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Yes, virtue signaling at restaurants where one might add 30 miles (big "whoopee") of range to a Tesla in an hour. But really practical at hotels where one may park overnight.

Contrary to spin, a $50,000 Tesla is as nice as any $50,000 ICE. The Tesla has no subsidy or tax credit. It is $50,000 of labor and physical materials. Around here energy costs are under 3¢/mile using the same source used to charge your phone or operate computer. Those are hard fact figures to...

Only where incompetent government applies a heavy hand in restricting investment and expenditures (such as Kalifornia). Kalifornia is the biggest importer of electric power from adjacent states because 1) it is so expensive to build in Kalifornia, 2) government takes 20 years of continuously...

Flipping channels the other day caught a piece of "The Parent Trap" (1998) remake with Lindsay Lohan. The only worthy performance of Lohan's career. While Elaine Hendrix was supposed to be the beauty/sex kitten, Natasha Richardson totally outclassed her.

Nobody "wait(s) a couple hours to recharge enough to get home." Making/repeating unfounded claims such as that is what is known as "spin". Honest data on Supercharging: https://www.tesla.com/support/supercharging A Model 3 can "Recharge up to 175 mi in 15 minutes at Supercharger locations"...

Decades ago the preferred NASCAR engine block was a 60,000 mile school bus engine which has been repeatedly heat cycled and stress relieved in school bus service. Way back in ancient times Packard used to cast engine blocks and dump them in a field beside the plant. Would let them sit out in...

I drove past Bellefonte yesterday (twice). Bellefonte has been a boondoggle of government incompetence from the start. It was an antiquated design when they started. It is a design of which existing examples should have long since been retired. Same as the Japanese Fukushima Daiichi plant.

Perhaps you are deliberately spinning or have been spun. Nobody but EV haters pretends anyone claimed an EV is ideal for long distance travel. The whole point of L3 high power DC charging stations is to enable long distance travel without which you would have to have (or rent) a 2nd vehicle to...

Having been an insider, that is a very one-sided presentation of the facts. Computer guys do not understand why everyone can not antiquate and abandon old designs for new every 6 months. The article very briefly touched on "safety and validation" as if it was trivial, but to the automaker it is...

My last driver's license exam was in a Mustang II.

No, the load goes to the front wheels as well. Weight Distributing Hitch is a misnomer. It is a Load Distributing Hitch. Weights do not move but the loads on the axles are moved.

I eat lunch once per week with a senior manager of the local electric utility. He says they use a wire made of a steel core and aluminum outer as the primary conductor. Only the service entrance drop is insulated. The neighborhood feed is usually 900-1000 volts. I find amazing that 20 or so...

The power grid in USA is on average about 94% efficient generator-to-consumer. http://insideenergy.org/2015/11/06/lost-in-transmission-how-much-electricity-disappears-between-a-power-plant-and-your-plug/

You are citing consumer grade batteries, not utility grade. In 2013 Purdue said, "Batteries generally have a lifetime cycle capacity generally in the range of about 5,000 to 10,000 cycles, although a few advanced batteries are rated at over 100,000 cycles." Page 8 of...

While we commonly place multiple 120V outlets on one circuit that practice is not permitted for 240V outlets. Consumers are not trusted to be intelligent enough not to run two dryers at the same time on the same circuit. And for safety reasons the circuit is not to be sized 2x the load of one...

That I know, semi trucks with newfangled tubeless tires were 22.5 back in 1977. Tube tires were whole-inch such as 19" (proprietary U-Haul) or 20". Tubeless were 0.5" sized such as 19.5, 22.5, to keep idiots from mounting a tubeless tire on a tube rim.

Anything with carpet is an SUV, not a truck.

Ah, so it is perfectly OK no matter the cost just so long as "renewables" are used? The problem with hydrogen is that about 2x the amount of energy you can get out of it is used to split hydrogen from oxygen. Plus the cost of compressing hydrogen to 5,000-10,000 PSI in order to store in a...

Yup, electric heat is 100% efficient. But natural gas has more heat per dollar. And heat pumps are often over 300% efficient because they move heat from one place to another, they don't source heat from energy.

The Tesla will draw whatever your EVSE says it can have. But you can override and set it to less than what the EVSE says is available. On L2 charging the Model 3 Standard Range will not ask for more than 32A. The Long Range Model 3 can ask for 48A on an L2 connection. Not sure the included...

I would have paid a bit more for #6 copper. You wired a NEMA 14-50 which is usually expected to be on a 50A circuit for 40A continuous duty. And you are placing it where an RV could access. Upping the capacity a bit future-proofs the installation. Tesla does not use neutral, but you have to...

Curious as to why you ask because it isn't much, just a 50A circuit. But since you asked this is mine. I decided to install a private meter not trusting the car to accurately report it's consumption. The box cost $30 at Lowes or Home Depot and the meter was $25 on eBay.

People fret about ethanol in gasoline don't know how bad things will be with hydrogen. The (5) 1kg H2 bottles cited are a huge safety risk. No one mentions they have to be replaced every 5-10 years due to the risk of rupture. Did you catch the mention of SCR, Selective Catalyst Reactor? That is...

