Recent content by Bruce Person

We too have a 200 amp transfer switch to make going on and off the grid seamless. I do wish I had the newer 24kw air cooled Generac because the power does seem to waver. However the real worth of the generator is the true piece of mind you get during storms or planned power outages. No matter...

I was wondering about Texas if they allow above ground propane tanks. If they don't do they allow underground propane tanks? Just wondering about all the things that make Texas different (as far as building codes).

Question: Does your neighborhood allow large propane tanks using underground lines to supply the generator/house?

We got our generator once we had an outage and my wife couldn't open the garage door to get to Starbucks. Enough said.

I live in northern California along the coast and we lose power quite frequently due to all our trees. Now with planned outages due to wildfire prevention efforts it seems that it can happen at any time during fire season. When we first moved here we were made aware of this and so we installed...

I understand your thinking but around here the guy coming at you may be a double trailer log truck with redwoods or a fire truck (they take up their entire lane) and you are going around a corner (right hand turn) so you are moving toward them head on. I can slow down for people on bicycles and...

It is good to know that other people have this same problem on 2 lane roads (one lane in each direction). I would like to request a feature to Tesla to fix this problem but I don't know where I can suggest a feature to Tesla officially. Roughly, I'd like to have an autosteer offset expressed...

I put in a service request for my Model Y (June 2020 vin) and asked them if they Tesla could add it much like they do with the garage door opener. Today I got a message that no such "Retro" kit exists and so they canceled my service appointment. Ok. If Tesla does want to make the Y more like...

On a daily basis, I try to use your first suggestion but I charge between 80% to 90% but closer to 80 than to 90. On a performance model Y that works out to 241 miles on a daily charge meaning that I'm 50 miles less than the maximum of 100% which to me seems reasonable. It also means that...

I guess I don't understand. If there is really a suggested regime for charging to make the battery last as long as possible it should be in the user manual. If not, why not? Either Tesla stands behind the charging regime or they don't. We shouldn't have to guess at this. Here is an idea -...

What you are saying actually answers a bunch of questions. If Tesla can't redistribute Google maps, they wouldn't be able to keep a live cache to do online updates except through the internet. Maybe on some sort of google subscription service they could remarket static periodic maps. In rural...

I have the Model Y and I've ordered a Jeda hub that has a hidden compartment just big enough for the Samsung T3 1/2 Terabyte SSD drive for my Dashcam and Sentry mode that fits just below the dual phone chargers. It adds powered USB ports so we already should have the potential "owned" drive...

Around here in my local area, Verizon is king. No one I know has AT&T. But many lower priced cars like my Honda Accord Touring with using low res screens, have no problem with their low res maps anywhere I've gone even with no cell or satellite coverage (against a mountainside). So it looks...

Sounds like we are getting into a "New Feature Request" zone. I am not going to travel the entire country in one trip. When I go to my AAA office for maps I ask by the state and sometimes by region. For me, I would be happy with "Western US" or for now, California, Oregon, Washington and...

Not to mention the price of the speeding tickets and the classes she would need to attend. I'm just curious but what is the speed limit in Illinois? I live in a rural area north of San Francisco and we don't have any freeways that are close but we have lots of very curvy roads that have hairpin...