Billy you have taken the words out my mouth, it would be far safer to include a relay in that circuit and purpose make fuse holder. Come on Andy your a radio HAM like myself and I'm a qualified BMW technician I would never create something like that.
Ah well... I mean if you really wanted to do it properly you could wire it through the ignition, add a dedicated fuse in the fusebox and use a PWM Fan control with thermostat and a use a Renault Clio switch on the dash to match the other side! But hey I just needed to finish the damn video😅
@@GvanderWindtMusic You´re absolutly right ;-) Too many finger on keyboard error ;-) Announced in october 2018, retooling in Busan march 2019, start production in November 2019. You couldn´t order a Twizy in Germany since the start of 2019.
@@Sidowse the twizy weighs 500 kilograms with me +100 it is not a hotstarter but it isnt slow. Saw a vid of andy kirby he tuned his one it be faster accel and max speed but the new twizys arent tunable cause of the new software of swecon.... driving a twizy is unique not comparable with a car or motorcycle
@@Sidowse as i said the older twizy s are tunable the bord electrik is just limited from factory for city use. the motor can do more but still isnt overpowered thats true. the main issues with the twizy is his slow 2kw onboardcharger and the shitty seat i can tell you that. you can even go upstairs with the twizy is fun ^^
You need to bond a couple of magnets to where the straps are. Should be enough to stop the flapping but easy the push apart when getting out. The new doors do look fantastic!
@@andykirby cheeky bit of mechanical rubber over the hole where the straps atatch to the window with a slit cut in for the strap to come through should seal up the hole from water or tbh a simple bicycle puncture patch on the outside over the hole the strap goes through would do the trick or some gaff tape btw whats the music situation like in there? do you just use headphones or is there a stereo or do you just put something on the phone and listen to that via phone speakers
I’ve got the same heated seat cover, had it for 12 months now, it has creased but I can’t feel the crease. The timer is set for 30 minutes and you can’t turn it off. I have had mine on constantly whilst driving and it performs great, it does not cut out like cheaper ones do. I have spinal arthritis and having it on all the time means I can drive for longer without discomfort.. I even have it on in the summer 😂
Have you considered an airhawk inflatable seat cushion? I got one for my motorcycle and it makes a huge difference on long trips but they're not heated.
From one Twizy owner to another...great video again on the little go-kart. I’ve had these windows about a year now and love them compared to others. Only thing I could with is replacement Velcro pads solution as the summer heat softened the adhesive that they came off the plastic.
Nice to have some other Twizy owners here😁 That’s interesting, I guess any industrial Velcro pad would work. Someone also mentioned magnets but I’m not sure how the works...
Andy, if the heater is only drawing 4A you need to change that 30A fuse, if the heater shorted out the 15A wining would go up before the fuse. Use a 7.5 or 10A and a fuse holder, that fuse will fracture with its connectors bend and with vibration, it will make it worse. Loving the windows, far better than the old ones Good luck
Hey Andy great video on the accessories. I recently contacted the government motorbike registration & license authority here in Western Australia to see if I could get a license & registration for an Electric reverse Trike, 2 wheels at the front, 1 wheel powering legally on the road & they surprised me saying yes there is a special license for Trikes only. So cool this year I'll be building an 8kw 900rpm using 21"x1.85 motorbike wheels & 21-90/90 Adventure style tyres that are 50/50 road/dirt. With those tires & 21" rims the max speed will be 121km/hr or 75.2 mph on a flat road with a bit of a long run up. I'll also put 720x 6"x6" solar cells that are 3600w over the fibreglass body panels so that I can increase the range between 720km to 900km or 448 miles to 560 miles in 9 hours of traveling, the 72v 8 kW 21" motorbike wheel with the 180ah 13.32 kW hr battery together with the 3600w solar panels & the lightweight vehicle is why it can travel so far. I could travel across Australia in 6 days during summer easily doing a casual 720km a day & if I am out in the middle of nowhere I can set up a 2kw pure sine wave inverter generator that produces a bit over 1200w to power a 13 amp charger to charge the Trike's battery up in 12 hours & 15 minutes during the night before leaving in the morning the next day. Over the 6 days journey if I had to use the generator to charge 5 times I would only use around 33 Litres of petrol or 7.25 UK or 8.7 US Gallons to cross 3935 km or 2445 miles of country. I hope that you wish me luck.
