Recent content by Chris Lockfort

^ seconded I also have the Can Jr/Sr but my home charger is a J1772 unit that currently has a 14-50 inlet on it, which lets me both share it with non-tesla EV friends at home and use far-flung RV parks on the go.

Interesting that our Leaf brethren have nearly the exact same issue with their upgraded battery packs degrading much faster Nissan LEAF 30-kWh Battery Degrades More Rapidly Than 24-kWh Pack

It comes out with the pioneer/jvc removal tools, I think https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0185VPVIG is the one, at least for the radio that came with my single-din dash.

Looks like no one has mentioned in this thread, but you actually can ask Tesla support for the roadster service manual if you can prove you and your roadster live in Massachusetts, where their 'right to repair' law requires the service manual to be divulged upon request to normal MA residents...

Sorry for not being very up to date at reading the forum, but you're welcome to charge at my place in Palo Alto. (I'm the guy with a roadster charger on plugshare at the corner of Greer and Oregon). Just give me a heads up with a Tesla forums or plugshare message to make sure someone is home...

I also imagine it's just that he's exposing 240V on the nema 5-15R plugs. This is (obviously) non-standard and non-spec, but as you pointed out many devices/chargers have universal AC power supplies and are happy enough taking in 240V (some with a switch, etc), and will do so with half the...

That was me going from Bay Area to LA :) That was some fun hypermiling with only one stop each way. Around my service center, it's not uncommon to see a few roadsters in at once just because they don't have a roadster tech all of the time, so the days that a roadster tech is in are when they...

One of my housemates is a ham radio nut; I can confirm that even after isolating his power lines, he still sees broad spectrum interference when my roadster is charging. I'll bet it's a lot worse in my 1.5 than the newer roadsters, as I'm guessing at least some of the interference is from...

Got this question from Google today. Seems awfully specific! Strongly looking forward to the new ad profile they'll curate for me.

You're welcome to charge at my place in Palo Alto (70A/240V J1772), ~1.5mi from the Tesla store. There are a bunch of other owners in the area as well, and at least 30A/208V charging is easy to come by in every downtown garage (I know, not as cool as some sweet sweet 70A :-) )

If I recall it's 40 miles, and it's stored in one of the not-encrypted files that you can dump via USB (whpm.log). My estimated goes over ideal all the time when I come down from mountains, charging my car as I zoom past vehicles doing the considerably more inelegant periodic braking and idling.

Have you considered waiting for the new 3.0 aero package?

Tesla Roadster Charging Rates and Efficiency - Tom Saxton's Blog

It sets off the alarm. Found out the hard way when the electronics in one of my key fobs died and I had to unlock that way. You can turn off the alarm semi-immediately though by sticking the fob-less key in the ignition and turning, but the car still will not "start" until you key in your pin...

Yes, the 208V/70A charger in Willows Motel 6. It's $10 for a full charge, no need to be a guest. Motel 6 | Willows, CA | Electric Car Charging Station | PlugShare Town is kind of boring / tiny though, but it's also really close to Thunderhill Raceway, so maybe I'll start charging there for...