Friday, 23 May 2014

Departure Day - 4 : Still in disarray!

OK - some people are asking when our blog will be on line and all I can say is that we are working on it!  

Thee is lots to be collated and placed here - but at the same time there are lots of other resource hungry activities happening; however, we are getting there!

Apologies for the current state - we will get there within days!

Any comment: brian.orr@ev-matters.eu 


Surely this car will have travelled furthers (on its own wheels) - here outside Stornoway, Isle of Lewis!



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By this point in the planning we really should have everything buttoned down - but we haven't!

So what needs to be done:

- Declare the route?  Well that's not so easy - there is so much uncertainty about charging (availability and performance).  Ideally we should be able to chain a series of CHAdeMO Rapid Chargers and the rest should be easy.  However there is no single repository of that shows all the points with a defintion of ownership and access means.  Risk!
- Book the hotels?  Well if we knew with precision, where we would be on each night, that would be easy?  So no action there?  More Risk!
- Book the Cross Channel Ferry  Yes we have booked that certainly; however having been told that next Thur is Public holiday in Belgium, France and Germany - we know that all garage located charging will be unavailable!  Completely screwed!

So today plan(+/-) is not to have a plan - but simply to wing-it!

So today Thurs we are going over the inventory of kit that we have to take - see it listed and illustrated on the Equipment Tab!

- 1 x Charging Cable Type 2 /J1772 Cable (UK standard Fast Charge Cable);
- 1 x Charging Cable Schuko /J1772 Cable (European Domestic and Public charging cables) - donated by Charge Amps;
- 1 x Charging Cable Type-3 /J1772 Cable (French Fast Charge cable) - donated by Schneider Electrical;
- 1 x Extension Cable 25 mtrs Schuko/Schuko;
- 3 Fly-leads: Swiss 5 am/ Schuko/ Schuko 13 Amp/ Blue Commando;
- 1 Flylead: 3-Phase / Single Phase.





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