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buckgw

Discussion Starter · Nov 17, 2021

We're a little behind the rest of the world with the EV6.

Kia sales guy reluctantly took an order from me today. I think he was most peeved that he had to do a PAPER order as the car is not even in there system for placing orders.

No idea of specs, no idea of colours, no idea of much at all....he had seen one in the country.

I'm banking on some in Melbourne for the Australian Open Tennis as Kia are the major sponsor

Deposit paid, his guess for delivery was June....waiting waiting

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AndyM

· #1,241 · 12 d ago

Pity about the floormat fitment Dave, I hope they work with you to try get a better
fit, it would be interesting if there were any dimension changes between the GT and
GT Line models...let me know if you need any measurements taken.
I have the rubbertree mats, nowhere near a conforming fit like those, but look to be made
of similar material.

SpeedyDave

· #1,242 · 12 d ago

Yeh thanks Andy.
Pretty sure the only difference between our models is the front seat runners.

The factory mat locating pegs appear to be attached somehow to the carpet and not the floor pan.
Haven't figured out if I can remove the rear ones so the all weather mat will sit flat.
The front ones do line up with the mats , they just do not "lock in"

No biggy I guess, at least they do protect the carpet from dirt water scuffing etc.

I could always punch a couple of holes in the rear mat to line up with the factory pegs, and if I make those holes a bit smaller diameter than the pegs, they will have a certain degree of water tightness and stop the mat from moving around ( not that they do any way, they are a near exact fit to the shape of the floor wells.

It is now time to organise the ceramic paint protection !
I am amazed at how much dust is appearing on the paint, unlike what used to deposit on the Sportage.
The ceramic blurb does say that it is "anti-static" and from what I have noticed, it certainly appears so.

Solar is doing good. a bit hazy over here but not many clouds. Did 34kWh yesterday !

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AndyM

· #1,243 · 12 d ago

I'm sure you'll work out something with the floormats eventually, but it's nice
to have it fit right first go.

I did get ceramic paint protection, as an addon when I bought the car, but I kinda wish
I had done it after purchase as I'm not sure about the quality of a "dealer applied" product
vs paying for it afterwards even though it might be done at the same place (do you know what
I mean ? LOL)

The water does still bead after 6 weeks or so, but am looking at PPF for the front exposed
areas only and the rear door sills form part of the guard area and collect a lot of schumtz
and is paint, so may get that done too.

Should be able to commission my extra panels this weekend !

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SpeedyDave

· #1,244 · 12 d ago

I'll get the mats sorted eventually, and I have the factory carpet mats to fall back on if needed, so not really worried.

As for ceramic, I was super impressed with the job on my ex-Sportage, so will definitely go back to him. Haven't really thoiught about the PPF but will ask him if he does it and how much.

Be interesting to see how your solar upgrade goes , as well as the FNQ factor.

Mine hit the 5kW flat-top at 10 this morning. Looks like there is some haze around so not sure if that is the best they will do.
Summer is going to be interesting ! I'll be watching the inverter temp closely !!

These bigger new tech panels certainly sh*t all over the old style 190 watters !

ronfacciol

· #1,245 · 12 d ago

Well done Dave
I was thinking about those 10Amp diodes that you are using to isolate the strings from each other - do you think you might need some sort of heat sink over those ? I mean with a string current of say 6 amps, and a forward voltage drop of 0.7 volts, you're looking at 5Watts of dissipation.

SpeedyDave

· #1,246 · 12 d ago

ronfacciol said:
e looking at 5Watts of dissipation.

Yes they do get warm ! ( careful where you put that finger boy ! )

Was thinking of getting some TO220 packaged ones to handle the dissapation better.

With that sort of power, even the breakers get quite warm to the touch when she is really cranking !

SpeedyDave

· #1,247 · 12 d ago

These look good, but no stock yet ( 30amp @1kV )

https://au.mouser.com/ProductDetail/STMicroelectronics/STTH3010PI?qs=kndcJBrKlnREYRK0A/kquA==

But with 10amp string and 1.3vfd they would dissipate 13watts ! def need some heat sinking on those ! and probs only on the positive side.

ronfacciol

· #1,248 · 11 d ago

I did some checking on heatsinks for your existing axial diodes and it is not easy to fit a heatsink to a cylindrical component ! Apparently the practice is to rely on the leads to conduct away the heat.
I was thinking if you soldered the diode leads to a copper strip at each end (kind of like the busbar used in consumer units) and leave a decent length (10 cm ?) at each end. Then you would run the end of the strip into your breaker to terminate the diode. That would increase the surface area to conduct the heat away from the diode without too much trouble.
If you have a pyrometer or a thermal scanner, you could try to check the temperature of the diodes while in full swing to check whether you are exceeding spec - usually anywhere from 120 to 150 C.