The option for using your iPhone as a hotspot is not listed if your account with cell carrier does not include that service. $10/mo from some. But be ware if you have a grandfathered account with Cricket any change resets the account to current (probably worse) terms. I would get a new number...

If you can not rotate 720° then you can't really conclude one of the valves is not working.

Before Sentry Mode was introduced in 2017 (making use of the cameras installed for autopilot, whether one buys the autopilot software license or not) the backup camera did not record but could be enabled on demand even when going 70 MPH. There are 7 or 9 or more cameras on a Tesla for...

Sentry mode is standard equipment 2017+. However the owner has to purchase and correctly format a USB data stick for the video to be written. Also Sentry mode consumes power, eating miles of range when vehicle is parked and no not on a charger.

Long ago I was considering a used truck "from Florida". Carfax said it lived its whole life on the Atlantic Ocean side. Relatively new truck, underside was bright orange rust.

This is what I have under my Tesla Model S hood ("frunk" in Teslaology):

”unstrung unsprung mass” is the buzzword. The more your wheels weigh the harder they hit bumps. Also the road impacts must be borne by the hub centric motor. A driveshaft is a cheap simple means of reducing unstrung unsprung mass, increasing reliability, improving ride. The hot setup these days...

All I see is happy-talk and bad-mouthing others at the site and in the video. YASA | Electric Motor Manufacturers | Automotive OEM | YASA Ltd didn't provide any more. Wheel-mounted motors are a bad idea.

I'd do something like this. For $200 is said to be good for 6 miles. Needs ethernet at each end so if you need WiFi in the 300' shop just add any old WiFi router/access point you want. https://www.amazon.com/LiteBeam-LBE-5AC-Gen2-Ethernet-Protector-High-Speed/dp/B07GT2Y5GN/

Make sure drywall screws don't puncture your plumbing!

No, you are confused. The vehicle tow rating includes all those factors which it is so hard to get a straight answer from the vehicle manufacturer as to tow rating when there are (3) different cabs, (2) different wheelbases, 2WD and 4WD, engines, tires, and tow packages. And then one must...

Battery size has almost nothing to do with the ability to source 8A to run a fan. You said the fan on one side failed. Is there another on the other side? If so, then put your meter inline on that fan and measure the current draw. Could also check the fuse on the circuit the failed fan used...

To make your day more confusing note how difficult it is to get a straight answer as to the towing capacity of a truck. If rated 7,000 pounds you will not be perfectly safe at 6,999 and dead at 7,001. I think common sense is needed. Some are totally frightened to exceed 5,000 with a 7,000...

Tesla charges more for an idle vehicle at Supercharger than to charge. https://www.tesla.com/support/supercharger-idle-fee

I have looked into that. Suggest you throw a loop into the lake. Pump your clean working fluid through the pipe. Keeps the inside of your radiators clean. The equations for heat transfer are not hard. Many geothermal sites have done the math for you. Edit: You can not suck water up a pipe...

You inferred you wouldn’t know what one looked like.

I'll reiterate: $25 blister pack FRS radios have 25¢ receivers. Transmit power is cheap and easy. A quality receiver is difficult and expensive. Kenwood and Motorola offer quality FRS radios for about $80.

Almost no shopping center has fast charging bays, at any price. What is fairly common (and near useless, but "it looks like one is helping") is a 7.2kW J1772 L2 EVSE. It is not a charger, is Electric Vehicle Service Equipment. It is little more than a smart extension cord. These cost about $500...

Text says the truck had escorts. So someone other than the driver was leading. Also says most semis use a different route straight over the railroad tracks avoiding the sharp turn.

A long blade takes longer than usual to clear an intersection. Very likely here was no indication of coming train when the driver crossed the track. No sight of train as far as one could see.

DPF does not keep soot out of the air, it simply makes the soot particles smaller. Collects big ones, then when the DPF "regenerates" the soot is burned again into smaller C2's.

2" rain past 24 hours, 18 MPH gust, I think North Alabama got off easy.

Some say 6500 pounds. My F-250 was 8300 pounds.

Your own bias keeps you from reading me correctly. You seem to think if an EV is not perfect for all applications it is not acceptable for any. You missed my statements to the effect, "government picking winners and losers is wrong." That Electrify America is wrong in every way. Is very wrong...

By golly you are right! EVs are a total fool's errand and not viable for anyone because someone doesn't have a place to park! I was in downtown Nashville last week and had a hard time finding a place to park at even $10/hour. But somehow I got a parking place, paid for it, and nobody took it...

By golly, that makes her the world's leading expert! So? Unscrupulous operators in 3rd world countries kill their workers all the time. You say that is the fault of cobalt? That it is impossible to mine and process without killing the workers? When the Prius hit the market similar fearmongers...

Open the gas cap. If you hear air rush in then that was the problem. Even if you do not hear air rush in, try mowing with the gas cap loose. If that works then the vent i the cap is blocked. Common problem. It can happen simply by gasoline splashing on the vent ball. Wet vent ball with just a...

