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Thanks you all for the advice! It is a 5x8 Uhaul, and honestly I have enough other options along the route that I'll grab ones with easier access and hope no one is unnecessarily using the nose in spots there. It's not the end of the world to unhook the trailer, but it's nice to not have to do...

In the pictures on this post I'm not able to tell if there are any nose-in stalls that are good for charging with a trailer attached. Does anyone know if this site has one of more of those? (I'm making a Google maps group for an upcoming trip) Thanks!

I do wish we had a "dark" camp mode. I also find that turning off ambient lights is incomplete (switch indicators stay on) and after opening and closing doors they come back on despite the setting. A bit of a bug. I have checked the wiring diagram on my 2023 Y and see that the rear hatch light...

I stopped in today. It’s still roped off. Power is switched on to the meter but no kwh’s have been consumed yet. The huge green transformer is humming. My guess is that it just needs to be commissioned by tesla now. Oh, and signs are up but no stall striping yet.

Drove by and grabbed a pic today. Stalls going in.

I stopped by today. The HV cables are all connected. Still no stalls in sight, but FWIW the team digging at the main pad says the HV is done and they expect it to be up and running by Friday.

Let’s see if I can add a few more. Nice free WiFi at Lone Pine SPC. I’m not sure what’s up with the two stations by the curb with the strange curb cuts.

Visited today, good progress. You can see the new HV Pole on the west end missing the wires. Oops, uploads are stuck, I’m in the middle of nowhere.

I've been looking forward to this location for many years! It's 17 miles from my favorite sign at the north entrance to Death Valley, and until there is any charger in Big Pine, this one is much closer than Lone Pine. IMG_7292 by Otmar posted Oct 30, 2019 at 7:39 PM

Sign: "Pavement Ends Next Services 126 Miles" North entrance to Death Valley.

Mine were just replaced on my 2018 LRRWD Model 3 by a mobile service tech who was in the area. I fear you exaggerate on the 15 minutes, once he got to the car it took no more than 15 seconds to fix! :-) The old ones pull off with needle nose pliers and the new ones slip right in. The paper...

No Tesla equipment seen. Those workers confirmed nothing. Friendly EV Go workers told me the Grazella parking lot one was for Tesla.

I stopped by today to see if anything was visible, and yes, it’s happening! Trenching has started. Also others are trenching next door for a EV Go Charger Installation. Those installing the Superchargers preferred not to talk and didn’t want to be in pictures. I appreciate what they are doing!

As another data point I’ve used Ingineer’s services on my cars for years. He’s always been super helpful and generous with his time. He knows the systems incredibly well too. We all know that there is always “that one guy” who is never happy no matter how fair you treat them. It sure sounds like...

Cut the back off and make it a pickup-sedan! Looks like a perfect candidate for something like that. :-)

I'm curious what hardware changes they've made. Rumor I heard months ago is that all LDU's (Large Drive Units) have the P high current silicon, but were only tested to required power level (lower on the RWD 75.) That said, the 60-75 has always had inherent power limits since its 14 module pack...

I've had my new Model S for a 11 days and over 700 miles and I haven't had a single problem. Should I be worried? Most importantly, I want to know what is Tesla going to do about it!? ;-) Enjoy these fantastic cars!

Delivery was yesterday. 17 days from confirmation, I got lucky! Feeling fortunate to get to drive John Wayland's White Zombie racing EV from Amtrak to the delivery appointment. The Zombie is a much quicker EV than any Tesla, but far less refined. ;) This was the first time I saw the...

Thanks for letting us know. I am getting the same solid white on Wednesday and am glad to see that yours looks great!

My DS just informed me that my car is built and scheduled delivery in Portland on 6/22. My delivery page still says "Your Tesla is in production." I was surprised at how quickly it went. Looks like three weeks from first order to delivery. Looking forward to some road trips to break it in!

You can read about it's past and originally intended future here, long overdue for an update. Now it looks like I'll probably sell the Wreckla and get a newer salvage with a 100 kWh pack when I get back to the project: Stretchla Blog To limit OT, any further discussion of it would be better in...

Confirmed mine on 6/5 VIN 5YJSA1E10GF1466XX Base S75 with sunroof as only option. DS expects delivery to Portland OR before the end of the month. I'm happy to help the quarterly numbers.

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I appreciate you looking out for me! Parts and charging are all surmountable for me. Every time I've tested the Supercharger it has worked fine and used parts are easy to find now. Getting over the hurdle of body work and rust repair is my biggest technical problem. I hope to get back on the...

You can balance at any one SOC, but with real life cells (varying capacity) it will be out of voltage balance at any other SOC. I will attempt to explain further, since I know this can be hard to visualize. We know that every brick has a slightly different capacity in amp hours. The open...