3600w solar? Something is wrong with your math mate... But even if you manage to get All those cells on you will only be able to have maybe 30 or 40% of them in direct sunlight producing top Power. Just keep that in mind.
5.131w x 600 Cells = 3078.6 Watts + 4.92w x 120 = 590.4 Watts Totally = 3669 Watts. Perth to Sydney 3935 km running west to east which just so happens to follow the sun. The way that I plan to arrange them will keep as many in the sun as possible in a rectangle shape, curved. They only might get around 2/3 the actual power if I use copper foil that you buy for spot welding Li-Ion batteries on the bus bars & cell connectors because normally they use nickel coated steel which accounts for most of the losses because of it being a poor conductor of electricity. Look the point is that I'm willing to try to do something that is very much different than what we are forced to have if we buy electric vehicles. There are no current electric vehicles that can travel & charge at the same time, there are no electric vehicles that have such a long range & I'm not trying to make a business, it won't look pretty, it will be functional & cheap when it comes to an electric vehicle.
I wish they had the Twizy in the u.s. i have its "big brother" the Daimler Mercedes Renault Smart fortwo Electric Drive and the two would make great companions!
20:18 That part of the video reminds me of the part in Apollo 13 when Gary Senise is in the simulator trying to see how many amps are needed to power the computer.
Heya I find all this stuff interesting, and have starting modding myself, I wanted to ask you and others about getting official qualifications, or must have courses to complete, for knowledge and safety. For example I would like to be able to make my own batteries, add a circuit to an exsisting circut, increasing loads, everything to be honest.
If there was a way to strap enough batteries on that with a fast charge option to make it 100+ mile capable, I'd snatch one of those up in a heartbeat.
if you put a bigger battery or even remove the rear seat and build some tyop of rack and put 4 batterys would you extend your range? it be a fun project!.
Speaking as a Bentley driver who has driven recently a Lamborghini, RR Wraith, Lotus Elise, BMW i8, Porsche Panamera Hybrid, and Tesla S (and Roadster), there is nothing that comes close to the Twizy for fun. Absolutely 110% glee.
Renault really needs to build a second gen Twizy.. I drove it twice and I absolutely love it but the range is killing it for me (top speed of 80 kph is fine), I want to be able to visit my parents at 35 kms distance without need to charge there.
Good video. I am impressed with the way Google uses (really good) transparant adds. They do not obscure your video. You can leave them on the whole video. Might make some extra coins.
Now if Renault would release a model with a better range one of these could b quite good for work. Unfortunately I really need a far better range to be able to depend on a vehicle.
Those windows will definitely be better than the other ones. Look a good fit. Noticed all your keyboards in the vid. You make all your own music for the videos?
Great idea for the next twizy video is take it thru a car wash, the one down at spellbrook would be good and have one side with the new window and the other with the old and compare them.
Yeah that would be interesting!!! That’s a pretty good car wash that one especially for like £3! I wouldn’t trust the older windows in there but I think these would be alright.
Very interesting coming across your channel. FIrst seeing many of your Twizy videos. I really like that little car. And in the background I see some interesting musicgear, and now, I spot an Icom 7100. Now, that's just awesome. I too share many of your interesting hobbies. Just wanted to say thanks for many interesting videos, and perhaps it's possible to hear you on the airways sometime. TNX de LB3OH 👍
Hi Andy, love that little heater... I am useless with most things electrical but will give it a go. As for the drag race we could meet half way. Will start looking at Google map and places we can charge and race!