"Rare Earths" are not rare. Marketing stroke of genius named them. Furthermore the "rare earths" are not consumed. A used battery is a much richer source of materials than raw ore. We call this "pulling number out of one's a..." Lets say her numbers are accurate. Then how much petroleum is...

I don’t think one initially “needs to decide” so much as one needs to choose something of interest, or use, and have a go at it. Then expand as interest develops. If you start out trying to replicate Jame’s truck you will be overwhelmed, frustrated, and give up. Pretty important to find an...

Remote operation is quite easy these days. With an internet connection there are services which will rent use of their HF station and antenna(s). Or you could put one up yourself. Put a remote on top of your canyon. Just because 1.9 GHz cellphones don’t work in your canyon doesn’t mean other...

I think that is a 5-1/2.

Of course. The sad thing is the J1772 protocol doesn’t seem to provide access to VIN. Tesla did it outside the J1772 spec yet remaining within the hardware. Allows for very easy billing. Eliminates any need for user interface or credit card reader on the EVSE.

Apartment renters used to assume they had to use public laundromats too. For some reason they managed to get by before landlords started including washer hookups, and even washer and dryer in the apartment.

I don't think a software tweak is needed at all. Just put the car in Drive and pull it. It won't know it is not going downhill while regeneratively charging the battery.

I agree, most are batshit crazy. Of course not me, but then again I'm not a "save the world with EV." I simply decided I'd rather have a Model S than a Corvette or Porsche. However you are practicing the same sort of self-disillusionment. A Tesla Model 3 powered 100% by coal-fired electricity...

I don't understand. The EVSE is always controlled by the EV, whether a robot made the connection or not. For saving 15 seconds to move the EVSE plug 4' I have no interest in a robot.

Kenwood makes excellent amateur radio gear and receivers. Am guessing at least half the excellent performance of your Kenwood MURS radios is due to the receiver. And how the receiver was probably 2/3rds of the cost of the unit.

That looks nice. I don't have much use for a display. Used to have an AcuRite display with USB port to connect to computer which could collect the data locally and relay to AcuRite to be viewed anywhere on phone or web browser. But the computer had to be running 24/7. Got tired of it. The...

My AcuRite was about $130 for the outside sensor and inside Access internet link. Went looking and ASIN B074X85BMJ is currently $150 at Amazon. B086WNW3Z8 is $8 more, includes a display which apparently has WiFi internet connection allowing you to view the data anywhere. Mine lacks a display...

But to make that choice one has to be aware of the differences between the options. My observation is that a disproportionate number of newly licensed Amateur Radio Operators are recent retirees. While one could spend $10,000, there is a lot of fun to be had for $100.

1/2W is plenty but for the 25¢ receivers in most FRS radios. Transmitters are cheap. Good receivers are expensive.

The AcuRite 5-in-1 shown doesn't do anything to waterproof the battery compartment. Has a loose door on the bottom. Batteries are about 1/2" above the door. Humid air freely enters. Haven't had a problem with battery contacts.

Have forgotten how many years I have had a PWS (Personal Weather Station) on this fence (this is the 2nd hardware, first was up long enough for the plastic to turn to dust) but this year is the first I have had a spider problem. Don't see cobwebs anywhere else on the fence or the trees but have...

An Amateur Radio License costs about $10 to sit for the written exam then $35 for the license if you pass. Each. The GMRS "exam" is the FCC application form consisting of your name, address, and difficult things like that. Still costs $35 but covers you and immediate family. Both have 10 year...

Yes, you could. The outputs should be transformer isolated from the AC mains so no issue connecting the negative of one charger to the positive of another. That you shouldn't have to disconnect the batteries from the golf cart. For safety's sake use a DVM to check for continuity between the...

15.5V is permissible for short periods on nominal 12V lead-acid batteries whether "golf cart" or "deep cycle" or "starter" designs. 60V would quickly destroy a 6V, 8V, or 12V battery. The O.P. has (4) 12V batteries for which 15.5V x 4 = 62V. My instruction was to check each battery for 14.5V...

Who needs/wants a robot when it takes 15 seconds to attach an EVSE plug?

The 400+ mile day is a relatively rare event for most people. I do it 2-4 times/year and have often done 500 miles in one day on one tank. But in the Tesla for normal use typically 25 miles/day I spend 15 seconds picking up the EVSE umbilical on the right, then insert in car to my left. Even on...

Then you have never timed it. A quick interstate stop takes 15 minutes. To quickly dive into Walmart for gas is about 10 with pay-at-the-pump. Did exactly that this evening. Only bought 8.5 gallons. I do not take 5 minutes out of my week to pump gas or charge. I only charge my Tesla to 205...

I think if you have water/acid on the floor then the charger is over-charging. Put a voltmeter on the individual batteries. Should not go over 14.5V when charging.

To which I would add: Transmit power is cheap. Good receivers are expensive. Is much the same as with headlights: any idiot can cheaply buy a bigger brighter bulb but it is difficult and expensive to keep the light out of the other drivers' eyes. The RF noise floor at VHF/UHF is pretty low so...