You can get more details of what they may be using by viewing these patents: http://www.faqs.org/patents/app/20120231306 http://www.faqs.org/patents/app/20120237803

If you mean D10, it seems to have a dot on the right which could indicate the cathode. Does CHAdeMO require precharge on the car before activation? This circuit could be charging up the CHAdeMO side of the adaptor for "precharge". Maybe this is the "Flyback Voltage" value that is in the tech...

I'd like to clarify your (usually, but not always correct) statement for others working on the HV system. It is possible to have high voltage when the 12V is disconnected if the DC-DC is working and running. That is why it's important to also remove the first responder disconnect to insure that...

I'd suggest shutting it down, disconnecting the 12V battery and then replacing the 225A fuse and powering it all up again.

If the terminal was shorted to the car body in the accident, that could have blown the fuse. IIRC he has (Edit, "had") a damaged connector on the DC-DC converter, indicating physical damage in the area. - - - Updated - - - I'm curious, will the car charge the battery now if you disconnect the...

I agree charging the 12V battery would be a good idea. It takes a substantial 12V charger to stay ahead of the loads when the car is on. I used a 55 Amp unit. Don't use the "start" function of a charger! The voltage may be too high. I think my 6 Amp charger was too small to keep up with the car...

I'd suggest a 12V light bulb, like a regular (incandescent) brake light bulb in a socket with wires. I keep one around taped up with clip leads to use as a current limiting link. The advantage is that if the load across the bulb is high, then the bulb lights up. A 110V incandescent bulb could...

The main contactors need to be on for the DC-DC to wake up. Was the car "awake" and ready to drive? Did you hear the main contactors turn on? It may be that the DC-DC needs to see voltage to turn on. For that I would try clipping a light bulb across the (missing) fuse terminals. The light will...

A little OT, but I couldn't help noticing that the 230 mOhms on the Mouser site doesn't make sense, and sure enough the lesson here may be to go to the source. it's rated at 0.201 mOhms...

That 225 Amp fuse is the fuse from the battery to the DC-DC. Just like wk057 says. The question is "why did it blow?" Either the DC-DC had a fault, or maybe the accident shorted that terminal to chassis ground on or near the DC-DC. Since you mentioned that the connector on the DC-DC was damaged...

That's certainly possible. Aside from power and ground connections the pumps seem to have a PWM input for speed and a status output. Maybe they are faulting when they have too little load?

I am not aware of any sensors, other than temperature, that would detect air pockets in the system. It seems unlikely to me that air pockets would cause the system to throw such an error. It does make me wonder though, is there any chance of coolant leaking internally in any of the systems? I'm...

My understanding is that if you know someone in MA the service information that those residents can access is very good and it includes the connector details that you would want. It is a shame that the rest of us don't have access to such useful data. I suspect the information would be very...

The value I heard from Tesla for a 85 kWh pack is 569kg (1254lb). I was glad to hear it was less than the 600kg that I read in some article, Car and Driver maybe?

These guys are at least close, and offer custom support that may get someone there. http://dimensions.sensata.com/product-inverter/7000w-300vdc-quasi-sine-inverter Edit, I see they are connected with the above mentioned Magnum. I like the Magnum that is in my tractor and it seems they offer...

Motor windings are downstream of bus capacitors and therefore not an influence here. The cables and bars are the inductance of concern in this situation. It doesn't take much inductance at high currents to cause issues. That said, during normal use the electronics will stop drawing current...

Sure would be handy for test fitting in the Stretchla, but I'm nowhere near local. Thanks for offering it up though!

I think you have that a bit reversed. I am intimately familiar with the setup since it is all clearly visible on my car and this is what I've seen. The center radiator carries coolant in a loop with the motor, controller, charger(s) and the battery when it is in series plumbing mode. The center...

Wow, that went quick. They are very pretty. Maybe I should put mine in the safe instead of on display on a shelf? :-)

All three coolant pumps on the Model S are located in the front, under the frunk liner.

Sure enough, mine arrived today. Tesla got it right and I didn't have to prompt them. I'm not driving the car anymore so I was in no hurry, but it can still charge so I'll test the replacement and then send back the old one.

I'm eager to see if they manage to send me one. My car, having a salvage title is considered a "dead car" and is in some ways not supported. The factory warranties are void on salvage cars (in my experience) but other salvage cars I've owned were still eligible and processed for recalls. On the...

Lower down it says Package "Content: 2 x L.E.D Light Bulbs" I'm ordering a pair today.

I'd call the service center and have them check your codes. The louvers have feedback and the car does record warnings when they are not operating properly. I've got one of those motors on my bench, having fun learning the codes to make it run outside the car.

I'm told the washers (Nordlock that go on the lower ball joint nuts) protect against loosening of the front lower ball joints. Loose ball joints would certainly make for a sloppy front end. The system looks sounds to me. It's hard to imagine these large nuts with thread locker on the nuts...