Good morning daily

[Greynomad]

Peter,
Even if you could afford the top-rated load version, once you hooked up your fiver, filled the water tank, packed your clothes, food and etceteras on board, you’ll probably be looking at a max range of 150km.
Then you’ll have to plug it in to the nearest tree, cause you’ll be a long way from the nearest charging station!

… or look for a homestead with a very long extension cord and somewhere to plug it in for a day or two.

Electric Motorhomes MIGHT be available in Europe in the next decade, but over there 150km puts you in the next country — or the one beyond it. And every p!ssfart little town has a couple of charging stations.
Where’s the nearest one to you?
Our gummint still has a long way to go with EV support before charging stations are as common as service stations serving petrol and diesel.

[BernieQ2]

Morning one and all.
I stepped outside nuffin duty's for a bit yesterday...the solar is now back on the roof
I rounded up three neighbor's and it took about one minute to do the task at hand, then about a hour later they left....I got all the "gos"
Didn't get to the ride on, but did mow the back yard with the push mower...two of the locals offered their ride on to me if I need We had another goanna wander through yesterday... smaller than "Anna" by about a third .
Also seen a Peacock on my walk, plus could hear others in the bush.
Keep safe out there.
Bernie.

[bob r]

Morning all
Bit of fog this morning supposed to be a sunny day
Yesty was a funny day weather wise sunny then a little shower then sun again then a little shower
Maryborough is today's adventure another dr appointment.

Bob

[supersparky]

Good morning everyone. It overcast and a bit dreary here today. Retained membership of the nuffin club yesty.
We are doing a bit of a tour today. I hope all the sickies are on the way to recovering.
It's Remembrance Day today. Lest we forget.
Safe travels everybody.

[jon_d]

Morning all.

Big day ahead. Not sure when.

[T1 Terry]

Peter,
Even if you could afford the top-rated load version, once you hooked up your fiver, filled the water tank, packed your clothes, food and etceteras on board, you’ll probably be looking at a max range of 150km.
Then you’ll have to plug it in to the nearest tree, cause you’ll be a long way from the nearest charging station!

… or look for a homestead with a very long extension cord and somewhere to plug it in for a day or two.

Electric Motorhomes MIGHT be available in Europe in the next decade, but over there 150km puts you in the next country — or the one beyond it. And every p!ssfart little town has a couple of charging stations.
Where’s the nearest one to you?
Our gummint still has a long way to go with EV support before charging stations are as common as service stations serving petrol and diesel.

I think Peter is planning on building a motorhome, not dragging the 5'er any more.
As far as finding somewhere to plug in, there is this new fangled idea where they turn sunlight in to electricity ..... sounds crazy eh ..... I wonder when they'll develop the thingy that changes sun light into diesel or petrol ..... nah, fuel stations have been everywhere you could possibly need one since time began, they'll never get sparkitricity stations for electric vehicles within driving distance ......

T1 Terry

[Noggins]

A solution to EV tugs and Motor Homes
A 3kva generator
Pull up for the day in any bush camp of choice, the same as you used to do when you used an ICE tug, drag out the genni, and connect it where ever needed.
Same as you used to do in the "old Days", but with a slightly bigger genni than a honda 2 ( for the extra power required for a quicker charge)
Check the van's power from the solar that's been charging the house batteries when you were driving during the day. Same as before EV's
Viola, after a few hours of running you have a fully or partly recharged EV.
Of course, you'd consider the other campers there and not run the genni all night.
And as an extra, the unused battery power from the van can be used to transfer, by a suitable unit, power to the EV's battery in an emergency of low battery.



Ron

[Noggins]

A solution to EV tugs and Motor Homes
A 3kva generator
Pull up for the day in any bush camp of choice, the same as you used to do when you used an ICE tug, drag out the genni, and connect it where ever needed.
Same as you used to do in the "old Days", but with a slightly bigger genni than a honda 2 ( for the extra power required for a quicker charge)
Check the van's power from the solar that's been charging the house batteries when you were driving during the day. Same as before EV's
Viola, after a few hours of running the genni you have a fully or partly recharged EV.
Of course, you'd consider the other campers there and not run the genni all night.
And as an extra, the unused battery power from the van can be used to transfer, by a suitable unit, power to the EV's battery in an emergency of low battery.



Ron

[RobertNotBob]

Morning all looking forward to getting on the plane today for the trip home. Managed a 30 minute chat with my mate but he only expects a couple of weeks more. Take care Robert

[Greynomad]

As far as finding somewhere to plug in, there is this new fangled idea where they turn sunlight in to electricity ..... sounds crazy eh ..... I wonder when they'll develop the thingy that changes sun light into diesel or petrol ..... nah, fuel stations have been everywhere you could possibly need one since time began, they'll never get sparkitricity stations for electric vehicles within driving distance ......

T1 Terry

T1,
They developed the sunlight-to-diesel system AGES ago!
Sun fell on plants which grew bigger; dinosaurs ate the plants; dinosaurs wiped out by meteor strike, fell down & got covered with dirt, decomposed and VOILA!
Instant diesel!!
After humans came along we drilled holes in the dirt to get to it. Sold the rougher stuff as diesel and boiled it a bit to make petrol.
Simples!