Sat 18 Jan 25
This has all happened way faster than I had planned or expected.
Having committed to changing my car for an EV - and having been given a decent trade-in value for my car - I stuck my car on FaceAche MarketScam for a bit more than trade-in value, but at way less than it's actually worth.
First guy to view and after me to taking him for a spirited drive he simply offered a small deposit and said he'd take the car. No negotiation. No offers. Just committed right there on the spot at my advertised price.
I had a charger install sparky over on Tuesday (14 Jan) to do a quote for installing charger. Not an easy one - since my car port is separated away from the house
My car was collected and driven away on Wed (15 Jan).
The charger is ordered and in transit - as is the integrated 6mm plus cat5e SWA cable (££££s).
Install is happening late next week. I should also get the car late next week.
I now have a bit of an emergency to rig up some kind of plinth that the charge point will be attached to.
Problem being that I don't have my car and can't go out to get "long" timber since it wouldn't fit in our other impractical car.
Luckily, kind of, I have at my disposal:
Two 75x75mm treated fence posts (intended to replace a couple of wobbly fence posts - but that'll have to wait...)
Some offcuts of interior T&G softwood cladding.
A few lengths of CLS.
I know this is not an ideal catalogue of materials - especially the interior cladding (although my 10 year old log store has a sloped roof of the exact same cladding and has survived OK after initial coating with fence paint...)
But I also plan that this isn't a permanent fixture - it's just something that is sufficient for the task of supporting a charge point and "safe" in all aspects - I'll plan or replacing it with something more appropriate maybe as early as this summer...
I did a rough sketch of an idea that I came up with:
This needs to be completed by tomorrow sunset...
If anyone has any comments on this, I'd be very grateful to read them.
Either that, or simply wish me luck!
This has all happened way faster than I had planned or expected.
Having committed to changing my car for an EV - and having been given a decent trade-in value for my car - I stuck my car on FaceAche MarketScam for a bit more than trade-in value, but at way less than it's actually worth.
First guy to view and after me to taking him for a spirited drive he simply offered a small deposit and said he'd take the car. No negotiation. No offers. Just committed right there on the spot at my advertised price.
I had a charger install sparky over on Tuesday (14 Jan) to do a quote for installing charger. Not an easy one - since my car port is separated away from the house
My car was collected and driven away on Wed (15 Jan).
The charger is ordered and in transit - as is the integrated 6mm plus cat5e SWA cable (££££s).
Install is happening late next week. I should also get the car late next week.
I now have a bit of an emergency to rig up some kind of plinth that the charge point will be attached to.
Problem being that I don't have my car and can't go out to get "long" timber since it wouldn't fit in our other impractical car.
Luckily, kind of, I have at my disposal:
Two 75x75mm treated fence posts (intended to replace a couple of wobbly fence posts - but that'll have to wait...)
Some offcuts of interior T&G softwood cladding.
A few lengths of CLS.
I know this is not an ideal catalogue of materials - especially the interior cladding (although my 10 year old log store has a sloped roof of the exact same cladding and has survived OK after initial coating with fence paint...)
But I also plan that this isn't a permanent fixture - it's just something that is sufficient for the task of supporting a charge point and "safe" in all aspects - I'll plan or replacing it with something more appropriate maybe as early as this summer...
I did a rough sketch of an idea that I came up with:
This needs to be completed by tomorrow sunset...
If anyone has any comments on this, I'd be very grateful to read them.
Either that, or simply wish me luck!
