Recent content by namlio

Geothermal isn’t as easy as the article would make you believe. First, they make it seem like you can do this almost anywhere, but you need a lot of things to come together geologically to make this work - especially high heat that isn’t too deep and good reservoir rock with some permeability...

The same thing happened to me last December. You have a problem with the master charger. You can charge on level 2, but not level 3 DC. It took them 2 days to get the parts after they completed the diagnosis. The invoice said the master charger was replaced. Luckily, mine was repaired under...

I would be interested in this as well. I have noticed that over the last 6 weeks or so that I’m not always hearing the ‘screwing down’ sound. I thought I just wasn't paying attention, but it seems to be intermittent. I’m a little concerned because my warranty is up in about 8 months and wonder...

One thing I don’t think was accurate was the statement that if someone plugs in next to you, your charge rate can drop by half at v2 chargers. I assume they work the same as v1 chargers that share and that the second car will get the power not being consumed by the first car, up to 120 kW, but...

Does anyone know if the wall connector is repairable? Mine starting showing intermittent faults and then failed completely with a solid red light. A ranger was at the house replacing the parking brake and I asked him to take a look. He said it was probably a failure in the electronics (the main...

I assume you are aware of the energy app? If you input a destination, the energy app (screen) will show you the estimated energy usage for the trip and the expected state of charge upon arrival. By monitoring this screen you can see how you are deviating from the estimate and adjust accordingly...

Then why did this happen to me twice yesterday? Once there were only 2 cars connected and the second with only half the slots taken. I had the charge limit set to 90% and it shut off at 80% both times. The first time wasn’t an issue, and I was ready to leave anyway, but the second time required...

You are correct that supercharging bypasses the AC converter. But in this case, as in mine, while the car would not supercharge, we could still charge on AC, the opposite of the usual case. I was told that a component called the master charger had failed. This set of electronics apparently...

My 2016 90D had the master charger fail as well, but no amount of plugging and unplugging could get the charging to start. But consider yourself lucky, mine happened 160 miles from home, with a state of charge of less than 15%, 150 miles from the nearest service center, at the beginning of a...

I am moving to a new house and just had a 14-50 installed instead of a wall connector. I used to have a WC in my current house but it failed after about 18 months. I had a ranger out to do the parking brake recall and had him look at it. He said it was probably the main board, couldn’t be...

Are you stopping by just to take pictures or are you looking for an excuse to eat a lot of BBQ? ;)

Either day in February works for me, though it might be rather chilly. I do like the idea of star gazing and I doubt I will care much about the Super Bowl. A nice glass of red wine in front of the fireplace sounds really nice.

I’m ok with Nov 3. That should at least increase the possibility that the site is energized for the event. Either way, I looking for some input on where others will be spending the night.

Can’t you pick up the vanity plates and skip a step? I had to register my Model S myself 2+ years ago, so this may be different, but I was able to pick up my vanity plates as soon as they were available and never had regular plates on the car. You might want to call and check if you already haven’t.

For those of you who will attend the celebration, where are you thinking of spending the night? I understand that rooms are hard to come by and expensive in Fort Stockton. I was considering Fort Davis (and looking forward to buying Charlie a beer) but it adds a lot of distance on the way back...