Message-ID: <63f3d1c4@news.ausics.net> From: not@telling.you.invalid (Computer Nerd Kev) Subject: Re: Short name for USB Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.misc References: <1crvbgma7vk4x$.dlg@10235314.user.individual.de> <2iednQq3V55KvHb-nZ2dnZfqn_ednZ2d@earthlink.com> <63f15dee@news.ausics.net> <63f2a6be@news.ausics.net> <0i0bcjxks1.ln2@Telcontar.valinor> <63f31add@news.ausics.net> User-Agent: tin/2.0.1-20111224 ("Achenvoir") (UNIX) (Linux/2.4.31 (i586)) NNTP-Posting-Host: news.ausics.net Date: 21 Feb 2023 06:02:13 +1000 Organization: Ausics - https://www.ausics.net Lines: 62 X-Complaints: abuse@ausics.net Path: csiph.com!news.bbs.nz!news.ausics.net!not-for-mail Xref: csiph.com comp.os.linux.misc:37195 The Natural Philosopher wrote: > On 20/02/2023 07:01, Computer Nerd Kev wrote: >> >> Actually the complicated control unit made the mechanical parts >> less complicated in IC engines (no distributor, carburettor, >> etc.). The mechanical complexity went down, but the overall >> complexity went up. What I think you're trying to say is that >> _reliability_ is better with electric cars (provided they get the >> design right, I suppose), and in principle I agree with that. >> > I dont accept that. > The only times I have been stranded or nearly stranded in the last 20 > years have been fuel pump issues. > Others less meticulous over maintenance find that flat batteries are the > largest source of unreliability and that ain't gonna change with BEVs! I see your point, but in theory you don't need to do so much work on preventative maintenance like an IC vehicle requires in order to be reliable. The more reliable, the less maintenance required, so the less maintenance required, the more reliable. >> The thing is that I'd quite like electric cars to be simple overall >> because then both the electronics and the mechanics would be within >> the grasp of a backyard mechanic again. In practice they make it >> all too complicated, and even figuring out how to replace a module >> without the main computer spitting out rude error messages might be >> beyond someone without the manufacturer's documentation at hand. >> That's after you shell out a fortune for the replacement module and >> wait a couple of months for it to travel across the globe. >> > Honey, That's alarming. > you are in dreamland. > A backyard mechanic never manufactured his own parts, and that aint done > except in the third world. And no one is going to replace a massive > surface mounted 120 pin dedicated chip with a suitcase full of > transistors that you can individually replace. Yeah I know, but it's a nice dream so I take offence at people saying electric cars are simpler without qualification, because that implies that my dream has come true when it damn sure hasn't! > What you backyards mechanic nneeds these days is a code reader and an > oscilloscope, a multimeter and a voltage probe. IF there's enough public documentation for your car model to be able to make practical use of the codes that your reader is spitting out. > And the ability to > replace broken parts after they have been identified. If that broken > part is a box with a 100pin connector and a heatsink its no different > from a worn distributor or carburettor. Except the lack of availability from 3rd party parts manufacturers, and corresponding implications with price and wait time. -- __ __ #_ < |\| |< _#