Yeah, but Amazon will happily sell you a radio which requires a license-by-exam which the O.P. does not seem willing to undertake. Stick with the $35/10 year GMRS. Don't believe anyone who says you can use an Amateur Radio transceiver.

Nothing wrong with letting the fuel tank go below 1/4. The "overheating fuel pump" lore is provably wrong. Chintzy domestic automakers saved a few pennies by wiring the in-tank fuel pump direct to the ignition key. Letting the fuel pump run when there was not enough fuel to run the engine is...

That is something different. Car fully powered, in gear, with driver, being pulled, is no different than regeneration going down hill.

Tesla fetches one if under warranty. An EV can be charged simply by towing with wheels on the ground.

Not batteries but poorly installed EVSE (it is an extension cord, not a "charger"). Lot of griping when Tesla revised firmware to detect poor electrical connections. "Mine charged perfectly before this software update! Now it doesn't like my Mobile Connector but works fine from a friend's...

I too have done that. 3.5" Quantum 80MB drives were notorious for failing by not being able to start spinning first thing of the morning. Could feel it kicking, trying. Counter twist to one of those kicks and it could start spinning. I've taken the cover off and used a finger on the center hub...

Even AAA gets it wrong. Pressure increases faster in N2 filled tires because the thermal mass of N2 is less than air. Takes more energy to raise air 1°C than N2. Its really significant, like 32 PSI air, 32.1 PSI N2. And another thing, "pure N2" fill is a myth because you never see the tire...

https://insideevs.com/news/404005/video-tesla-model-3-towing-range-test/

You have to stop the fuel on a diesel. There is no "ignition" but for the initial warming of the glow plugs.

If the problem is rocks then buy or rent a rock rake to remove the rocks.

Guessing the tractor fell off the top of that embankment and rolled a couple of times. :(

If R&D always results in an improvement then there is no point in the R&D step, just go straight into production. R&D is beneficial even when all that is learned is how not to do something. R&D is not beneficial when all one has done is spend somebody's money. Engineer's motto: "Quick. Cheap...

Diesel-electric "hybrid" locomotive controls the alternator field to regulate truck drive and speed, not engine RPM.

Every HVAC tech I have asked say to run away, fast. That they have not been successful at procuring replacement parts so when a unit fails the only option is to rip it out and install a completely new system. Traditional US Standard HVAC systems are built with parts from independent OEMs who...

You got one or the other inverted. Center of the signal must be 100mm from edge of DRL. Doesn't matter how large the DRL, the signal must be separated.

Actually there is a standard regulation but it is written in bureaucrat doublespeak. So unintelligible it is not being enforced. Hence the rampant LED, HID, and "super bright" retrofit market. Is very easy to make a brighter headlight. Is very hard to keep said headlight out of the eyes of...

Yes, the joy of Windows... the heartbreak. xcopy does not work the way you think if you have an 8.3 filesystem with long names remapped. Saves the data OK but at great risk of losing the filename. 8.3 is usually what you get on the flash drives. Apple's Time Machine essentially does what you...

Moly is generally superior for high pressure low rpm applications. Be aware the moly is consumed as it is crushed protecting your thing.

I don’t know for all 4x4 ATVs but am not aware of any with a limited slip front. Am not aware of any limited slip on the front of cars or trucks. The outer tire must turn much more than the inner. Advanced automobiles will use the ABS system to selectively brake the fast wheel, with...

Yes when headlight is used for DRL the turning side headlight or DRL is usually extinguished because it is hard to see a flashing turn signal close to another light.

Many do that with “fog/aux” lights. My Tesla and Subaru. Can’t say I’ve seen the F-150 do it, or not do it.

Just as Husqvarna is at least 3 unrelated companies using the same name and logo. And the once premier Bell Helmets logo is now on junk on the bicycle aisle at Walmart.

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Your ignorance is showing. Coal in a USA electric plant is cleaner propelling a Tesla Model 3 than a 50 MPG Prius on gasoline.

Not since the trucker strikes of the 1970's. Government is now afraid of truckers.

They have changed hands a few times. Toshiba owned for a while. The owning holding company may be in the UK now. Still has American offices for design and support work.

Bling. Maybe lighter weight. I use my old light weight lower power Worx 48v trimmer more than my heavier higher power EGo.

Should have taken this clean sheet opportunity to convert to Mac. :) Apple added Time Machine to MacOS 10.5 Leopard in 2007. Automatically makes an incremental backup to designated volume(s) every hour. When the archive volume reaches capacity Time Machine weeds the backups every week so you...

Relatively speaking there is isn't much spent fuel and for some Head-Up-@ss reason the USA does not reprocess used nuclear fuel which still contains 90% of its usable energy but for some reason is no longer optimal for current reactor designs. Proposed new designs which get more out of a...

Research never stopped. Problem is US Government refused to look. So meanwhile Westinghouse is building state of the art nuclear power plants in China. Something the NRC would never have accepted: Unified Single Design. Every single US nuclear power plant is a one-off custom. Westinghouse built...

