EV 7

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Trev Guru Joined: 15/07/2006 Location: Australia Posts: 640	Posted: 12:49am 04 Sep 2019       Back down the coast in June 2019. Noosa EV Expo. I have done this trek before without needing the generator, but I had bought a new petrol DC generator system (3 at 60v) and wanted to try it out. If it failed, it was ok, because I didn't need it anyway. It did fail. Parts came undone and other parts broke off. Oil leaks, which made a big mess. For a stand-alone solar back-up generator they will be ok, but not for range extending / hybrid EV application. I was glad I had them though, they did get me out of a bind at Cooroy. Cooroy charge station did not work and Chargefox couldn't fix it. So I started the generators to move on. Without the gennies, means a tow truck. It is not very often I have to share a charge point with other EV's. A BMW I3 came in to charge. He used the fast DC charger which was still working. I need the Type 2 which was not working. . Trev @ drivebynature.com