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Tesla batteries are flooded in liquid coolant. So if coolant can not get out then flood water can not get in.

Where do you get those ingredients during this disaster?

Where do you get supplies? Will you be able to make enough alcohol to power the tractor to harvest the ingredients to make the alcohol to power the tractor? PV solar has no ingredients, no moving parts, no consumables. At most one uses a broom to clear debris off the panels.

And you know this how? Sun Hours Map says you effectively get 3.5 hours/day. You could get a pretty good estimate rather than simply guess: Solar Cost Estimator

Skips details on modifying the ICE. As I said, you are not going to produce a gasoline or diesel substitute. But electricity is trivially flexible for many applications.

Well, if that is what you believe then you should convert to EV right now! If "The Grid" goes down, and/or the delicate supply chain of petroleum energy, the only alternative is off-grid PV solar. Can burn trees for heat but can not produce a gasoline or diesel substitute. A solar PV system...

Bottom of tires look flat. Suspension hanging as if the car is resting on its wheels, wheels not hanging low as would be if the car was jacked up.

My favorite Christmas movie is "Hogfather". https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0765458/ The Hogfather (Santa Claus) goes missing so Death takes up the cape and sleigh while his granddaughter Susan (Michelle Dockery of Downton Abbey fame) battles an assassin in the Tooth Fairy's Castle. The Wizards...

Same place the LCD TV, smart phones, and computers go.

One of my favorite Christmas movies: Terry Pratchett's Hogfather

Tesla carries cat litter too:

I had a $20 Mega Millions ticket and won $2!

Probably should have put this in the bed but had to make several trips and didn't want to leave them unattended:

I always have to recite a litany to remember Ford's terms for the cabin. In order of increasing size. Super is bigger, Cab is smaller. Crew is biggest. So you are looking for the middle with suicide doors? I have one, is fine for everything but unloading a grocery cart. With both doors open...

I'm stumped that the new 6.8L appears to be just a destroked 7.3L Godzilla. Why bother for a mere 500cc? Is there some fool tax regulation or something?

On the other hand I can erect PV panels and make my own electricity. No consumable ingredients. No moving parts. No maintenance other than keeping snow and leaves off the panels. Compare that to the difficulty of brewing biodiesel. You need sugar and ethanol as ingredients. You need very fine...

So you are claiming government does not have sufficient power to ration gasoline? History says otherwise.

This is what I would use. This is the kayak kit but they package it optimized for different uses. Don’t hesitate to call and ask what they suggest for your application. I have used this plastic welder to repair a dirtbike plastic gasoline tank and many fenders and side panels...

How is that any different from the situation with gasoline/diesel?

2011 was the first year of DEF Powerstrokes. The 6.7L Powerstroke. 2008 (6.4L) was the first year of DPF. There wasn’t a Powerstroke in 2007 but that is the year the EPA emission regulations were such that DPF was needed to meet.

When the AcuRite Iris I gave him fell apart a friend purchased a Logia 5-in-1 which seems to be as good or better but $120. https://logiaweatherstations.com/products/5-in-1-wireless-weather-station-with-wi-fi I am impressed with how much control Logia gives the user. How they are not ashamed to...

There are plenty of electrical outlets.

IIRC they were leased so Toyota could take them back when they decided to quit supporting.

Exactly. If apartment dwellers want a service then they rent an apartment or separate service which provides. Not all apartments provide any place to park an automobile.

Same place I was my clothes. If I want washer and dryer hookups in my apartment then I rent an apartment with washer and dryer hookups. I don’t have a swimming pool at my house. Clearly swimming is not a valid exercise because not everyone has convenient access to a swimming pool. But amazingly...

I get branded an "EV apologist" for such heresy! Learned before buying an EV that if I stop every 2-3 hours and do nothing but walk around the car then I am in much better shape after a 500 mile day. On street motorcycle I have to stop for 5 minutes of every hour.

So you read the article and didn't understand it. Look again at the pretty graphic in the middle. The big AA battery which is red on the 0-20% end and red on the 90-100% end. Green in the middle. Representing wear for using the lithium battery in those ranges. Now scroll down to the chart of...

Apple Maps says the fastest route between Lubbock and Ft. Worth is I-20. There are (3) Tesla Superchargers on I-20. Sweetwater has 8 charging bays, Clyde has (20) of the latest 250kW Supercharger bays. Cisco has (8). You would spend less than 10 minutes charging a Tesla Model 3 LR to get there...

Tornados of April 2011 left me without power for 7 days. Without cable, telephone, or internet. Not even cellphone for several days. Took local gas station about 3 days to bring in a generator and wire it up. My new house will have battery-backed solar.

I love nuclear but I'd caution nuclear is a good example of exactly why the government is incompetent at managing electric vehicles. Power grid still has a 50% surplus in generating capacity at night. An EV is a perfect place to put that capacity. The EV only needs power when parked and doesn't...