If there is a windrow of uncut grass, plus a mulching kit has been fitted, I would suspect the wrong mulching kit put a smaller blade on somewhere. Is common with the best mowing decks to leave a windrow when making a sharp turn in the wrong direction. One blade spindle is in front of other(s)...

5gb served me well for many years. You can not do a full backup. You can not sync all of your music and photos in 5gb. But you can easily keep contacts, even email, in sync with no effort.

Nobody is "behind the curve" on this. The article is hype by a never-done-anything associate professor. All happy words no data, very little fact. "(The author is Associate Professor, School of Liberal Studies (SLS), Pandit Deendayal Energy University (PDEU), Gujarat..." Decades ago American...

Wind turbine rotors are replaced for the same reason as helicopter rotors. There is a maximum cycle life for the core structure. If they would build the blades out of steel there wouldn't be a limit.

Alabama levies a flat $200 surcharge on EVs.

I don't understand how you are making it so hard. You get 5GB of free iCloud storage just for the asking. Then using your AppleID sign into iCloud on Mac and on iPhone. Enable Contacts sharing on each (default). Then any change on one will appear on the other in a few moments. You can prevent...

Use it as a mailbox post that won't get knocked down.

The Ford DCT is exactly the kind of thing Ford should be developing. I know 2 Focus DCT owners. Both have had the clutch replaced at least once. Contrary to expectations the harder one drives the car the longer the clutch lasts. Driven easy the computer slips the clutch more for soft shifts...

You give China too much credit. Just as Elon Musk thought he could hire never-done-anything-before intellectuals to build a "state of the art automobile factory", China they too can wish it to happen. China has made many attempts at the motorcycle/ATV/SxS market the past 10 years. Often exports...

Ford is not even trying in those market segments. Only Ford car remaining is the Mustang. I looked at all small SUVs in 2016. Very unimpressed by the Escape and whatever the next model up. Under the hood looked like an unplanned disaster. Didn't like Kia, Hyundai, Toyota, Mazda, or Honda...

A few years ago there was a lot of hay being made about using CNG to supplement diesel. That a very simple proportioning valve could release NG into the diesel intake replacing a percentage of diesel fuel. Considering the huge efforts to make 5% to 20% biodiesel, adding a CNG tank to replace...

Ditto. Costs less per mile to build and buy a battery, charge and recharge, then dispose at EOL, than the cost of H2 even when ignoring the cost of the fuel cell. H2 from natural gas is the closest thing to an economically competitive source. One item commonly skipped (to make H2 look better)...

DEF is aqueous urea CO(NH2)2, breaks down to ammonia NH3. The reaction between diesel exhaust and urea in the SCR (Selective Catalyst Reactor) is solely to reduce NOx from diesel combustion byproducts. So it is possible to drive the reaction with away from nitrogen oxide byproducts but it isn't...

Righteous Prius-types like to rage about "pickup trucks". When I owned a Prius and a Powerstroke F-250 I would counter that few could afford the a luxury of having both. That I could drive the F-250 everywhere for less additional cost than I pay gas, tax & tag, insurance, and depreciation, on...

You forget the 80" big screen TV. Every American needs a pickup truck to haul their free 80" big screen TV home from the BLM/Antifa riot!

Seriously, is very sad how few know how to calculate MPG. Don’t know “miles per gallon” means “miles divided by gallons”, or even how to determine how many miles they drove since previously purchasing fuel. “Math is hard!”

An F350 Supercrew 4x4 Powerstroke will be 8300 pounds empty. A 5th wheel can be 8,000-13,000. Boat and trailer 4,000-5,000. Is possible he was over 23,000, and quite possible under. I don't think that much matters. What is indisputable is that something was unstable. Did the boat trailer have...

China also said a lot of wrong things about COVID-19.

Ditto. Recently had to force an autoparts store to sell me a vacuum hose. "What does it go on?" "Doesn't matter, I want to replace this hose." "What does it go on?" "If you must know, an Omron Blood Pressure Monitor." "We don't sell those." Most recent, try browsing online autoparts batteries...

Wrong. If your battery is 100 Ah and alternator is only 1 A then (overly simplistic) the battery takes 100 hours to charge. If 10 A alternator then 10 hours. Back to the real world there is a minimum current before the battery starts storing but that is somewhere around C/100 hour, really low...

I suggest using HDPE black plastic flexible water tubing rather than rigid PVC. If it breaks you can hook one end to your tractor and the other to new tubing and pull it 75' underground digging only one hole on each end. And the reason to bury deeper than 12" is to not break the water line when...

Based on off-road motorcycle racing experience and having manned the pre-race sound check, there is no good reason a 2-stroke can not be as quiet as a 4-stroke. A 4-stroke with bad muffler can be much louder than a 2-stroke because twice as much exhaust passes half as often. For similar power a...

It is not a Tesla Supercharger. Those stay busy. All it takes is a parking space and 30A at 208V or 240V and $500 to build what generically passes as a "charging station". I drive a Tesla. Those "charging stations" are token efforts by decision makers who do not have a clue. Don't get used...

Tesla is the biggest battery manufacturer. Just the Gigafactory in Nevada, "In mid-2018, battery production at Gigafactory 1 reached an annualized rate of roughly 20 GWh, making it the highest-volume battery plant in the world. Tesla currently produces more batteries in terms of kWh than all...

