Recent content by ellett

You can use one mph for each A as a rough estimate, so 40A-34A=6A=6mph

Your breaker must be rated so the maximum load is no more than 80% of the breaker rating, i.e. a 32A draw requires a 40A breaker. If your electrician is proposing a lesser margin, find a new electrician. Going out of code will invalidate your homeowner's insurance if you try to make a claim due...

You do NOT want reckless driving on your record. Get a lawyer ASAP. Do not tell the police anything, just your lawyer. Save a copy of the videos in the cloud, or put a copy on a USB drive and mail it to an out of state friend or family member.

While she can't turn off her fan, she can redirect the flow with a swipe on the screen to blow around her instead of on her.

No reason it wouldn't work, but that's still only 2.4KVA, or 30+ hours for a full charge on a LR.

Why do you buy a car? To go miles (or kilometres). So miles is a key metric, probably top of the list. Range reduction would be the next in the list, since that's a measure of convenience. When range drops to the point where you can't get to your destination and have to take time out to charge...

Look at history. Did the Model S and Model X "take it in the shorts" when the Model 3 came out. Model S and X resale values seem to be pretty good to me. Are Model 3 resale prices "taking it in the shorts" now that the model Y is available to order? There will certainly be a modest drop, but...

You can charge it to whatever level you usually charge to, leaving it plugged in, and it won't charge further unless you have an automatic daily charge set up. You can use your app from wherever you are to check the charge level every week and initiate a charge if you wish. For a week or two...

I'm not usre I understand this question. Tesla stores don't have huge inventory, just 2-3-4 cars in the showroom. And Tesla stores don't typically look like big auto showrooms; most are just another door on a strip mall. Downtown SF is a large property, extended showroom plus service center, but...

"Software usually has a smaller upfront cost"?!?!?! NO! I've worked in software for decades and software products can be in development for years with zero income to the company. Dozens of software engineers making six-figure salaries plus a QA department plus a technical documentation...

For the past few days, when I backed out of the garage, the camera would go black for several seconds, long enough for my stress levels to rise. I decided to chill and the camera returned to normal operations by the time I was out on the driveway. This has happend 3-4 times. I just got a...

I'm quite happy with Tesla's progress, notwithstanding any Elon tweets that full FSD will be available day after tomorrow:-) Since FSD has the potential to take lives if not done absolutely correctly, I'm greatly in favor of doing it (bulletproof) right, rather than doing it quickly. I'm...

User experiences say that we are more likely to experience battery life reduction on the order of 10% than 30%, but I factored in only charging to 90% and keeping 10%+ "in the tank" in all my plans, and losing another 10% because I do a significant portion of my driving at "highway speeds". That...

Bob, check with your daughter. Even if she has a gas dryer, her home may be wired for an electric dryer as well.

The answer of course is, it depends. How far do you want/need your range to be? Take that and multiply by 1.2 for charging 10%-90%, which is what you should do. Adjust down more for cold weather and extended high-speed highway driving (range is much better in primarily city driving). And will...