BYD Dolphin Surf - why nearly new discounted so much?

I was assuming we where going to get a 2nd hand Vauxhall Corsa Electric to replace our 20 year old Polo in 3 weeks time.

But I just seen what prereq BYD Dolphin Surf are going for! What is going on? What are the downsides?

(We keeping our Passet Estate for holiday etc.)

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u/AdBrave9096 — 3 days ago

Additional return of service for promotion to Corporal.

Does an Air Technician have to take to an addation return of service as part of being promoted to a Corporal?

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u/AdBrave9096 — 15 days ago

Difference between "Accelerated Apprenticeship Air Engineering" and "Aircraft technician"?

Is it the same day to day work with the only difference being A Level entry and higher starting pay?

What's the difference in training?

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u/AdBrave9096 — 18 days ago
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How does anyone in RAF cope with 18 months notice when training programmes requires you can start quickly?

It seems all the airline tagged training programs require that candidate can start quickly, so how do none pilots in the RAF cope with the 18 months notice.

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u/AdBrave9096 — 1 month ago

High voltage panels

I just discovered that "REC Alpha Pure R panels" have significantly higher voltage so will allow nicely over 150 string voltage with 4 panels.

What other panels sold in the UK for a reasonable price also have higher voltages?

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u/AdBrave9096 — 1 month ago

Is it pratical to get Victron installed with MCS (UK) paperwork?

I am thinking of getting a large battery with PV installed (Stockport/UK), it looks like to me that Victron is the best option as I need combination of large battery charging capacity and low startup PV voltage.

But it seems few economical MCS installers will use Victron.

What are other people's experience.

(3.6kw or about 8kw 48v inverter/charger but likely only 4 or 6 panels over the two sides of garage roof.)

I could use a none hybred battery inverter/charger and seperate low powered standard (MCS instaĺed) PV inverter with AC connection between them, but I like the Victron design better.

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u/AdBrave9096 — 1 month ago

Does the Octoplus MCS avoidance payment give everything needed to export with companies?

Octopus premits a payment to bypass the requirements for MCS pipework to get export meter number.

Can you than more to any other providers without being asked for MCS paperwork as you than have an export meter number?

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u/AdBrave9096 — 1 month ago

Inverters with wide MPPTs voltage range.

One option I am considering is MCS install on my single detected garage, but hard to fit enough panels to hit the min MPPTs voltage for many inverters on each side of garage roof.

(Once roofing work done on banalow may DIY additional panels.)

I thinking of 3.5kwh with a true 48v battery charge/discharge at 3.5kw combined with 16kwh Fogstar battery or 8kw+ combined with 36kwh battery.

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u/AdBrave9096 — 1 month ago
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Minimal MPPT start up voltage

When a inverter have 2 or 3 MPPT, does each MPPT need to be over the start up voltage to generate, or can they all generate when one is over start up voltage?

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u/AdBrave9096 — 2 months ago
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Inverters with lots of MPPT

I want any inverter to be controllable by a local Predbat if their internet servers are closed down or start to charge a subscription.

I have upto 6 roof angles to put PV panels on, clearly I could use Tigo Optimisers, but they cost about £40 per panel and reduces efficiency.

Victron let me add MPPT for about £60 each but are best with their more costly inverters/chargers along with needing a lot of DC wiring, bus bars and fuses. Few installers have experience with them.

I wish to use standard 48v battery(s) so I am not dependant on an impossible to repair system

Using two 3.6kw inverters can give me 4 MPPT at not much more than the cost of one 8kw inverter.

The other option is to only have 6 PV panels over 2 MPPT as most of the savings some from charging the battery(s) on off peak rather than the PV.

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u/AdBrave9096 — 1 month ago

How does "non-equity aircraft ownership" work?

What rights and responsibilities does it give other than paying the subscription and getting cheaper rental?

Can the aircraft be at a different airfield overnight?

What if one subscriber books up all days?

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u/AdBrave9096 — 2 months ago

What the definition of "paid to fly"?

A person with a PPL can't be paid for flying, but can them for example fly some "friends" while the friends pay 100% of the rental and landing costs etc?

Likewise with moving an aircraft for maintenance?

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u/AdBrave9096 — 2 months ago

Military help to buy when both serving

If a home is brought jointly by two (or more) serving personal do they each get their own interest free loan?

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u/AdBrave9096 — 2 months ago

How soon after buying a rundown house does a service personal have to leave SLA?

Say buy a home to do up that is near base, legally have it as "principal private residence" for tax issues, plan to sell it once done up.

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u/AdBrave9096 — 2 months ago

Are trades people in the military premitted to do private work when not on duty?

If someone joined up and learned a trade (plumber for example) are they premitted to spend the odd weekend when it does not effect their services job using their plumbing skills?

Can they be self employed for such work?

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u/AdBrave9096 — 2 months ago

Difference between avionics tech in Army, RAF and Navy?

It seems odd that the Phase 2 training is seperate for doing practically the same job.....

What is the difference between an avionics tech on helicopters in the 3 services?

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u/AdBrave9096 — 2 months ago

Legel rights with delayed Phase 2 training.

When the start of Phase 2 training is significantly delayed the service persons is than forced to remain in for longer due to return of service and also likely loses pay due to delayed promotion.

What rights do the service person have for compensation or to leave in such cases.

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u/AdBrave9096 — 2 months ago

UFH pipework in ceiling.

What are the methods for installing UFH pipework in plasterboard ceilings?

(I will run water a little above dew point to provide some cooling to rooms.)

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u/AdBrave9096 — 3 months ago
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UFH pipework in ceiling.

What are the methods for installing UFH pipework in plasterboard ceilings?

(I will run water a little above dew point to provide some cooling to rooms.)

UK planning laws makes it hard to installed an aircon unit (A2A) in a property that have a A2W heatpump......

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u/AdBrave9096 — 3 months ago

Home delivery used cars.

I know about Cinch, any other easy to use site for home delivery used cars?

(I wish to buy the car without a test drive so I get 14 days to check it is OK)

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u/AdBrave9096 — 3 months ago