There is some need to match charger to battery. A wet cell lead-acid needs to be cared for a bit different than an AGM. And lithium chemistries are even more different. However there is a lot of overlap. All have a different maximum charging voltage. And a different maintenance long term...

I don't think anyone has taken the battery and motor problem as seriously as Tesla. Everyone else says, "We'll just partner with somebody." Tesla partnered with Panasonic, but Tesla really drove the development and manufacturing to new levels. "Everybody" still "knows" Tesla's tiny cells are...

Ditto. Just smear a clean greasy fingerprint inside the clean side of your air box. Then come back in a week or two and smear it again with a clean finger and decide if the grit you find is acceptable. K&N claims to have been invented by desert motorcycle racers before we had engineered oiled...

It depends a lot on the wheels fitted. A 275/70-18 turns 627 revs/mile Driveshaft turns 2571 revs/mile with 4.10 and 2226 with 3.55. A 275/70-16 turns 667 revs/mile Driveshaft turns 2735 revs/mile with 4.10 and 2368 with 3.55.

I find it hard to believe there is steel soft enough one can bend a 5/8” diameter shaft with a rubber or plastic mallet. Yet strong enough to withstand impacts a spinning mower blade encounters. I think the shaft was bent before the mallet appeared. IIRC the cheap Country Clipper spindle...

Sealed bearings (as shown) really are sealed. Shielded bearings are not. The seal of a sealed bearing as shown in the spindle bearing video keeps grease in the bearing which would be thrown out in normal use. It is not a robust seal to protect against the elements. Disappointing that mower...

There are American, German, Australian, and I don’t know how many other versions of Top Gear, all patterned after the success of Clarkson’s version of British Top Gear. The American version has been rebooted several times trying to find successful chemistry. The British version gets rebooted...

Clarkson made the show "Top Gear" into a megahit. He was not one of the original hosts. I've often summarized the good Clarkson Top Gear as, "The Three Stooges Drive Cars". Idiot BBC fired Clarkson and has since rebooted Top Gear several times without success.

Voltage while starting would be sucked lower if the battery is limiting current. That is why the starting voltage is lower on the smaller battery. The large battery is not fully charged, that is why after 10 minutes running it is not up to 14.2. Is possible 5 of 6 cells are fully charged (or...

Pay attention, I am talking road not parking space. High power wireless (stationary) charging adds a lot of weight to the vehicle and is much less efficient than a simple umbilical charging cable. Is impractical fantasy. Lets say you manage to transfer 90% of the energy to the EV BCM for use...

I find it fantastic to believe someone cast a custom alternator with mounting points unlike any other just for a few tractors. Don't know where one would find a table to alternator dimensions to compare yours to interchange with something more available. Might be easier to build a new mounting...

Search term, "smart road". It was the big wet dream before Elon Musk kicked the Toyota Prius off the podium. This one used simple electrified rails, World's first electrified road for charging vehicles opens in Sweden Others fantasized about contactless charging in motion without realizing...

What we call a "modern alternator" (vs generator) has a self-contained regulator which controls the current in field windings to limit power output. Generators spin wire-wound coils (rotor) inside permanent magnets. Power output increases the faster the rotor turns. A brute force external...

Sometimes haters have to make things up to have something to hate. Same law in Alabama. So I purchased my Tesla on Tesla's website on the internet from California. And they shipped it to my house. I even got a California Temporary Tag. Or what passes as. Tesla can not sign the paperwork to...

Every one, including how many active users at the site this moment, is shown on the Tesla navigation system in every car. And they are all listed right here: Supercharger | Tesla This independent site is the go-to place tracking known Supercharger building permits: supercharge.info They have a...

Its not any different than for an ICE. Many ICE vehicles will not restart with a few gallons of gasoline, the fuel system has lost its prime requiring special care (know first hand 2008 F-250 Powerstroke). So just as with an EV, a tow truck is dispatched to bring the vehicle off the road. OTOH...

There are plenty of "charging adapter standards". That is the beauty of standards, there are so many to choose from! The ANSI/SAE committee rejected Tesla's elegant compact design for unified AC/DC on the same pins. Wouldn't agree on DC at all when time ran out and Tesla had to commit to a...

Ok. I'll prove you wrong. Every never-done-anything armchair PV engineer says that. In the real world a static mount costs less than 5% of the capacity of the system. Is much cheaper to add more PV panels than to articulate the mount. Almost no PV system uses an articulated mount. I have a big...

No one suggested a single Powerwall would let a surgeon's house stay off-grid. It will keep the PV system running which was the original prompt of this discussion, the surgeons' surprise their homes' PV shut down when the grid shut down. "5kwh an hour"? An hour squared? Electric water heater...

Even considering the widespread ignorance that abounds is disappointing surgeons with large PV installations and multiple Teslas did not have Tesla Powerwalls. The first Powerwall is $10k installed, $7k for each additional. The Powerwall is a 13 kWh battery and inverter in one package which will...