Correct. X is the distance driven at 80 MPH, we only know it is less than 200 miles. X/80 + 1 = X/65 X = 346.6 miles

Your math doesn't add up. If you drive 80 MPH for X miles 1 hour faster than if you drive 65 MPH for X miles then solving for X we get 346.6 miles which is much longer than your 200 mile trip.

My Prius had an 11.9 gallon gas tank.

With a non-Tesla "you are lucky to find a charging station". This is because Ford and others are expecting handouts. Expecting someone else to build charging stations. There is currently 1586 Supercharger sites in the USA. Most have 8 charging bays, most new have 16. Long ago Tesla offered an...

You still would have very little holding the boards on the top in the center. Next time you do that pull the top center board out to prove it to yourself. It will come out as easily as if there was no strap.

The common Acurite Iris 5-in-1 outdoor sensor uses plastic which is not really up to handling UV. After a few years the plastic becomes brittle. The airspeed paddles are most likely to break if something taps them. Acurite sells replacement parts but at some point one questions the value of...

Not more accurate for a forecast. What they will do is show you the difference between what the forecast guessed would happen vs what actually happened. My temperature is often 5° off what the weather services say it should be. Rainfall similarly off. I have been on Wunderground for decades...

In the dirtbike world we use Armor-All on the tires. Armor-All would wet their pants if they heard me say that because there have been many streetbike accidents where Armor-All was made to make the tires pretty... and slick. Armor-All between pavement and rubber is as bad as wet ice. As others...

I'm in that situation too. I need something I can get between trees to remove fallen trees, to harvest select trees. No desire to punch a glass panel out with a tree branch. And I need something to mow 200 acres. Don't see any option other than 2 tractors.

Ditto, what is needed is something behind the boards to keep them from coming out. Much more important than a strap over the boards to keep them from coming up.

Looks good to me! A friend used to load his ATV in the back of his Kubota RTV and the RTV on his trailer. Worked fine.

Please draw a free body diagram of forces demonstrating how little a strap over the top of the boards would accomplish. What is needed is something over the ends to keep the board from sliding back, not something around the boards.

Don't know, have only been doing it for 8 years on the same machine and hose. The water basket is a bit yellowed but not brittle. H2O2 bubbles when it finds something, emits O2. Not near the quantity or duration of an ozone cleaner. Plus I am not pushing it through the air pump.

I clean with hydrogen peroxide. Leaves no odor or taste.

Cut the steel cable in the bead with an angle grinder. After that a sharp knife will cut across the tread. Or continue with the angle grinder, just wear a mask to protect from the rubber dust. If you must use multiple tools then any wood cutting blade will do the tread and sidewalls.

As @ponytug said, refiners can only get so much gasoline and so much diesel from a barrel of crude oil before increasing the percentage of one or the other greatly increases costs. Can't make diesel-only or gasoline-only as cheap as they could throw away the part they didn't want. That is how...

I prefer AGM but when faced with replacing the Group 25 in Subaru Outback I found it curious that brands which have FLA and AGM never listed the AGM as being suitable for my Subaru. You'd think they would be happy to upsell but for some reason they didn't. Brands which have only AGM were happy...

Brand means everything. Because there are so few manufacturers those manufacturers are well practiced in "built to price". If a brand wants to be the low price leader then the manufacturers have no qualms in building poor quality cheap batteries for that brand. If they did not then someone in...

Not necessarily. Better to shop for "reserve capacity", "Amp-hours" or "Watt-hours". CCA is largely a measure of internal resistance. The less resistance the more current will dump. Is not a measure of how long you can leave the headlights on before the engine will not start. Lithium starter...

Why do you think a synthetically manufactured motor oil will run a year when refined motor oils will not? Do you not realize there is no performance standard or requirement of a "synthetic" motor oil other than the method of manufacturer? No requirement of what is actually manufactured? Not...

Just because 24 is less than 34 doesn't mean a 24 is smaller. It is bigger. And a 27 is even bigger. Charts of BCI Group sizes are readily available: BCI Battery Group Size Chart Am guessing you confused 34 with 35. The 35 is a bit smaller than a 34.

I do that for my Tesla from anywhere in the world I have cellphone or internet using my iPhone. With the added advantage if the car is in a garage I won't kill anyone with exhaust fumes. That is not true of any I have owned. All have a designated place on the outside of the vehicle where a...

Friction gets modified both ways, more and less. All ATFs have clutches of some sort. They expect a specific friction range in order to smoothly shift. Too much friction and they bite for rough shift, too little and they slip. In a manual synchronized transmission we like to increase friction...

Thats half true. Detergent oil keeps the fine stuff in suspension. It "gets dirty" quickly. The filter only gets the big stuff. Fans of non-detergent oil like how it appears to stay clean longer. The problem is the fine soot is being deposited on cooler surfaces of the engine. Sometimes...

