, it tinkles me off immensely within minutes and takes way too much effort to get it to do what I want.

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    Welder wire feed motor

    in Tools and Fabrication

    Posted

    40 minutes ago, Bowie69 said:

    Does this match : 

    Drive Motor Wire Feed Feeder Assembly for Silver Beauty by HTP | eBay

    Seems like pretty generic parts if so, though granted that is in the states, there must be someone in the EU supplying them.

    That looks very similar, yeah.

    Finding an EU source would be nice, as even from the UK it's an expensive hassle to get stuff shipped these days :(

    I had found stuff like this: https://valkenpower.com/losse-onderdelen-lasapparaten/draaddoorvoer-motor-voor-mg200.html
    But that's very light on details.

    47 minutes ago, Bowie69 said:

    Also check your liner -it may just be worn out depending on how much use it has had.

    True. Probably should replace the whole torch at some point. Or a whole new welder, but it's always a little bit too expensive to just splurge on, sadly.
    How do I "check" my liner? Just cut the wire at the spool and feel if it feeds through manually smoothly?

    Welder wire feed motor

    in Tools and Fabrication

    Posted

    Hi guys,

    I have an Einhell SGA 175 Turbo that I got for free off a friend years ago. It had wire feed issues, that were improved by tightening the roller spring some more. But lately the wire feed hasn't always been smooth, and I think the whole mechanism/motor is just worn out and needs to be replaced.

    I can't seem to find any decent source of spare parts for this welder, so I'm wondering, will any generic wire feed motor work?

    Fridges

    in Getting out and about

    Posted

    8 hours ago, landroversforever said:

    I think what Elbekko is meaning above is that going that north in the summer will mean longer days so more sunshine. 

    Indeed. I think the longer days will make up for the angle of the sun. And as Mike says, you can try to angle your panels when parked.

    Fridges

    in Getting out and about

    Posted

    3 hours ago, Northwards said:

    suppose the only other 'wrinkle' I might throw in here is that it's possible we'd do a 'Scandinavia' trip or two. Summer only, not winter. That would mean less sunshine, but maybe also more 'off grid' stops? 

    Scandinavia in summer has more sun, not less. Winter would be a bigger issue.

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    Treasure from the scrap man

    in International Forum

    Posted

    1 hour ago, landroversforever said:

    I usually take the hex key out before firing it up :P 

    Not sure what you mean Daan? The nut that takes a hex key isn't any thicker than a 'normal' one? Just imagine a normal one with two blind hexagonal holes for an 8mm key rather than the two holes.

    I think Daan is confused by the custom nut in the OP.

    Small exhaust leaks suddenly a huge issue?

    in Range Rover Forum

    Posted

    Hi guys,

    Weird things going on, as always.

    Coming home from Seven Sisters with the loaded trailer, the engine started running worse and worse. Getting off the channel train, we hooked up the OBD reader, and saw Bank 1's fuel trims maxed out (long-term +25%, short-term +25%). Stopped to unplug the lambda sensor, and then at least it was only the long-term trims affecting us.

    Over the past few weeks I've been trying to make sense of things. I drove for a while with the sensor unplugged and the trims reset, and that seemed fine (and I really, really didn't feel like finding out wtf had broken this time :glare:). Plugged the sensor back in, and immediately the same problem. And seemingly worse with every restart, so I think the Motronic ECU adds the STFT to the LTFT on every shutdown or something, even though OBD says 25% is max, I'm pretty sure it's going well past that.
    At startup the lambda would be switching until a few minutes into the drive, then it started trailing off towards 0v, and staying there. Bank 2 working normally.

    So on Friday decided to have a proper look at it. Started by tracing wiring and grounds, all good. Replaced the sensor, same thing. Ok, there must be a massive exhaust leak upstream then. Found one of the manifold gaskets with a small leak, replaced both with a slathering of exhaust paste, looks good. Drive home with the OBD tool attached, bank 1 is switching fine...

    And now bank 2 does nothing. Same symptoms. Lambda is switching fine on startup, then trails off towards 0v when under load..

    Very strange that it switched banks, but ok, the same problem must be on the other bank as well then? Weird, but I had a fix for bank 1, so do the same. All gaskets look fine, somehow wiggle out the manifold without taking off anything but spark plug leads, and find a few tiny cracks in the manifold. Weld those up as best I can (one ran between the tubes...), refit everything with exhaust paste and new gaskets.

    Switching fine on idle, start driving home, once on the motorway... trailing back off to 0v. And switching between 0v and 0.120v. Get off the motorway at home, back to switching normally.

    So, err... what? How on earth could what now can only at best be a pinhole leak in the manifold where I couldn't reach with the welder, cause that big an issue with the lambda?

    All I can think of is there must be a blockage downstream in the exhaust. I don't think it's a plugged cat, as the problem switched banks. I went around with a small hammer while she was on the lift yesterday and couldn't hear anything rattling. And could an exhaust blockage that isn't bad enough to feel power loss really lead to a lambda sensor reading lean?

    All help appreciated, I'm about ready for a can of petrol and some matches.

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    It’s not OT it’s me LR diff workshop question

    in International Forum

    Posted

    49 minutes ago, SPendrey said:

    What am I missing here?  I've three fluorescent tubes in my garage, all 55W tubes.  Replacing these with LEDs which are also rated to 55W saves me nothing, actually costs me the price of the LEDs themselves.  So, where is the saving coming from?  Does dropping from 55 to maybe 35W really save that much??

    Are they actually 55W, or 55W-equivalent? Because a 55W LED is very, very bright.

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    Roamerdrive (Defender) noise

    in Defender Forum (1983 - 2016)

    Posted

    9 minutes ago, Peaklander said:

    The operation to engage / disengage is the movement of a shaft into and out of the rear of the case, of about 20-40mm. I suppose it could be done, with appropriate bracing and support of the solenoid / actuator. It would need to operate at an appropriate speed to give the synchromesh time to operate.

    Sounds to me like an ideal use case for a small pneumatic cylinder. Low pressure to not overload the synchro.

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