I-Irony yeZibuko zeBlock Heater

Khetha nayiphi na indawo yokupaka e-Alberta, Saskatchewan, Manitoba, Minnesota, North Dakota, Quebec, Alaska, Norway, Sweden, okanye Finland kwaye uya kuqaphela into ongayi kuyibona kwiindawo ezishushu zomhlaba: izibuko zombane kwizithuba phakathi kwezithuba zokupaka. (Asikukhuthazi ukuba undwendwele zonke. Kodwa hlonipha ukuba wenza njalo.) Ezi zibuko zafakwa ngenxa yesizathu esinye: i-block heaters.

Xa ubushushu basebusika behla ukuya kwi -30°C (-22°F), ioyile kwi-injini yegesi (ngakumbi ezindala ezingenaso isixhobo samanje sokuqalisa ebusika) iyatyeba kangangokuba imoto ayinakuvula. I-block heater igcina injini ishushu ebusuku ukuze imoto ivuleke ngokuthembekileyo kusasa. Kweeminyaka emininzi, le yayiyinxalenye yobomi kwiindawo ezibandayo. Uxhuma imoto yakho ebusuku, hayi ukuyitshaja, kodwa ukuyigcina ishushu.

Nantsi i-irony: le nto yesibuko, eyakhiwe ngokupheleleyo ukuxhasa iimoto ezisebenza ngegesi, ngoku yenye yezona zinto zilungileyo iindawo ezibandayo ezinazo ekwamkelweni kwe-EV.

Isibuko esiqhelekileyo se-120V yinto yonke eyakhiwo elidinga ukuyinika ukutshaja kwe-EV kweLevel 1. Abashayeli bazisa intambo yabo yokutshaja, eqhelekileyo iza kunye nemoto, kwaye baxhume ukuze batshaje kancinci kancinci ebusuku okanye emsebenzini emini.

Kubashayeli abaninzi abahamba imihla ngemihla ngaphantsi kwe-100km (60 miles), ixesha elide lokutshaja kweLevel 1 liyanelisa yonke into abayidingayo ngosuku oluqhelekileyo. Ngemihla ebanda kakhulu, ubushushu obubandayo bunokunciphisa ubude bokuhamba kwebhetri nge-30% okanye ngaphezulu, ngoko ke ukutshaja okukhawulezayo kwe-DC esidlangalaleni ngamanye amaxesha kuyanceda kwiihambo ezinde okanye xa ubushushu buhla kakhulu. Ezi zibalwa azilunganga kubo bonke. Ubude bokuhamba kunye nesantya sokutshaja kutshintsha ngokuxhomekeke kwimodeli yemoto, indlela yokushayela, indawo, kunye neemeko. Amava akho angahluka, kodwa oku kuyinyani kubashayeli abaninzi bemihla ngemihla.

Abantu kwiindawo ezibandayo sele benesithethe sokuxhuma iimoto zabo ebusuku. Esi siko sidluliselwa ngokwendalo ekubeni nomoto ye-EV ngendlela engafaniyo kwiindawo apho ukuxhuma imoto kuyimfundiso engaziwayo. Xa kudityaniswa nesi siseko sezibuko esikhoyo, oku kunika iindawo ezibandayo ukuqala okunzulu.

Kubaninimzi be-EV kwiindawo ezibandayo, ngakumbi kwii-apartments, iikondo, kunye nezakhiwo ezindala, bahlala beqala ukutshaja ngokukhawuleza ngaphandle kokulinda isiseko esitsha esibizayo sifakwe. Isibuko sele sikhona.

Indlela yokuhlawula umbane yayihluka: ngamanye amaxesha yayifakiwe kwixabiso lokupaka, ngamanye amaxesha imali engaguqukiyo ebusika, ngamanye amaxesha yayingaxhunywanga ngqo kumitha yomnye nomnye. Ukuxhuma ngqo kumitha yomnye nomnye sisombululo esihle sokutshaja i-EV. Umhlali uhlawula kanye oko asetyenziswa ngombane wakhe. Kodwa akuyona yonke imizi enolu hlobo lokuseta, kwaye ukulungisa oku akuhlali kuluncedo.

Kwizakhiwo ezinganayo ne-mitha yomnye nomnye, iindlela ezindala zokuhlawula imali engaguqukiyo kunye nokufakwa kwixabiso lokupaka azihambelani kakuhle nokutshaja i-EV ngokulinganayo kulo lonke unyaka. Ii-block heaters zazisetyenziswa ngamaxesha athile kuphela ebusika obubandayo, ngelixa ukutshaja i-EV kusetyenziswa rhoqo kakhulu. Iindleko zombane zihluke kakhulu. I-EVnSteven, isicelo sokutshaja i-EV kwi-apartments kunye neekondo, isinika abaphathi bezakhiwo le nto: ukulandela ukusetyenziswa ngeyure kunye nokuhlawula umhlali ngenyanga, ngaphandle kwesidingo sezixhobo ezintsha.

Ngoko ke babulela abaninimzi beemoto zegesi abakhangele phambili ekwakheni esi siseko. Ewe, abanye babo banokuhlekisa malunga nokuba ii-EV kufuneka zixhunywe ebusuku. Kodwa njengomntu wonke osebenzise i-block heater uyazi, benza okufanayo kwiminyaka emininzi. Kwaye namhlanje, bayahlawula kakhulu xa begcwalisa igesi.

Ukuba ulawula isakhiwo esinezibuko ze-120V kwindawo yokupaka, i-EVnSteven inokukunceda uyisebenzise ukutshaja i-EV namhlanje.