I'm one to read the owner's manual cover to cover before buying. Well worth the effort to drive a Mercedes-Benz salesman batty. Ask about things such as heated cup holders. "But it is in the owner's manual on page..." then pull the book out and show him.

He has mounted them for some customers. If you do any "zero turning" they will dig the heck out of your lawn and wear fast. But some have more concern mowing on a slope or up/down the slope and then the tires work great. Do have to watch weight loading. There are some ATV tires which are not...

Of course it does, you have never used anything else. My Country Clipper dealer says only long time 2-stick users buy new 2-stick. New ZTR buyers go 10:1 for the joystick after a demo drive.

You think a driver in a semi tractor is going to hear that?

Gee, as if station wagons or darn near every Subaru and SUV ever built didn’t have a rack on top for just that purpose?

Ditto. $23 has been the 1 gallon price for several years.

We have the same problem with motorcycles. Valve stem is only accessible with the wheel rolled to the correct position. Learn to live with it.

Ditto on my 56V EGo 18". It seems to be the equal of any gasser. Clearing trail last week a friend was using a gas Stihl. Was reminded how much I like my EGo watching him start that thing several dozen times. Start. Cut 10 seconds. Kill. Start. Cut 10 seconds. Kill. Repeat.

A few dollars! :ROFLMAO: Hundreds of dollars. The solution is to either accept the manual pump or find an electric pump that shares a battery with your cordless lawn tools or drill.

At 50 MPG my FJR1300 costs more per mile to drive than my Tesla. More for fuel. More for tires.

The 12 year (not 10) inspection regulation originates with DOT. "A propane tank which is transported." It can be reinspected for another 5 years. Many places that fill 20# propane bottles will not inspect, Costco for example. When 20# bottles cost $20 it used to cost $10 for an inspection...

Actually doesn't matter the size. Any time any quantity of liquid propane is present at 90°F the pressure will be about 145 PSI. Increase the pressure and some of the gas will go back into liquid dropping the pressure. Decrease the pressure and some of the liquid will boil into gas restoring the...

Everyone who doesn't drive an EV and hasn't put their own money on EV battery swap thinks it is a great idea. Everyone who has invested in EV battery swap has lost their shirts. Just because it works for DeWalt power tools doesn't mean it works for automobiles and motorcycles. The first...

Yes, I saw that. Saw puncture on one PEX pipe wall. PEX could be pulled out and nail remaining if nail only punctured one side. Wasn’t clear how he knew the PEX had been nailed. Have a phobia about this as over the decades idiots laid water mains in this community with apparently no regard as...

About 8-19 years ago bought a Snapper with B&S engine and larger gas tank than my Husqvarna with Honda 5.5. The B&S was a big disappointment. The larger tank was not enough to finish my lawn, but the Honda was plenty. The B&S gas cap was designed and positioned such that it was near impossible...

B&S doesn't make them like that anymore.

Yes, that is essentially my point. Is the farmer's decision as to whether his land will pay better with low effort solar or high effort and high risk crops. Is not right for a government bureaucrat with no skin in the game to make those choices.

Uh, seems to me if you nailed a PEX line then new PEX though the same hole will be rubbing against that nail until it too eventually fails.

I'm still on my original 56V 7.5Ah EGo battery from 2016.

"Night Sky" on Amazon Prime Streaming. https://www.amazon.com/gp/video/detail/B09Q22LV7C/

No good Capitalist would decline a higher paying return on investment. If "class 1 farmland" is producing buckets of revenue then no bureaucrat is needed to tell one not to build a PV farm out of it.

So you are saying Florida farmers who once planted orange orchards in pursuit of profit and a better life for their families should forever be forced to continue to produce oranges because you like oranges? What if taste turns toward grapes?

Why should others have any say in whether my "farm land" is "preserved"? Ancestors didn't ask permission when it was turned into farm land in the first place. Contrived conflicts. Is bad enough when bureaucrats have jurisdiction over private farm land but would you rather have a bureaucrat...

But that is not what is being practiced in the cited example. No one is building a chicken house next to a subdivision. Not even building a bird-killing noisy wind turbine. Not even growing water-sucking fertilizer-runoff and pesticide-runoff corn. Just a bunch of glass panels angled at the sky...

”No livestock” is about it. I can install all the solar I want without asking permission of any but the utility company if I wish to sell power to them. At the house I am building there are even less restrictions. The only permit/inspection is for septic tank. There, the utility company...

Why should a zoning authority have any say over how the owner uses the land?

100% to 80% of the range one gets at 90°F. An EV does much better than an ICE in bumper to bumper traffic.

IIRC Ford’s 10 speed was a joint development with GM. Perfectly good transmission. I like mine. Where Ford has failed the past 10-15 years has been trying to implement a neural network smart predictive shift controller. Techs at good Ford dealers know how to override. A friend had no end of...

If the PV farmer pays more rent than the dirt farmer then the resource is being put to greater use.

