Hassium Quarterdeck

If you make sure to think about things once in a while you may change the way you think about a lot of things. EV driver. Earthling. He/Him. 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️👽🔌🚀

[Hassium Quarterdeck @HassiumQ]

@B_nkSpace The National Grid is required to keep the lights on and ensure enough electricity is available.
There are financial penalties if they fail to do that, and independent auditing of their performance.
Why does it matter if it's from our taxes or our bills, we pay either way.

[Hassium Quarterdeck @HassiumQ]

@cars_pol Sorry but that's bollocks.
Yes you wouldn't want everyone charging at peak times in winter, but the majority of cars charge overnight when demand is low, hence the incentive pricing for off-peak charging.
https://t.co/mhXjQTg4If

[Hassium Quarterdeck @HassiumQ]

@B_nkSpace We pay for all infrastructure through our bills and through taxes.
It's always our money that pays.

[Hassium Quarterdeck @HassiumQ]

@B_nkSpace No, you've been saying that the local distribution isn't up to the job.
Although that may be the case in some places, according to the National Grid there is some ongoing work, but generally most places are fine.
Especially as it's decades away from happening anyway.

[Hassium Quarterdeck @HassiumQ]

@B_nkSpace Who cares if they are or not, it's national infrastructure and if the government want us to go EV then the DNOs are under an obligation to facilitate that.
It's just engineering.

[Hassium Quarterdeck @HassiumQ]

@hifi_the15th Slander is a crime.

[Hassium Quarterdeck @HassiumQ]

@B_nkSpace Imagine if a street of EV cars were able to have solar and home batteries instead of investing in a transformer and distribution upgrade.
Not all cars will charge all night every night, average U.K. miles is 30 ~7.5kWh a day per car.
Cars with ranges of ~250 - 300 miles now.

[Hassium Quarterdeck @HassiumQ]

@B_nkSpace If you're aware of harmonics then you'll know you get harmonics injected into the supply by any electronic equipment and that there are regulations about how noisy an appliance can be, that includes the battery chargers in electric vehicles.
Do you not think the grid know this?

[Hassium Quarterdeck @HassiumQ]

@B_nkSpace We have an 80 amp incomer fuse, although we could uprate to 100 amp (our DNO said so).

[Hassium Quarterdeck @HassiumQ]

@B_nkSpace The circuit is 32 amp, just as it is for an electric shower / cooker.
So, are there issues with everyone in a street having an electric shower or immersion heater?
You can’t guarantee that a few houses on that phase won’t use them the same time either.

[Hassium Quarterdeck @HassiumQ]

@B_nkSpace Maximum of 6.6kW with my van, for about 2.5 hours then tailing down for the remaining 2.5 for a full charge.
Can be set for 3kW and timed.
My Zappi can control to maximise my solar panel usage by charging my car with any surplus, and can use if this then that for smart control.

[Hassium Quarterdeck @HassiumQ]

@B_nkSpace You seem interested enough to ask the question of what a 7kW charge point would do to the grid.
I'm the "saving a bunch of money driving an EV" type of EV driver.
I'm also very aware of how to charge an EV, how much it costs, and what the load on the electricity supply is.

[Hassium Quarterdeck @HassiumQ]

@B_nkSpace Well as you don’t seem to be aware of how much demand cars will put on the local network, or how grid aware chargers are being mandated, or how there have been plans in place for the electric heat and transport transition. I assumed you were not an expert in the field.

[Hassium Quarterdeck @HassiumQ]

@B_nkSpace In your opinion of course.
I’m guessing you don’t work in the electrical distribution industry or you would have been aware of the work that is constantly being done to manage the grid and local distribution networks.
Grid aware can go on single phase just as easily and has.

[Hassium Quarterdeck @HassiumQ]

@B_nkSpace Not really, you seem very interested in a sector of an industry which requires a great deal of knowledge to understand.
A sector where there are plenty of experienced people and companies who are responsible for making sure things work, or they get financial penalties.

[Hassium Quarterdeck @HassiumQ]

@B_nkSpace Why would you have heard about it?
Are you in the electrical distribution business?

[Hassium Quarterdeck @HassiumQ]

@B_nkSpace How about you Google it if you’re that interested in it. The loads on the grid are monitored using scada so it’s easy to build a smart grid using that data.

It is the job of the DNO to make sure that the local distribution is up to the job so why not just let them do their job.

[Hassium Quarterdeck @HassiumQ]

@wakeupworld15 Ok. Thanks for the chat, I’ll leave you to your conspiracy theories.

[Hassium Quarterdeck @HassiumQ]

@wakeupworld15 No, it’s that we have a certain amount of time on this Earth and my interest in things outside my expertise is only cursory and fleeting.
I don’t have time to learn about a whole different area when there are already experts in that field doing the work they’re trained for.