I was originally planning to do this but after reading a bit I’m concerned about the risks of pulling that much power from a 3-pin socket. Especially overnightMy advice - and I have yet to get my own EV, it's coming in June - is to see how you get on with a boring old wall plug and decide whether you actually need to get a specialist charging box fitted.
A 13A/240V supply will charge an e-Golf completely overnight; do you actually need to be able to charge faster than that?
Obviously, if you don't already have a suitable external power supply in a good place for where you park your car, ignore me
When are you going fully electric?
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If you can put it near-as-damn-it/its own circuit it shouldn't be an issue. It draws closer to 10A and the granny chargers have thermal protection built in. I've been doing it for 2 years now.
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Yeah 1.3million bulbs instead yeah?
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Yeah they are always on and the blank zones are done with shutters so there’s also a mechanical element to the system.
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Make the LED bulb, the power supply/control unit and the housing separate units/modules.
Especially these days when replacing a headlight housing assembly can me removing radiator grills and front bumpers.
Especially these days when replacing a headlight housing assembly can me removing radiator grills and front bumpers.
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paddles will likely either be for regen or eco / power modes..... unless they have tried to copy why hyundai have done with that special edition ionic 5.Anyone seen the new 2025 cupra born?
They've added a bigger motor and it has paddle shift gearchange
i love the looks of the cupra born and if my parents ever buy a new car i really hope they give that car a real consideration. I have suggested they look at that, the volvo EX30, and maybe the long range MG4 (my dad always said he hated the look of he tesla model 3 so that was out, however am not sure what he will make of the new facelift. personally i think externally its a big improvement on the visuals..
however i think after discussing it they are gonna stick with what they have for another year or 2.
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pixcell/samsung ones as used in Model3 suspect you could replace board, but would first have to dismantle it, if it wasn't all destroyed in crash.
seems leds in bmw weren't always a performance upgrade -
I think the colour quality CRI in xenons is better too, leds look harsh with the blue peaks (whether you could grow grass with a led headlight ?)
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The upcoming Tavascan also looks like a tasty looking car. It’s essentially an ID4/5 and Enyaq without the dullness
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The whole reason a lot of LED headlamps are being taken is for weed growing farms.
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Don't we have enough ugly looking crossover things in the world already?
haven't seen my first id7 yet - but if consumers are genuinely concerned about range then non-aero / big-frontal SUV's like tavascan aren't on the true path.
will both share the same drivetrain too, I thought, which should crystallize the decision.daddy or chips
I obviously have the wrong vocation - efficient grow lights need more reds - maybe plants will evolve though, for led's deviant light spectrum
e: https://pubs.sciepub.com/wjce/6/1/6/index.html#Figure4
will both share the same drivetrain too, I thought, which should crystallize the decision.
I obviously have the wrong vocation - efficient grow lights need more reds - maybe plants will evolve though, for led's deviant light spectrum
e: https://pubs.sciepub.com/wjce/6/1/6/index.html#Figure4
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Yea the high "temperature" LEDs have a lot of blue light, which is counterproductive.
Not sure it's that useful for plants either. The percentage of blue light from these headlights put out is a lot more than the sun emits (25% vs over 30%).
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On the contrary blue light is good for plants..
Do ypu not think that research has been done?
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OFC, the whole spectrum from the sun is. Doesn't mean they will use that amount of it though. High levels of blue light isn't natural, which is why it is bad for eyes
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Plants are green because they don't make much use of the green bit of the spectrum - neither Chlorophyll A nor B absorb it well - but they can make good use of both the blue and red ends of the spectrum. Looking at the LED spectrum above the problem isn't the blue peak; it's that the other major peak is right in the middle of the region that plants won't make much use of.
Mostly plants just need a lot of light, and while car LED lamps might not be perfectly tuned, I can't see a reason they wouldn't work.
That’s good to know. I already have external 3 pin sockets and only need to charge every few weeks. I’ll see how I get on with it before committing £1K for a proper charging point.