Fortunately for most of us it is still the farmer’s decision as to what crop one chooses to farm. Be it corn, cattle, hay, or electricity.

I too, but I also have a Logitech Harmony macro programmable remote control. If I select Netflix then it knows what needs to be turned on and how to set each device so picture goes to the correct input on TV and sound to the stereo amplifier. Or the Roku, or just Dish TV, or Pandora. One of the...

In my situation I have many acres of hardwoods I would like to extract fallen or stricken trees just to see what I can do with them. Better than letting it rot in place. Am guessing a relatively small tractor to fit between trees to pull the trunk out. No need for fancy grapple, drag it out...

But that is Murphy’s Law in action. You can not get grass to grow in gravel unless it is a driveway.

Pixies. Disney is no longer hiring so they are playing with your mind.

My EGo 7.5Ah battery from 2016 is still mowing my lawn. Don't let voltage impress. 7.5Ah * 56V = 420 Wh. Watt-hours is the number you need to compare battery capacity which also represents how much work you will get out of the mower between charges. Motor efficiency, blade efficiency, all will...

Is hard to make an economic argument in favor of motorcycles. 50 MPG is nice but when a cheap tire cost $100 plus $50 to mount and lasts less than 5,000 miles one spends as much for tires as gasoline. Not even the $200+$50 tire lasts much more than 8,000 miles. If not careful a sport bike tire...

A few incidents in 2018, at Walmart, dooms the PV industry? Other sources say the problem was poorly mated quick-twist connectors used on every PV panel. Lots of suspicion of sabotage because while the roof was supposedly a restricted area it wasn't all that restricted and the failures were at...

If you are serious and want to know what is possible I would start at Solar Panels | Tesla where you can price simple solar and/or Tesla Poweralls sufficient to power your entire home. Another source to consider is Unbound Solar - DIY Solar, Panels & Complete Systems And a maverick worth...

Paid $500 for my P.O.S. EGo 56V 21" SP in 2016. Still mows the lawn on the original 7.5AH battery. Sharpen the blade now and then. No oil. No filters. No longer wear hearing protection when mowing. Starts instantly, every time. Will hit the magic $75/year operating cost this year. Considering...

BTDT. When the power was out April 2011 we sat around waiting until the power was restored so the gas station could pump gas. Even cellphone and landline telephone was without power until the phone companies brought in thousands of trailer mounted gensets. Cell towers were OK for the first 4-8...

Every home a charging point. Problem solved. Tesla Model 3 LR will honestly put 250 miles into the battery in 35 minutes at a 250 kW Tesla Supercharger if you start with the battery very low. But that doesn't matter, that isn't something you do more than once per year if you expect the battery...

That was an article of little content on The Washington Post. Nothing wrong with a plastic mower deck if it is designed right. Was looking at my EGo the other day and noted it was manufactured in 2016.

I remember I didn't like Shrek 2 or 3. The joke fell apart.

I would be interested in a salvaged railroad car flat bed but fear the price. Scrap is said to be worth $465/ton today.

Re-scanning the thread and counting 2x6s in pictures I was guessing your span to be 15' or a bit more. Guessing the above comment pretty much verifies. In the coming year or so I am faced with need to span a creek/ditch. Currently 5'-6' deep. Complicated by the need to cross at an angle.

Meter at the transformer or on the house? I think the unsaid previous question was asking about how much loss in the line were you going to have to eat? Meter on the house, it is all on the utility company. A half mile of 240V requires very very large wire to minimize loss, hence the higher...

Good! Coal is dirty to get on your face but for some reason you don't mind powering your computer with it. Running your air conditioner. Keeping your beer cold. A Tesla Model 3 "emits" the same quantity of "pollution" per mile "burning" coal-fired electricity as a gasoline automobile at 40-50...

That is why I bought an EGo Backpack Blower. Came with 7.5AH battery and the fast charger (vs slow charger) for less than the battery alone.

I can't get an acre on mine. Is 5-6 years old and would mow for an hour new, about 50 minutes now.

So you want NiCAD, NiMH, and lithium batteries to be the same but you want the attachment modified so they do not get accidentally mixed with incompatible tools or chargers? "Same but different?" And you want this retroactive? And presumably forward looking for whatever replaces lithium?

But the cost of the fence can break the bank.

Really wanted to buy Stihl battery tools before deciding to buy EGo but was put off with the multitude of different batteries Stihl tools used. Reminded me of the German Engineering Maxim: Make everything complex and wonderful! Do not use a common 12mm bolt head when a rare 11mm bolt is perfect...

Full time AWD is an option on F-150.

Piecing it together with EGo tools at Lowes I find similar for $1406. But you don’t have to take what you do not want. $599 for the mower with 56v 7.5 Ah battery. $369 for 18” chainsaw and 5.0 Ah battery. $299 for combo string trimmer and blower with (1) 2.5 Ah battery $139 for hedge trimmer...

