u/pjvenda

Well, it's no news that things fail. But until it happens you don't know how.

TL;DR: when EV charging cables fail, they don't necessarily stop working. You may still be able to charge the car in some way even with a faulty cable.

My home charging cable has been in use for just over 4y, it's a menekes blue AC cable (3ph I believe, but only ever used in a 1ph charger). So not a rubbish/cheap cable. It does have an awful design flaw in that the protective lid for the car connection side would pool up rain water via the locking slot with no way to drain it...

Anyway 2 days ago, id7 wouldn't hold a 7kW charge. It would go up to 7, then down to 0/0.5kW and hold it there for a bit then back up to 7. After some time of doing this it would stop charging. I thought it was software that was acting up... I managed to get a charge in at 2kW through the night. Not ideal, but I will test tomorrow to make sure it is the car acting up, not the charger.

Sure enough the EX30 charged at 7kW - phew! Until it didn't... slowed down to 50W and stayed there. Whoops!! So it's not the id7! Swapped the cable for a longer yellow one that came with the id7 and the ex30 charged normally.

So the blue menekes cable is faulty in some way, just not enough to not work. I believe these are entirely passive wires (i.e. have no circuitry in the connectors I'm told they do have a resistor that informs the charger of the current limit) so the only option is careful monitoring of impedance while in operation by the onboard charger, the wall charger or both.

Hi all, Sorry if it's more of the same, I got an email from OR saying "Pedro, we’ve built Full Fibre to XXX XXX" [my post code]... A couple years ago Gigaclear laid down fibre and installed to a bunch of houses, but I'm at the end of a cul-de-sac so they didn't get here - sent an email saying 'sorry we're not getting to your property'.

The area contract was handed over to OR (as I understand it) and then there's been very sporadic work that I've noticed with vans here and there, but nothing close to my house. No real digging, no floor boxes, nothing that drew my attention. I have ducted copper vdsl, the build is early 80s.

The thinkbroadband map for Project Gigabit OMR Jan 2026 lists my house as 'under review' with a few others around showing 'gigabit service available'. BT's wholesale broadband checker suggests FTTP is available (see below). I checked with my ISP and indeed it gives me the option to order FTTP.

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How likely is it that this is accurate and FTTP is indeed available here?

My mains stopcock doesn't move. I know these are prone to seizing due to lack of use and it's a nightmare when they break, so I didn't push it hard at all to get it moving.

Is it safe and advisable to squirt a bit of plusgas a couple times in the hope it unseizes? And if it does can I further lubricate it to help it not seize again? With what?

Will the plusgas seep into the pipes and poison me and the supply?

Thanks in advance. Anything other than trying to unseize it chemically and gently will ofc be a call to a plumber.

Hi all,

I'm a relatively inexperienced player, and I've only ever had a floating bridge guitar - my ibanez 370dxz. I'm quite comfortable with it, I understand and have no trouble adjusting and setting up the trem, etc. Tuning stability is perfect for my playing frequency and intensity. But I don't use the trem.

I am looking to trade for a better quality guitar and really considering a fixed bridge. Because (let's face it) setup is *much* simpler and quicker and I like simple. That said, the locking nut is magic and I'll be sad to see that feature go. There's always the question of how quickly in my learning journey will I think "I need a trem..." but I'll cross that bridge when I get there. There's plenty to keep me busy I reckon.

My question is: for those who handle ibanez fixed bridge guitars (possibly with locking tuners), how do you find your tuning stability? do you need to tune often (weekly, monthly, daily) or does it stay in tune? What am I losing to stability with a good quality fixed bridge guitar kit - say a prestige for the sake of example.