SauRoNZA
Honorary Master
So I’ve booked a test drive of the Ora once it lands here end of November/December.
While I doubt I’ll jump on it unless it’s a truly flawless experience that ticks every box, the stupid taxes remain in place and/or no rebates exist for going EV I just can’t justify giving money away.
But some questions popped up in my head and oddly aren’t that easy to find answers to so I figured I would ask here.
1. Would the EV Charger be connected on the DC side of the Sunsynk? I would imagine that’s best so there aren’t any losses.
2. I would imagine this would happen on the Auxiliary and you can then configure that to only run under certain conditions.
3. Would the car require a certain minimum to start charging? Or is it much like the batteries connected in line where it would take what it gets?
I had another one but now lost track of it, might edit in later.
Between work from home days and weekends I could see us happily keeping an EV topped up with our excess in summer and maybe play a bit with the range in winter.
There’s also the option of adding a second 8kW Sunsynk and another 10-12 panels East and West down the line which would make it perfectly sustainable.
While I doubt I’ll jump on it unless it’s a truly flawless experience that ticks every box, the stupid taxes remain in place and/or no rebates exist for going EV I just can’t justify giving money away.
But some questions popped up in my head and oddly aren’t that easy to find answers to so I figured I would ask here.
1. Would the EV Charger be connected on the DC side of the Sunsynk? I would imagine that’s best so there aren’t any losses.
2. I would imagine this would happen on the Auxiliary and you can then configure that to only run under certain conditions.
3. Would the car require a certain minimum to start charging? Or is it much like the batteries connected in line where it would take what it gets?
I had another one but now lost track of it, might edit in later.
Between work from home days and weekends I could see us happily keeping an EV topped up with our excess in summer and maybe play a bit with the range in winter.
There’s also the option of adding a second 8kW Sunsynk and another 10-12 panels East and West down the line which would make it perfectly sustainable.
