Ubuqili beZibuko 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 kwiiposti phakathi kweendawo zokupaka. (Asikukhuthazi ukuba undwendwele zonke. Kodwa hlonipha ukuba wenza njalo.) Ezi zibuko zabekwa apho ngenxa yesizathu esinye: i-block heaters.

Xa ubushushu basebusika behla ukuya kwi -30°C (-22°F), ioyile kwinjini yegesi (ngakumbi ezindala ezingenaso isixhobo sangoku sokuqala ebusika) iyatyeba kangangokuba imoto ayinakuvuka. I-block heater igcina injini ishushu ebusuku ukuze imoto iqale ngokuthembekileyo kusasa. Kwiinkulungwane zeminyaka, oku kwakuyinxalenye yobomi kwiindawo ezibandayo. Uxhuma imoto yakho ebusuku, hayi ukuyishaja, kodwa ukuyigcina ishushu.

Nantsi ubuqili: le nto yesibuko, eyakhiwe ngokupheleleyo ukuxhasa iimoto ezisebenzisayo igesi, ngoku yenye yezona zinto zibalaseleyo iindawo ezibandayo ezinazo ekufunyanweni kwe-EV.

Isibuko esiqhelekileyo se-120V yiyo yonke into eyimfuneko kwisakhiwo ukuze sinikeze ukutshaja kwe-Level 1 ye-EV. Abashayeli bazisa intambo yabo yokutshaja, eqhelekileyo iza nemoto, baze bayixhume ukuze batshaje kancinci kancinci ebusuku ekhaya okanye emsebenzini ngexesha losuku.

Kubashayeli abaninzi abahamba umgama ongaphantsi kwe-100km (60 miles) yonke imihla, ixesha elide lokutshaja nge-Level 1 liyabanceda yonke imihla eqhelekileyo. Ngemihla ebanda kakhulu, ubusika bunokunciphisa umgama webhetri ngo-30% okanye nangaphezulu, ngoko ke ukutshaja okukhawulezayo kwe-DC esidlangalaleni kuyanceda kwiihambo ezinde okanye xa ubushushu buhla kakhulu. Ezi zibalo azilunganga kuwo onke amaxesha. Umgama wokwenene kunye nesantya sokutshaja kuxhomekeke kumzekelo wemoto, 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 sithatha ngokwendalo ukuba sibe yinxalenye yokuba ne-EV ngendlela engeyiyo kwezinye iindawo apho ukuxhuma imoto kuyimbono engaziwayo. Kuxutyushwa nezibuko ezikhoyo, oku kunika iindawo ezibandayo ukuqala okungcono ngokwenene.

Kubaninimzi be-EV kwiindawo ezibandayo, ngakumbi abo bahlala kwi-apartments, iikondo, kunye nezakhiwo ezindala, bahlala beqala ukutshaja ngokukhawuleza ngaphandle kokulinda izakhiwo ezintsha ezibizayo. Isibuko sele sikhona.

Indlela yokuhlawula umbane yayihluka: ngamanye amaxesha yayibandakanywa kwixabiso lokupaka, ngamanye amaxesha imali engaguqukiyo ngexesha lobusika, ngamanye amaxesha ixhunywe ngqo kumitha yomnye umsebenzisi. Ukuxhuma ngqo kumitha yomsebenzisi yisombululo esihle kakhulu sokutshaja i-EV. Umhlali uhlawula ngokuchanekileyo oko akusebenzisa ngombane wakhe. Kodwa akusoloko zonke izakhiwo zineendlela ezinjalo, kwaye ukuguqula oku akuhlali kuluncedo.

Kwiizakhiwo ezinganazo iindlela zokulinganisa ngqo, iindlela ezindala zemali engaguqukiyo kunye nokubandakanywa kwixabiso lokupaka azilungelanga ukutshaja i-EV ngokulinganayo kulo lonke unyaka. I-block heaters zazingasetyenziswa ngamaxesha athile ebusika obandayo, ngelixa ukutshaja i-EV kusetyenziswa rhoqo ngakumbi. Iindleko zombane ziphantse zibe sezingeni elahlukileyo ngokupheleleyo. I-EVnSteven, isicelo sokutshaja i-EV kwi-apartments nakwiikondo, inika abaphathi bezakhiwo kanye oko: ukulandelela ukusetyenziswa ngeyure kunye nokuhlawula abahlali ngenyanga, ngaphandle kwesidingo sezixhobo ezintsha.

Ngoko ke mbulela abaninimzi beemoto zegesi abaye bakha yonke le nto. Ewe, abanye babo banokuhlekisa malunga nokuba ii-EV kufuneka zixhunywe ebusuku bonke. Kodwa njengomntu wonke osebenzise i-block heater uyazi, benza okufanayo iminyaka emininzi. Kwaye namhlanje, bayahlawula ixabiso eliphezulu rhoqo xa begcwalisa igesi.

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