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SpeedyDave

· #1,249 · 11 d ago

I do have an IR thermometer, but haven't bothered to investigate fully.
When I put the 8 big panels on the north roof, I did remove one of the DC breakers as it was now redundant. ( 2 of 10 x 190w strings, each on its own breaker. )
There are some definite heat marks on the sides of the breaker, down where the diodes were, so there was clearly some heat involved.

I like the idea of using some bus-bar as a heat sink. I do have some actually.
Just another project on the list !

Steyr

· #1,250 · 7 d ago

🤣🤣🤣
Check at the "Tell him he's dreaming" price on this!

https://www.carsales.com.au/cars/details/2023-kia-ev6-gt-auto-awd-my23/OAG-AD-21899864

AndyM

· #1,251 · 7 d ago

Steyr said:
🤣🤣🤣
Check at the "Tell him he's dreaming" price on this!

https://www.carsales.com.au/cars/details/2023-kia-ev6-gt-auto-awd-my23/OAG-AD-21899864

$127k WTF He must have used a random number generator to come up with that figure !!!

Dare I ask Steyr...any word ?

Steyr

· #1,252 · 7 d ago

AndyM said:
Dare I ask Steyr...any word ?

🤣 🤣 That's almost as funny as the price in the ad I listed!
Or in other words: no.

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SpeedyDave

· #1,253 · 7 d ago

Crazy prices for cars in Vic. Used Sportage's are going for $70K plus

And that GT is just ridiculous. I guess peeps are prepared to pay it as they keep asking the high prices.

On another note,
Discovered the "Speed limit" function on the cruise control yesterday

ronfacciol

· #1,254 · 7 d ago

Still no KIA update.... They were originally saying it would happen on the 30th May, but now they have changed their ETA to an indeterminate vague statement......

Steyr

· #1,255 · 7 d ago

SpeedyDave said:
And that GT is just ridiculous. I guess peeps are prepared to pay it as they keep asking the high prices.

I'm not not sure if people are paying that, or if sellers are just hopeful.
My dealer has a new blue GT on the showroom floor for immediate sale. They're asking $116k (about $3.5k over MSRP). I'm watching to see how long it sits there for, but it's been a week or two so far with no movement.

AndyM

· #1,256 · 6 d ago

SpeedyDave said:
Discovered the "Speed limit" function on the cruise control yesterday

Yeah that speed limit function is a weird feeling, if you set it to 30km/hr or something and floor it
the car gets up to that speed and keeps it there, even though your foot is flat to the floor !

PS. New panels all up and running, everything configured, I now have another 2.8ish kW to play with.

Gotta love this daylight energy !!!

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ronfacciol

· #1,257 · 6 d ago

Steyr said:
I'm not not sure if people are paying that, or if sellers are just hopeful.
My dealer has a new blue GT on the showroom floor for immediate sale. They're asking $116k (about $3.5k over MSRP). I'm watching to see how long it sits there for, but it's been a week or two so far with no movement.

They usually get very anxious to clear their stock before the end of the financial year. Interesting to watch what your dealer does...

acongdon

· #1,258 · 6 d ago

AndyM said:
New panels all up and running, everything configured, I now have another 2.8ish kW to play with

I lost one one DC SPD recently, fortunately I had a spare, have you thought about adding them and ceramic fuses? Do people use them here? I built a combiner box for each of 4 strings. I've found my DC breakers wildly unreliable. Next is to add DC current measuring since they don't all go to inverters. Got a Huawei charger working from the v2l today. Constant 2400w with very little loss, 50a into the home battery!

AndyM

· #1,259 · 6 d ago

Hey acongdon,
With my system there is no SPD or CB's on the DC side, I quizzed the installer (back in 2019) and he said they're not needed.
Since then, I look at many solar installs and have yet to see one that doesn't have the panels going straight to the inverter.
BUT mine is an AC coupled inverter (Sunny Boy) maybe it's DC coupled that requires CB's etc.
There are AC breakers on the output side which feed the Sunny Island (off grid environment).

buttonune

· #1,260 · 6 d ago

I'm banking on some in Melbourne for the Australian Open Tennis as Kia are the major sponsor

Deposit paid, his guess for delivery was June....waiting waiting

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