Recent content by whasupjohn

Maybe we should go old school and play the clip clip of horse drawn carriages.

I’m really excited for all the ppl who get to see/feel/ride the truck - I look forward to their viewpoint because I’ll probably have overload and forget my list to things to check. That being said, I’ll drive within 2 hours. A tank of gas in my Jeep would be a price I’d be willing to pay for a...

I have to weigh in on the “noise”. I can’t imagine how many times because I heard something that caused me to look up and realized the environment around me had changed. So for something as large and (potentially) destructive as a vehicle could be to a person — I understand the need for a...

S’okay… no worries. I started this thread to make sure people put effort into making the correct choices and if they need an electrician to get the job done that mistakes are not made. Things need to be made safe. Proper wiring, breakers and in the case of pluggable chargers the need for a...

When did I say that? I was responding to a member commenting on how I was going to wire my own place. As for the included charger I just got a response from Slate today regarding the max current is 40A. This means an industrial 14-50R will work and a 50A breaker with 80% limit on #6 wire is...

I’m an engineer with 35+ years wiring experience. Not sure what you are saying. I’m putting in proper wire, breakers with arc fault per code. Each room will have its sockets isolated to that room. The lights and fans will be on a separate circuit. Everything will be proper, I don’t half ass...

But did you hear them coming?

No experience with that specific device, but I find Vevor quality can vary from product to product. Good luck and keep us posted on how it works for you. Please keep an eye on it the first few times you use it, smells odd or any blinking or interruptions would be a cause for concern.

If it works for you, that’s all that matters.

I’m on it!

I think the other obvious thing you can state is, gas is a dense and highly concentrated energy source but most modern cars are like 15-30% efficient. It’s because of all the thermal losses. In the 33.7kwh of energy per gallon, that’s 5 to 10 kWh per gallon. I think the hybrids do better...

I think I’ll buy whatever toy is needed to remove any annoyances. Hopefully the Slates will be removable and minimal. I’d love to use the Jetson sounds if that’s a thing. Maybe just the first few seconds of the initial takeoff.

Sadly, I’m just going to ballpark my $26k truck will cost me $30-31k when it’s all said and done. If it comes in less, sweet. The estimators can only do so much but when the slide the contract over to ya, that’s when the real haggling begins. In my case I’m just getting a new rage, no trade...

They’re starting to make the sausage!

Yeah, I’ve priced everything. The run is short, I already have a panel and all the resources. The only real difference is the heavy duty 14-50 and the breaker. I only run thhn wire in conduit, not a fan of prebundled cables and due to length I won’t need to derate. I guess I just need to...