Great vid Andy, we really enjoyed it. These windows are really good, and this by far the best vid on the net about them. When I finally source a good pre owned Twizy with doors I will buy them from your store. Would you be willing to give any advice regarding a good place to purchase a Twizy? I am in East Lothian and I don’t think there are too many in Scotland. Thank you and keep up the great vids 😀
Great video Andy, windows look proper OEM. Is there a chance of the heater adhesive failing and jamming under brake, if so maybe a more permenant fixing. Great job!
Hi Andy, I love your videos on the TWIZY. If you are still around today, 05/2021, what do you think of the new CITOEN AMI, and could you look into this for tuning and upgrades etc. I would like to buy one, but want it to do 90km. Thanks for all your great work. Andreas
Citroen AMI is interesting, you are right that it needs some serious mods to make it stand up against the twizy! If we ever get them in the UK then maybe I'll get one to experiment with!
@@andykirby re AMI: Andy, thanks so much for your quick reply. Hereafter is a link to an interesting article (05/05/21) about the AMI-UK issue. Let's stay in touch about this topic. If there are any mods coming up here in France, I will let you know. Kind greetings, Andreas www.drivingelectric.com/citroen/894/citroen-ami-electric-city-car-could-be-sold-uk
Hi mate, I’ve been watching your videos for a while now and you seem really knowledgable on a lot of things, particularly electrical and electronics, have you done any formal qualifications? I am looking at doing a HNC and was wondering if that’s something you may have done or gone further?👍🏼
Hi, thanks for commenting. Yeah I actually did Broadcast Audio Engineering at college but didn’t do a HNC or go to university or anything, I never was much of an academic, most of what I’ve learnt has been self taught. If you’ve got a passion for something I believe you’ll succeed regardless of an education. There’s nothing like learning your own way at your own pace on your own terms :-) this is why I now also work for myself.
If you can't read the manual, download google translate for your phone, and it'll translate all the text through augmented reality witht he camera. Really cool!
Completely unconnected to the video but noticed your amateur radio on the worktop. What is your call sign? Would be great to try and work you at some point.
Great video, thanks Andy!! So tempted to get one of these for my commute. But I need more range... 35mi each way. When are you going to extend twizy's battery capacity? ;)
In Malaysia also sell this e-car here... this car got good review driving in town... But the car not suitable here cause we have hot season & rain season... And the rain & Strom was unpredictable The car have no aircond, in hot season in traffic jam almost trapped in hot oven
Hey Andy, I’d really like to buy korean Windows. But have a few questions.. So as I understood the air is not coming from the back anymore, but what about the front part ? And the part around the rotator of the door opening? Thanks a lot =]
Hi Andy hows the micro camper doing, just wondering how good the panel heater was. you did say there would be more on it but can't remember if there was a followup and was it infra red
It still puzzles me that the Twizy doesn't just come with windows from the factory. Clearly a lot of people want windows if there are multiple aftermarket options.
Probably more secure than a motorcycle as they can’t life it up and put it in a van ... easily!oh and you’ll also need access to a plug socket so you can charge it.
andy kirby ah okay nice, I used to just park my moped outside my house and it never got touched but someone recently pulled out on me and caused me to crash 🙄 so I’ve been looking at a twizy to buy if I was to get back on the road so it sounds better than a bike
Great video I want a twizy. :) That feet heater I ordered a similar one November. Yet to arrive. The idea to install within frame Ebike. Only keep the temperature 5c or above allow charging without removal battery pack from bike.
Cool! Make sure you don’t heat one side of the battery more than the other. The whole battery needs to be heated equally which is a bit difficult to do, you could just try and heat up the space without directly heating the battery. I’ve been thinking about this for when I finally make a new Twizy battery.
andy kirby Heater with remote off only bring the pack too above 5c and all three blocks of the 21s pack have temperature sensors. I get what are saying the fan should spread the heat around enough and once on the road the pack generates satisfactory heat. Ran a 1kwh pack wrapped in a few plastic bags during temperatures that low chain derailleur gathered ice. Question: That Type 2 connector single pole key switch? Does that signal to the charge socket to disengage the lock?
