Recent content by shingles

if you are worried about water getting INTO the battery pack, no, don't worry. Water's going to get in there, it probably already does anyway. That's just a body trim piece. But you should avoid puddles anyway, regardless of this cracked rocker panel.

Doubt you have to worry about the battery. They are much tougher than that. All of that is superficial body trims.

What do you mean part of the body is coming apart? How big was the "rock"? Doesn't look that severe. Probably $2-3k if have to get your bumper replaced, painted, blended, etc.

You can check in your Tesla app. Under Location, click on the lighten bolt. It'll tell you how many stalls are available.

I think those ecoflows are nice, but be cautious of expectations... it's not going be rough trying to start 3-4 ton AC units that are common here in H-Town. The thing I like about Powerwalls and whole home setups is that you don't have to change how you choose to operate when there's an outage...

No, not really, it's 4 wires. There are lots of video on YouTube that go through it. But you'll want to be comfortable working around the AC capacitor. Mostly you will want to make sure you discharge it properly. Or it will be painful haha. But it isn't hard.

You will want to get a soft starter on each of those AC units. One main reason I went with 4 Powerwalls was to make sure I can start my 2 AC units at the same time in the event of an outage. Even with the four Powerwalls, I decided to install a soft start on each of my AC units outside. Soft...

If you are on the freeway/highway, it will revert to letting you adjust max and remove the ASO.

In my case, I think it turns it on too late. The left turn into my neighborhood, I would turn it on much sooner than it does. Since it's a two way road with a 55mph speed limit, I like to give people behind me a long notice I am turning so they slow down. With FSD, it waits pretty late to...

Regarding the smoothness issue - that's an area of improvement for sure. I agree it's a bit aggressive. Supposedly this is an area that 12.4 will improve on. Regarding the speed: you need to uncheck "Automatic Set Speed Offset".... if you read the description (push the circle i), it's going...

According to this cyber truck owner in Houston, he got to use his PowerShare due to the crazy storms here in Houston. https://www.cybertruckownersclub.com/forum/threads/powershare-cybertruck-to-the-rescue-as-home-power-backup-after-tornado.17289/

Be very interested in your PowerShare experience!

I am too much of a control freak, that's not enough money for me to give Tesla basically full control of my PW and my usage habits. lol I am happy knowing that with my current setup, I drive at zero energy cost and will get negative electric bill each month, and have full control of my stuff.

Get all your windows tinted including the windshield (I was a non believe for a LONG time, but I am 100% on board now). It's not going to keep the peak temps down if you are parked outside for 8/10 hours in the summer. But it's going to keep it much nicer when you are driving and for shorter...

So technically speaking, it's not fast enough... depending on what source or where you read, the whole setup will kick in anywhere from ~100ms to 1-2 seconds. Either way, UPS transfer time is typically 5-10ms or faster. Your PC and things like that won't stay on, depending on how sensitive it...