The other thing in addition to powered roads was the no-touch wireless charging as has been popularized by Qi for cellphones. Terribly difficult, heavy, and expensive to get better than 90% efficiency vs 99.95% of a plug-in cable. But so what if charging 240V at 40A (9600W) that 960W is heating...

8 years ago all the academic intellectual armchair engineers who have never really done anything were saying we would have smart roads to charge EVs while they drive. Never mind the inconvenient physics of a moving coil over a stationary coil. Ever seen that before? (Hint: In an electric motor...

https://unboundsolar.com/1891765/unbound-solar/solar-kits/6.24-kw-grid-tied-solar-system-with-solaredge-and-16-heliene-390-watt-panels

Because in spite of what the lazy media and lazy EV haters say, they are not carbon credits. CARB states dock points for elements of conventional ICE vehicles which our superiors in the bureaucracy do not like. Subaru for example jumps through the stipulated hoops for their ICE vehicles to...

I use Ooma and have nothing like that. Everything is better than the old analog wires.

They can not because you have to be in The Standard Position when the "number" is set. If not on the bed at all then inflate to your "number" then get on the bed it will be pegged at 100 but actual inflation much greater than that.

Because the End Of Life of a Sleep Number bed is when it has to be re-inflated every night. I got tired of it. Repaired a couple times in 8 years. Went shopping pre-Covid just before the insanity started. Layed on a lot of mattresses. Bought a Sealy extra firm for about 1/3rd what I paid for...

Person I highly respect who designs gas controls said “propane consists of 5% of gas installs, 95% of gas fatalities.” The problem is how propane settles to the floor making it more difficult for humans to detect before the problem gets really bad. And something about the optimal air/fuel ratio...

Is not carbon credits or MPG. CARB states require "clean vehicle" credits to sell certain vehicles. Other states do not. Tesla does not discriminate against buyers in states such as Alabama where they get no credits for a sale. Any manufacturer can earn credits, only have to build to spec...

And no advertising. Tesla has never advertised. Only hosts their own website. No Google Ad links. Nothing.

That reminded me I used to work for Owen Garriott when he was VP of Space Programs at TBE. Met weekly in his office. Also met Greg Gutfeld at a book signing.

Read it and weep!

Yes, a show called ”It’s Clarkson On TV” is not on Amazon Prime. It is listed on IMDb.com.

B08R6GPWJC on Amazon is a $90 wireless bridge on 5.8 ghz said to have 2 km range at 300M bps. Ethernet on each end.

”It’s Clarkson On TV” is not on Amazon Prime.

So, how do I watch it?

I suggest you look into Ubiquiti's point-to-point microwave links. Run a link to the shed then put an access point inside the shed. A 600' long range WiFi is not going to penetrate a shed 300' away very well. It might reach a strategically placed WiFi extender at the shed.

Uh, actually it can. WiFi is regulated by power, not antenna gain. In theory your laptop has the same power so the same high gain antenna transmitting at the Ubiquiti doubles as a high gain receiver. Anything that can hear it should be able to talk to it. But then there is low power WiFi in...

No, that makes no sense. The plan requires a T.O.U. meter be installed with nothing but the EVSE attached. Not the “EV charger”, which is inboard the car, but the Electriv Vehicle Servicing Equipment, which is nothing but a glorified super safe extension cord. Her existing home meter remains...

Not really. All users of batteries need a BMS but a BMS is not an included feature of most batteries. Those selling lithium retrofit starter batteries have learned they have to provide some sort of emergency protection system to prevent the typical idiot from destroying the battery. They call...

162 kWh for 700 miles is an exceptionally good 230 Wh/mile. EPA rates the Model 3 at 260 Wh/mile. I believe she could be beating the EPA rating, I do, but not on the inefficient 120V 12A charging mode which according to TeslaFi (a similar Tesla monitoring app) is only 70% efficient on my Model...

Yeah. “Journalists” are dumb-dumbs. Idiots, even. Believe anything they are told do long as it is something they want to believe. “According to its specifications, the battery stores direct current and can deliver both alternating current and direct current. The conversion is not carried out by...

You pay vehicle sales tax on everything the dealer adds. Later you pay property tax on the price you paid for the life of the vehicle. 40 years ago most new Porsches sold in the USA did not come with a car radio because most states charged a recurring yearly property tax based on what the...

I will not use Slime in a street tire equipped with TPMS but agree it is an excellent bandaid for pneumatic hand truck tires and ATVs. If/when you find a puddle of Slime under the tire it is time to replace. I tried a product called TuBliss on my dirtbike for about a year. This consists of a...

You didn't know snow and the polar ice caps are blackbodies? Extremely good absorbers of radiant energy. A layer of snow on the ground helps keep the ground from getting as cold as it might. The snow is extremely good at absorbing solar heat to keep things relatively warm.

Depends. A PV array on the desert will cool. About 15% of the solar energy is converted to electricity vs 100% going to heat the sand. However "environmentalists" conveniently ignore the unnatural shade's affect on the desert tortoise, snakes, lizards, and flora. But dare an ORV leave a tire...