The 14" and 16" EGo chainsaws (same thing different bar) were good but the 18" is much more powerful. My 21" SP mower is at least 5 years old. I do not claim it to be as powerful as my 7.75 ft-lb Snapper but it gets the job done and I no longer wear ear plugs to mow. I mulch on level 3 of 4...

Yes, Home Depot used to sell EGo then suddenly EGo moved to Lowes. EGo is also available from independent dealers. Probably Ace Hardware too. My 21" EGo SP mower is one of the first. The original 7.5A 56V battery still has at least 90% of its original capacity. Snagged a backpack blower when...

I find nothing to support such claim, and much supporting the claim Ford provided complete V6s to Mazda who made a few in Japan for foreign markets. Not so sure they fixed. Phaser problems persist. Perhaps not as common as before. It screams of a lubrication issue but do not know anyone trying...

The first Powerwall is $10k because it includes the Tesla Energy Gateway which monitors in/out flow and serves as the transfer switch. Also HVAC and other high users require a soft start mod under control of the Energy Gateway. I suspect the soft start also allows Tesla to disable that device if...

So how did you want Dewalt to handle the different charging requirements for lithium vs NiMH and NiCAD? Can’t trust your average idiot not to use the wrong charger. 18v NiMH uses 15 cells. So-called 20v lithium uses 5 (for 18.5v). The tall post of the 18v is terribly inconvenient for lithium...

Right. So we should quit wasting our time and energy on inspecting dams because "(you) don't foresee them failing any time soon." Toe kicked out, whatever, is all due to soil being a liquid even when it is dry. The pictured wall failed because stacked blocks have little strength in tension...

Price a Tesla Powerwall. 13 kWh for $10,000 for the first one, $7,000 for each thereafter to expand your capacity. The installer will want to sell PV solar too but that is optional. 26% Federal tax credit. Possibly more from California. Will not only carry you though most outages but can be...

42 years ago one of my engineering professors said, "All retaining walls will eventually fall. Soil is a fluid of high viscosity. Eventually the soil wins and floats the wall."

I would favor the factory TBC because there are things the factory can do to integrate traction control and ABS with the trailer which aftermarket can not. Then again the 2008 SuperDuty coffee table book said the factory TBC was developed in partnership with Tekonsha. Dealer added TBC to my...

I think you are discounting the Ford EcoBoost engines. The 3.5L EB has had issues with cam phaser wear. Can't help think it is a oil issue but people go off the deep end when their engine needs internal surgery and don't make sense. They can't understand how "full synthetic" is not a motor oil...

The Ford TBC is available as a factory option or dealer-installed.

That is for ideal static friction. Once the static friction force is exceeded the equations must include the surface area. For a long time racers stubbornly insisted narrow tires had the same traction as wider tires. This is true until the tire slips. Greater contact area enhances traction when...

DeWalt sells an expensive adapter to use current 20v lithium on classic 18v. The adapter slowly drains the battery if one leaves it connected.

I would suggest looking for a reputable online source of raw NiCAD and NiMH replacement cells. Used to be a number selling the cells pre wired to open your old battery to swap.

Not even in insane California does electric cost more per mile than gasoline. Everything costs more there because of a lack of understanding how when one person is taxed the tax does not stop there. That person passes their tax costs on to the next. Others doing the same pass their extra costs...

People I know running a lot of UTP suggest https://truecable.com as having top quality and competitive prices. Direct price often better than Amazon. Was also cautioned against ”CCA” copper clad aluminum which is dominant on eBay, Amazon, and box stores due to being nearly half the cost of...

I would be tempted to nurse the Legacy another year to see what develops after the COVID insanity. My EGo 21” SP mower is still on its original battery after 5 years. Used to wear ear plugs with the gasoline mower, never with the EGo. Buying today the EGo zero turn is tempting for using the...

For those who think EVs are totally at the mercy of their creators: https://www.thedrive.com/tech/43737/tesla-model-s-goes-752-miles-on-startups-battery-swap

There is a lot of variance among the Amish. Some have tractors but have a prohibition against pneumatic tires. They fit steel tires or the new airless tire/wheel you sometimes see. See a few driving cars, but always an older base model. Suspect it is Amish from a distance if the paint is dull...

"Green" is not about the environment but upending free market capitalism. "Free markets can not price the 'environmental impact' of evil carbon so we must enact totalitarian centralized government economic controls!" So we have CO2 as the designated boogyman. A harmless beneficial gas necessary...

Washington Post has an active imagination. (Their choice of words, not mine.) You cite the opinion column to back your position?

Yes, plus the ICE apologists haven't run a modern FI engine out of gas recently. They don't always restart. Many require a minimum of 5 gallons to reset the safety. And then many fuel systems have lost their prime requiring special effort to get the air out. Changed the water separation filter...

