Recent content by wattmatters

One of the really neat things about the MG4 (and other EVs) is that the auxiliary battery gets charged not only while driving but also while the car itself is being charged which for most EVs is pretty regularly. It also will use the drive battery to do an interim top up charge if necessary. So...

LFP and Na batteries have multiple cells that can fail too. Not sure what the number of cells has to do with anything. Same battery gods. Lead acid is pretty robust, has proven its worth for over a century and if not abused it will last pretty well, and one just needs to swap it out on a...

Why bother with anything other than a standard lead acid replacement? The car's charging system is set up for it.

December plus full calendar year data. Comparisons with previous Decembers shown. Not a big month of driving but 92% of it was powered by the sun via our own generation. In December we added a 12.5 kW bidirectional DC charge module to our home solar/battery system. The charge from solar...

No. They don't have a great customer service reputation and the additional risk/reward ratio just isn't worth it. Globird provides 90% of the benefit but is risk free.

My retail plan has free energy 11 AM - 2 PM and pays a $1/day bonus for not importing energy between 6-8 PM. We can earn extra bonus credit for exporting in the same 6-8 PM window plus also responding to critical grid events where we can earn $1/kWh for exports.

It's a Sigenergy 12.5 kW EVDC module which forms part of the Sigenergy stack. From the floor up there are 4 x 8 kWh battery modules (32 kWh), the EVDC unit and on top the 12 kW single phase energy controller/inverter. Being integrated in this manner had advantages/disadvantages. Works well for...

Recently added a bidirectional DC EV charge station to our home solar/battery system. Works well, really sucks down the excess solar nicely, been charging wife's car at 10-11 kW this afternoon. Have also tested the V2H for both our MG4 Essence 64 and my wife's MG ZSEV Excite. We had a grid...

November stats added.

Same here. The lack of option to quickly dismiss ELK is mildly annoying. It sounds to me like you got the same updates I did , i.e. not whatever the full update suite is but all the required safety system updates. Fortunately the ELK is much better behaved and so I just leave it now. It's...

My climate entity is: climate.xxxx_vehicle_climate With xxxx being my car's specific ID.

I'm using: https://github.com/SAIC-iSmart-API/saic-home-assistant-addon There is no sensor just for charging power - the car reports the power flowing to/from the battery. You could create a custom sensor which filters only for positive power and only when the car is at home. I measure power...

Yes. I've tried that, still too bright. Night time interior light pollution is pretty bad with this car. I think an added light bar may be the go for the headlight issue. Local auto electrician or DIY?

I still want the information, just not to be blinded by it. I live on a country road, forest. On our roads it constantly goes on and off on some sections. It makes seeing far more difficult than it need be. But the big dark spot it leaves is the worst.

I hate the headlights on my MG4. On our roads, if going around a right curve the road ahead is dark. And the never ending flipping on and off of the auto high beam. Exacerbated by the stupidly bright display screens, even when on their lowest brightness setting. I really dislike driving the...