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[ifadey]

[j_aquil]

[j_aquil]

[ifadey]

Time magazine have added BYD Seagull to its list of best inventions of 2025.

[alitayyab]

Can the Earth be tied to the Solar system earthing that is 40 feet into the ground with gypsum and stuff?

[AkbarGr8]

Does your system have a single earthing pit or two?

If single, you cannot and will require fresh AC earthing. Otherwise you can tap into the AC pit of your solar system (the other is a DC pit if you're curious to know).

[alitayyab]

Thanks for the reply

A total of 3

1. Copper Rod that ties to the panels & hammered under ground
   2 & 3 are two pits (AC & DC) with 2 separate sets of earthing points and two separate earth cables running in two separate ducts buried exterior to the house in the little green area (in front of the house). A bore drilling rig was used to drill two pits about 40 feet deep where these were buried with gypsum salts and what not.

So I guess the only way to figure out which is which is to follow the ducts back to the origin? The wire from the Inverter should be the A/C? while from panels should be D/C??

PS: I have seen many Malaysian and Indonesian Videos in which the earth connection is directly bolted in the wall on which the charger is mounted.

[alitayyab]

This cheat sheet for Residual current device says to use type B for EV charging

https://www.etigroup.eu/images/userfiles/en-GB/documents/products/building_industry/EFI-manual-use.pdf

[ifadey]

Type B is the best RCD you can get. Type A is the minimum requirement as per BYD's charger owner's manual. I would say read the owner's manual of whatever charger you buy and follow it.

[ifadey]

You can use an earth pit that's already attached with AC connection. You cannot use it with DC connected earth.

[pwuser167550015690]

Can the Earth be tied to the Solar system

I had to do a triple take here because I was so confused

[mirza.ghalib]

[pwuser164163568474]

What's the situation with deliveries nowadays? Been waiting for delivery call quite some time now on my Atto 3, after talking to a sales representative in Lahore I was told that deliveries are getting delayed a bit and I should expect my October delivery in November now after asking multiple times. Totally understandable that there would be delays, anyone has any ideas whats going on though?

[ifadey]

Yes, I heard the same. Oct deliveries to be expected in Nov.

[ifadey]

How to safely clean EV charging port and surrounding area

[ifadey]

Just to give you an idea, BYD Seagull/Atto 1 is slightly bigger than Cultus. This new BYD K-Car is made for Japanese market, and it will be smaller than Seagull. It's a true 660cc equivalent EV.IMO, BYD Atto 1/Seagull is better option for Pakistan after seeing the price tag.

"The BYD K-Car was spotted without camouflage ahead of its official debut scheduled for the Japanese Mobility Show 2025 on October 30. It will become the company’s entry-level battery electric vehicle. The price tag of the K-Car will start at approximately 2 million yen (13,085 USD)."

[ifadey]

It's sad to see brand new 7kW chargers getting burned due to incorrect installations by quack electricians. I should have made this video early. I am not a YouTuber, hence you won't find any shashka in the video. This is pure information. Only serious audience will like it.

[alitayyab]

Thank you, much appreciated for the video. Can you please pointout where you got the voltage protector device from? This looks nicer than I have which is not Wifi. Thank you.

[pwuser164163568474]

I was told that deliveries are getting delayed a bit and I should expect my October delivery in November now after asking multiple times.

I did get my delivery today Alhamdulillah. Not really sure what is up with the deliveries, they did have some shortages according to a sales agent. Hoping everyone else that's waiting on their delivery call will get one soon too

[ifadey]

I bought it from daraz but mine is 1P+1N. You should better go with 2P. Here's one from CNC's official website in Pakistan

https://c-power.pk/products/cnc-yc7va-wifi-kwh-63a-smart-protector-10-in-1-voltage-current-leakage-protection