Yes, he is pretending only EVs run out of fuel stalled in traffic. At 1 kWh per hour with a 60 kWh battery, one would be in very good shape stalled in traffic with a Tesla Model Y Long Range. The Long Range may be more than 60 kWh. The Standard Range is in the 50's, Tesla no longer...

Yup! Call the tow truck after burning 12% of a "tank" of electrons. Simply unacceptable. Math is so hard.

Boo hoo hoo. A Tesla Model Y in Camp Mode (look it up) consumes about 1 kWh per hour. Or about 4 miles of range per hour. Nothing better to be stuck 24 hours on interstate in a snow storm than a Tesla.

About 2007 truth twisters convinced legislators in one state (Arizona?) that a Toyota Prius was half electric and therefore qualified for half of the state’s favorable tax treatment of EVs. You are correct in observing the Prius gets 100% of its motive force from gasoline. Same for other...

Perhaps that is so simple you missed my point? What Tesla says is 80% SOC is not necessarily what Nissan says it is, is not necessarily what Rivan says it is. There is no unified standard, spec, or agreement. Each implementer defines 100% at a level they are comfortable staking their...

My 6.4L ran 1500 to 1800 at 70 MPH.

Facebook has build a major data center in Huntsville AL, expanding after only a year or two. Has built a 1000 acre solar farm in TN which is said to power the Huntsville facility which is at least 30 miles away. No doubt some sort of creative accounting power exchange with TVA.

At the moment $3.299 for ULSD, $2.899 for ULSD. But when I had a diesel was often forced to pay $3 when gasoline was hovering around $2. 2008 6.4L Powerstroke in tow/haul mode or not, the biggest difference was letting the engine spin going downhill. Shift at higher RPM. “Everyone” said...

The 12V battery is charged off the traction battery.

Yeah, my Powerstroke only fell from 15 MPG at 70 MPH to 7.5 MPG with 20’ toy hauler. Could get 10-11 at 62 MPH or 18 MPG without the trailer. I don’t find the boasts of diesel proponents to be as great as claimed. ULSD has often cost 50% more than 87 AKI. Engine held 15 quarts vs 6. Fuel+water...

So you are saying 0 growth at 0 charge but more the faster one charges? I don’t think so. More likely there is a range of minimal wear. And as with sulfation for wet lead acid, an electronic conditioning which mostly reverses. Is different but the point remains, a NiMH cell can not be trickle...

(re: faster battery charge rate increases wear) But “back then” they were talking about 0.5C, 1.0C, and rates up to 5C. Where C = battery amp-hour capacity / hour. 1C is charging a 1Ah battery at 1A. My 85 kWh Tesla on 9.6 kW at home is 0.113C, trickle charging by old time rules. 115 kW at...

Yes but you are splitting hairs over a 9.6kW rate on a 60-100kWh battery. And just what exactly 80% is is not an industry accepted definition. Tesla thinks they know what rates are “safe” for Supercharging. We don’t know their definition of safe. They changed the definition for my 2013 S. It...

Yes, exactly. I believe this is the connector bundled with the car. The description is accurate and inaccurate in saying it is only 1.3kW. Haters spin that to the max ignoring fact. https://shop.tesla.com/product/gen-2-mobile-connector-bundle The bundle only includes the NEMA 5-15 pigtail...

Long ago a wise man told me, “It is more fun to ride a slow bike fast than a fast bike slow.”

Old data. Partially correct. Early Model S had a factory build option to include two chargers in parallel on the same charge connector. Each 40A. Allowed 78 MPH charge rate with an 80A Wall Connector not-Charger. On L2 an EV charges at the lesser of its own capacity or what the EVSE offers. An...

You cited an EVSE not-a-charger Tesla Wall Connector with J1772 plug for $415. That product can no longer be found on tesla.com. A Tesla Wall Connector sells for $550. It is a J1772 EVSE but with Tesla's North American plug. Many have purchased Tesla WCs then replaced Tesla's plug with a J1772...

Put 55 PSI in the tires then check the display in the truck. If it only reads 50 then maybe the tire monkey was correct. If it reads whatever you choose to run then forget the tire monkey. But kindly report results here. 2008 F-250 tires run default 65 PSI with in-tire TPMS. Guessing 2018 F-250...

Not going to watch a 15 minute video for 15 seconds of data. If you pay John Deere rates for a new engine you will pay out the nose. Just as happens if you pay Tesla for a remanufactured battery. There are many videos on the internet detailing how to replace a Tesla battery. And how to use...

Tesla Powerwall stores 13kWh for $7,000. Cheaper, safer, and simple enough for the common idiot homeowner to supervise. The first Powerwall costs about $10,000 to install because it requires a Home Energy Gateway to monitor your utility feed and protect the utility grid from your stuff...

No subsidies. There was a tax credit in Bad Badder Baddest but it was useless unless you paid at least that much in Federal income taxes the year of the EV purchase. Tax credits for purchase of a Tesla expired in 2016, totally tapered off early 2017. Other makes have not yet reached the...