They have already missed the 2021 planting season. Doesn't mean they won't get 2021 harvest and 2022 planting.

I once peeled a filter off some gorilla had installed. Nothing would grip it. The screwdriver tore the can. Finally with pliers and visegrips disassembled the filter in place until only the baseplate was remaining. Visegrips managed to get a bite to bend the baseplate which freed it to unscrew.

Not all air hose chucks will inflate a tire valve without core. I have one now but did not then.

K&N got that from HiFlo Filtro who used to be K&N's OEM before they decided Chinese manufacturers would do it for less. Then K&N had a major recall because the Chinese manufacturer's welds on the sheet metal "nut" were weak and tore the filter case if the nut was used to install the filter. Too...

So what if you were crushing an oil filter that you are going to throw away? We commonly used to change oil filters with a Craftsman screwdriver. Pound it through the filter with the palm of your hand then lever the filter off. Use the center of the filter as a fulcrum.

The Tennessee version of the law states printed signs must be present at major entry points and these signs must state that purple stripes denote the no-trespassing property lines. (2) Places identifying purple paint marks on trees or posts on the property; provided, that at least one (1) sign...

Local ZTR dealer has been mounting ATV tires on mowers for some customers. Traction is more important for some than worrying about the divot created when turning.

That works on most soft tires such as automobile and lawn equipment. ST trailer tires are heavy and stiff. The problem with the strap is that it doesn't slip so only the section under the ratchet gets most of the compression. I had to use 2 ratchet straps, tried to use 3 but the strap to hook...

Out of the weather, out if the rain, out of the sun and do not use the garden hose to wash off or wash out. Deck cleans out easy with a stick. Also have a Turtle Wax spray protectant for automotive plastic which is slicker than Teflon. Does a great job of keeping grass from sticking.

The opposite is true. EGo specifically states their push mower must be stored out of the weather. They went to effort to make the handle fold, feet on the backside of the mower, a handle on the front, so it stores vertically flush against a wall. No gas, no oil, no smell other than rotting grass.

Country Clipper with a joystick is my choice. https://www.countryclipper.com/

Even the often biased Snopes says, “No one can verify that this case actually occurred.” https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/hedge-fund/

All of my PowerPC software ran on Intel MacOS. The original 68000 software ran on PowerPC but not Intel. Unlike Microsoft, Apple never had separate 32-bit and 64-bit versions of the OS.

That is not a hack nor all that unusual. If you understand the Power Split Device transmission pioneered by the Toyota Prius you would appreciate the simplicity. Briefly it is nothing but a 3-input/output planetary gear set with ICE, Motor/generator A, and Motor/generator B. One motor is...

Nationwide Congress has given the EPA authority to impose mandatory ethanol consumption quotas. Currently to be allowed to sell 9 gallons of gasoline one must have a credits proving the sale of 1 gallon of ethanol as a motor fuel. There has been a big push to increase the quota to 3 gallons...

You know 95% of Post Office mail carrier trucks drive less than 40 miles/day on their routes? Or think about how regenerative braking would benefit the repetitive start/stop duty cycle? I saw an article about a company developing wind-up spring technology for garbage trucks. The idea is to let...

EVs do not really have neutral. Motor is permanently geared to the wheels. No clutch, no torque converter. On Tesla Model S the rear wheel drive motor uses an excited field so when that is not energized the motor turns free. Parking brake clamps the rotors. Pretty sure that is powered from the...

Your ignorance is showing. Trivially easy internet search, "ford lightning charge rates" finds this as the 2nd hit: https://media.ford.com/content/dam/fordmedia/North%20America/US/product/2022/f-150-lightning/pdf/F-150_Lightning_Tech_Specs.pdf Says to charge from 15% to 80% takes the standard...

Why would one ever charge during the day when one can start every morning with a full charge for 150-300 miles? Especially where T.O.U. billing is used in areas deprived of sufficient generating capacity by government mismanagement. In those areas nighttime electric power is outright cheap. So...

The US grid has 50% excess capacity at night which is exactly when EVs need it. Besides, if 10¢/kWh is enough to build our current capacity then why would it cost more than that to build additional kWh capacity? Alabama, $200/year. Double the gas tax rate per mile.

Alabama levies a $200/year tax on EVs over and above the license plate. That is the equivalent of 25,000 miles of gas tax. Not at all fair at more than double to tax of a gasoline/diesel vehicle.

That is not unfair, it is most fair. If food, clothing, housing, etc, was the same percentage of income for one with $10,000/year as for one with $100,000, as for one with $1,000,000, then why would the poor bother to try harder? Why would the rich bother? Marx thought the rich could be broken...

When comparing battery mowers they all claim “equivalent to gasoline power!” without listing HP or kW. They further obfuscate the comparison with everyone using different voltages wishing you to believe the higher the voltage the better. Can’t say the manufacturer’s amp-hour claims are...

The show has only been on a month or so. Bureaucracy moves slowly. Problem is if they haven’t been filming then they have missed the 2nd growing season. Missed how 1st season’s decisions affected the next. At best now they pick up with the 3rd growing season under Clarkson’s mis-management.