Starting to look good! Small recommendation: Even though that sander around 4:20 has a vacuum hose (hopefully turned on), you still want to wear a KN95 or similar light mask. The vacuum doesn't get everything🙂For any power sanding you do. Double check that 10-year-old EVSE (vehicle charger). The cable wiring is supposed to have 6 wires, the three power-carrying wires, the CP (control pilot) wire for communication with the vehicle, and 2 temperature sensor wires. I only see the mains and the (red) CP wire. I don't see any temperature sensor wires. I don't know the rules in France but in the U.S. all EVSEs are required to have a temperature sensor integrated into the plug. The two wires for that come back through the cable and are terminated in the EVSE which uses the sensor to detect potential plug overheating during charging (due to a bad connection, corrosion, age, etc). It's considered to be an important safety function in modern EVSEs. -Matt
Old drywall knives are a great find, well done. It is great to have lots in different sizes and a few to use as scrappers. A tool to look for would be a roller and brush spinner. They are great for drying out rollers especially. You put the roller on and stick it in a 5 gallon bucket and spin it nearly dry.
Great video really enjoy thank you i was going to mention pen fault protection but i see other commenters have addressed this, a tip if any fixings on your solar mounts are stainless steel use some lubricant to stop them seizing it happened a couple of times when i did mine . good luck.
In the UK we call it plasterboard, but we use dry wall screws, but I think the term dry wall is also pretty common. To ferrule or not that is the question, it depends on the cable, and on the clamp/terminal its being fitted to from what I understand. For example the terminals on the Victron MPPT's are specifically designed for fine stranded cable, and ferrules should not be used. If you look in the terminal the clamp has ridges, and if you use a ferrule you'd have a smaller contact area.
In the EU the charging plug is standardized to type 2. This can deliver three-phase current. A different plug is used in the US. This only emits one phase, otherwise they are electrically the same. I think Tesla has its own plug in the US, in the EU they use the Type 2 plug for DC or AC. Does England still use the EU plug? Or do they make their own plug for EV?
We have 2 Rolec chargers a 3kw and a 7kw, and the 7kw recently gave up on me, and would you believe not long after we got another Leaf which has the type 2 connecter, so we had to get an adapter, so had no choice had to stick with the Rolec, but found one on Ebay with Pen Fault protection for £250 happy days. Wanted a charger that would of protected the house fuse, ar well perhaps next time! What ev do you have? What price did you get the solar panels for and what make are they?
The charger is installed inside a building. There you have no connection to the earth outside the building. If the electricity supplier's thick PEN breaks, then you still have the grounding of the house. In addition, N and PE are supplied separately. If N breaks then PE is still connected. But if the world ends, I don't know it either.
What a great way to enjoy my Monday morning coffee :) The place is looking great.
Ferrules. Everything, always ^^. No arcing from loose strands.
Starting to look good! Small recommendation: Even though that sander around 4:20 has a vacuum hose (hopefully turned on), you still want to wear a KN95 or similar light mask. The vacuum doesn't get everything🙂For any power sanding you do.
Double check that 10-year-old EVSE (vehicle charger). The cable wiring is supposed to have 6 wires, the three power-carrying wires, the CP (control pilot) wire for communication with the vehicle, and 2 temperature sensor wires. I only see the mains and the (red) CP wire. I don't see any temperature sensor wires.
I don't know the rules in France but in the U.S. all EVSEs are required to have a temperature sensor integrated into the plug. The two wires for that come back through the cable and are terminated in the EVSE which uses the sensor to detect potential plug overheating during charging (due to a bad connection, corrosion, age, etc). It's considered to be an important safety function in modern EVSEs.
-Matt
Old drywall knives are a great find, well done. It is great to have lots in different sizes and a few to use as scrappers. A tool to look for would be a roller and brush spinner. They are great for drying out rollers especially. You put the roller on and stick it in a 5 gallon bucket and spin it nearly dry.
Thanks for the tips!
Great video really enjoy thank you i was going to mention pen fault protection but i see other commenters have
addressed this, a tip if any fixings on your solar mounts are stainless steel use some lubricant to stop them seizing
it happened a couple of times when i did mine . good luck.
In the UK we call it plasterboard, but we use dry wall screws, but I think the term dry wall is also pretty common. To ferrule or not that is the question, it depends on the cable, and on the clamp/terminal its being fitted to from what I understand. For example the terminals on the Victron MPPT's are specifically designed for fine stranded cable, and ferrules should not be used. If you look in the terminal the clamp has ridges, and if you use a ferrule you'd have a smaller contact area.
Up to 7 strands it is still considered a semi-rigid cable.
With more strands it is a flexible cable. But ferrules don't do any harm.
You scared me up that ladder 🤨
In the EU the charging plug is standardized to type 2. This can deliver three-phase current.
A different plug is used in the US. This only emits one phase, otherwise they are electrically the same.
I think Tesla has its own plug in the US, in the EU they use the Type 2 plug for DC or AC.
Does England still use the EU plug? Or do they make their own plug for EV?
We have 2 Rolec chargers a 3kw and a 7kw, and the 7kw recently gave up on me, and would you believe not long after we got another Leaf which has the type 2 connecter, so we had to get an adapter, so had no choice had to stick with the Rolec, but found one on Ebay with Pen Fault protection for £250 happy days. Wanted a charger that would of protected the house fuse, ar well perhaps next time! What ev do you have? What price did you get the solar panels for and what make are they?
1:19 - Americans call it "sheetrock"
I'm guessing that charger doesn't have PEN fault protection built in being 10 years old...
Nope!
The charger is installed inside a building. There you have no connection to the earth outside the building.
If the electricity supplier's thick PEN breaks, then you still have the grounding of the house.
In addition, N and PE are supplied separately. If N breaks then PE is still connected.
But if the world ends, I don't know it either.