Why do you think you need 80A? Trying to make things difficult? Also your math is wrong. 200A service is only rated for 80% at 100% duty cycle. The 80A Tesla Wall Connector requires a 100A circuit. The only Tesla which can use 80A is the first generation Model S with optional twin chargers...

It is a false argument to accept at face value the claim "rare earths" are actually rare. Rare earths are plentiful but for how globalist politicians granted a monopoly to China. There is no reason Americans can not process rare earths every bit as cleanly as everything else we do. Permanent...

Because you could have had the equivalent of 10 gallons of gasoline rather than just 1. Or, you could have built your solar system for 1/10th the cost. The cost of solar generated electricity depends on the time value of money. There is very little ongoing maintenance or repair cost. Ethanol...

You know EVs have arrived when Home Depot's Deal of the Day features a Tesla to J1772 adapter: https://www.homedepot.com/p/LECTRON-Tesla-to-J1772-Adapter-for-Electric-Vehicle-Chargers-Max-40A-250V-Compatible-with-Tesla-Destination-Charger-Black-TeslaJ1772BlkUSA/313326040

With hydrogen distribution is a feature. Politicians feel comfortable taxing gas stations and extracting political donations from gas station owners. Gas station owners are a protected political class. They bought their protection. They are employers!

Check the master breaker in your electrical distribution panel. The claim, "many have only 100A service" is weak. Some older homes will be 100A but around here no 100A slum has been built in 50 years. 200A is typical minimum and most over 2000 sq ft are wired 400A. I was looking at homes in TN...

Many who live in apartments do not have clothes washer or dryer. That is a feature they have to shop for, if they desire. Just as not all apartments come with a parking space for an automobile. Just as if you want broadband internet, you have to shop for an apartment in which that service is...

Diesel engine can not run on "many different fuels" and come anywhere close to meeting EPA emissions. Pay attention to how much effort is required to get a diesel to run approximately as clean as a gasoline engine? DOC, DPF, SCR, DEF. Turbocharging is required to keep the engine in necessary...

Hydrogen is a fools errand. Fool's argument to claim "hydrogen is the mot common element" means anything. "Availability" is the key engineering term. Hydrogen is everywhere but it requires twice as much energy to access as one would use to charge an EV battery. It takes much more energy to...

OMG! No one has ever heard of an ICE having mechanical failures in only 8 years! My late 2013 VIN is under 26,000, which in the life of a motor vehicle company is a very early model. The Model S battery has 16 or more independent modules, each with its own controller. Experimenters have built...

I have said time and time again, “The gas station model does not apply to EVs. But politicians and other ignorant persons keep pretending an EV charge station is needed on every street corner for EVs to be ‘viable’.” There is no need for a gas station when every morning your EV can roll out the...

My 8 year old Tesla Model 3 had 265 mile range new. Last time I tried it charged to 252 miles. OTOH it is on its 3rd 12v battery.

Tesla Wall Connector is good for 17.28 kW. The current Tesla Mobile Connector which comes with the car is 240V 32A for 7.68 kW. First generation was 40A for 9.6 kW. The biggest electrical plug, NEMA 14-50, is only rated for a 50A circuit. A 50A circuit can only source 80% or 40A continuously.

But that is not a charger. It is an EVSE, Electric Vehicle Service Equipment. It is nothing but an ultra safe extension cord. It knows nothing about batteries, only provides AC current to the vehicle. Has GFI, over-current monitoring, and the unusual thing of providing a signal to the vehicle...

The Babylon Bee interviews Elon Musk. Really. https://babylonbee.com/video/138

Those darn Free Market Capitalists are so crafty and sneaky at finding new ways to make money! I have long said this would happen. Too many valuable resources in used batteries to ignore. Richer than the original raw ore. And furthermore if a battery works but has only half new capacity then...

My favorite mower shop says he has been told 2022 dealer cost is 15% to 20% higher than the pretend 2021 prices. "Pretend 2021" because he couldn't hardly get any product to sell. And today our betters who are running the government told us, "inflation is only transitory." Ain't seen nutt'n...

No because the "logic" is, "It is what we say it is. You are not allowed to question." Just as you are not allowed to question the evilness of CO2 which just so happens to be essential to their beloved ethanol production. See also: masks and vaccine mandates. Same idiot logic claims there is no...

You can feel the Tesla trying to regenerate/brake all the way to zero. It just doesn't reverse the motor the way the i3 does for more powerful low speed one-pedal deceleration. It can't make much power at low speeds because the rotor doesn't spin fast enough to produce enough voltage to feed the...

Check what? The BMW i3 owner's manual states "energy recovery" ends at 12 MPH.

What other purpose does the mountain serve?

Locally we have what passes for a mountain (maybe 400'?) being dismantled the past 50 years for gravel.

