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| Posted: 10:00am 04 Sep 2019 |
August 2019
Ipswich EV Expo.
This is the first trip that I had to use my phone and chargefox app to switch on the charge outlets. First, I set up an account with chargefox which includes credit card details so they can deduct the payment. However they have not started to deduct any money yet. So just as all the other trips have been, totally free electricity still. It was easy to connect up both sides of the Type 2, that is, 2 outlets of 32A 3 phase each, before chargfox took over the control. I did eventually work it out though, I can still be connected to both at the same time. A little tricky with only one phone/ app. Much easier with 2 devices.
One charge point didn't work on this trip as well, Childers. Spent around 2 hrs on the phone to chargefox support with no success to get this charge outlet functioning. See the 2 red lights on the charge outlet in the background. They kept trying to reset the fast DC charge outlet, even though I told them I can't connect to the fast DC outlet. I told them over and over again I needed the Type 2 AC outlet. A guy from chargefox rang me 2 days later and said the Type 2 AC hardware was broken and had no idea when it would be fixed. I managed to work my way around this problem, and still did not have to use the generator.
This Ipswich show I decided to follow the many suggestions that I should show the same way that I drive. Many people don't believe that I tow T-Rev on the trailer, so here it is, around 2000km round trip. From Kuttabul to Ipswich and back again.
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Trev @ drivebynature.com