Also not available at low speeds. Prius regenerates when you lift the accelerator. Also when you apply the brakes. Light braking can be pure regeneration. Heavier braking mixes regeneration and friction. Quits trying to regenerate at 7 MPH when it seamlessly starts applying friction brakes...

First thing I would do when the truck quits running is take the fuel cap(s) off and listen for air inrush or venting. If that happens then therein lies the problem.

What evidence do you offer in support of your conclusion? You say there is a 50% failure rate at 100,000 miles no matter the cost is 100% covered for 8 years/100,000 miles? Or 10 years/150,000 miles in some states? Nissan's battery is atypical. And apparently GM is also flying fast and loose...

Traction battery is considered emissions equipment therefore Federally warranted 8 years 100,000 miles, or 10 years 150,000 miles in CARB states. 100% replacement, no prorating.

What allowance do you make to replace engines or transmissions in only 100,000 miles?

Only one other good reason: "Looks like fun!"

Where do you think he get that "knowledge" from? Have ridden with many "True Harley Riders". When they get a puncture in their tire they are very thankful for my plug kit and inflator. "We can be rolling in 30 minutes or you can wait 2 hours for the flatbed truck." I plug, they forget the FUD...

Automobile tire manufacturers tried to FUD you into fear of repairing punctured tires in the late 1970's. Even got the Federal Gubmint to mandate "road hazard" coverage for all new tires sold. Rather than repair the tire cheap, tire dealers would insist on selling you a new pro-rated tire. A few...

F.U.D. Plugs work just fine. Never had one fail but have had a tire which leaked as much as 1 PSI/minute that I couldn’t find in a hour with soapy water. It went to the dump early.

Word I hear is price for all zero-turn mowers from all brands will increase 15% to 20% next year. All factories are having troubles getting enough people to come to work, enough people to transport components and finished products. Supply is short so prices rise to direct commodities to those...

Go to Ford and build one to see for yourself. I pretty heavily optioned a Maverick Lariat for under $34,000. My 2018 F-150 XLT sticker was just over $44k and not nearly as nicely optioned. I don't have memory seats, sunroof, automatic HVAC, Sync, adaptive cruise control, or navigation.

Yeah, that is why I carry a 40,000 mile tire no-rim in my Tesla.

My 2013 Tesla Model S does (did) not. Nor did my 2009 Mercedes-Benz ML320. When "dual motor" was added to the Model S line the frunk shrunk. No room up front for a spare tire. Mine predates dual motor (4 wheel AWD). I currently carry one of the original tires in the frunk without a rim, jack...

Tesla's Wall Connector is outdoor rated. They now offer one with a shorter umbilical but IIRC the standard is 25'. Mine reaches either of 2 spots in my double garage or out the door to the Tesla backed up to the garage door. There are 4 places I can park the Tesla for which my WC reaches.

It teaches dependence upon government.

You clearly don't understand. The pointed rod really does attract the local static charge. Just as scooting your stocking feet on carpet then spark jumps between your fingertip to the doorknob. There is no way skinny lightning rods will withstand a direct strike. However if one disconnects the...

One does not install lighting rods to conduct direct strikes to the ground. Lightning rods work by dissipating static electricity. Stranded wires are only used for the convenience of the installers. Solid wires are more reliable.

Is not just a matter of contact or depth in the ground. In some situations the best "ground" is to be had laying a long bare wire on top of the dirt. That works everywhere but can be a nuisance.

Wrong. If anything stranded wire has a greater resistance than same AWG in solid. Look up AWG wire current capacity tables. This site says stranded has lower current carrying capacity but most codes do not distinguish between stranded and solid: Stranded Wire vs Solid Wire in Electrical...

Use a hammer drill to install.

For all I care LG could be a Mississippi Corporation. My point is that rather than due diligence themselves, GM bought promises from others.

The Model Y is not a suitable substitute for an Outback until Tesla Kalifornia Metrosexual designers replace the 255/45-19 tires with something that doesn't crush the rims hitting potholes. They see Mercedes-Benz using those tires and think they can too. This is my ML320 255/45-19 tire on I-65...

The cost of building "public transportation" is outrageous. $1.57 billion to build a 1.7 mile extension with 4 new stations! But don't worry, a ticket will only cost $2.25 per passenger! https://mtc.ca.gov/funding/investment-strategies-commitments/transit-future/muni-central-subway

Tesla sells an annual service. Among other things they flush brake fluid every 2 years and change transmission fluid every 4. Battery coolant gets replaced on a schedule too. My Model S is on its 3rd 12V battery.

You pay $0.15 to $0.25/kWh in The People's Republik of Kalifornia so 4.5¢ to 7.5¢ for an EV. In my free state I paid $2.699 for gasoline yesterday.

"Everybody says" public transportation is so great for the environment but the reason only the ignorant push for it is the math doesn't work. The cost per seat mile is enormous. Smart politicians have figured out that public transportation costs a lot for the few votes it will buy. The thing...