Recent content by NRVM3

I believe you are correct. Isolation is maintained by the clearance (the shortest distance through the air) and creepage (the shortest distance along the surface). There are standards that specify these minimums. The 1000V connector has more creepage than the 500V. These minimums are affected by...

I was skeptical of the coal powered EV producing less CO2 than gas powered equivalents. Then I ran the calculations for myself. Summary of CO2 emissions per 100km (kg) Tesla Model 3 Ontario electricity mix 0.9 Tesla Model 3 Natural Gas 8.8 Tesla Model 3 Coal...

I checked my Supercharger invoices for the past year. $212.27 for 480kWh $0.45/kWh 480kWh came from the Tesla app. $212.27 from the invoices. Just a little less than the current $0.48 being charged in southern Ontario.

This location has 4 ChargePoint DCFCs used for delivery EVs all last winter. It is now open to the public. I charged there last night using a CCS adapter. Free charging, for now at least.

All things being equal most of us would buy a domestic built car. But all things are not equal. And things are changing fast. Chinese quality is there and the battery costs are coming down fast. I fear legacy auto manufacturers will fall behind just like the Japanese in the seventies and later...

After a lifetime of driving I have three wrong car examples. Once we had a rental. My wife and I hopped into an unlocked car. Correct model and color. It just didn’t feel right. After perhaps 20 seconds we realized it was not our car. My wife and I both had Mazdas. I was driving mine but had...

I’m in Ontario with a similar setup. 100A panel with external fusing. (80 years old) The electrician and subsequent inspector required that I download the previous 12 months of hourly usage for review. In the end I replaced the breaker with 40A and labelled it “40A breaker, 32A maximum”...

I can see how Superchargers in a downtown core would be hard to build. Access to power and expensive real estate would be required. In the case of Gatineau, the location is on the outskirts of town and just off the Autoroute 50. Ideal to top up for the return trip to Montreal.

For what it’s worth Tesla accidentally revealed “coming soon” Supercharger locations last October. It included 1248 Boulevard la Vérendrye E in Gatineau. Good for the Gatineau-Montreal drivers.

ONRoute appears to have partnered with the Ivy Charging Network so I can’t imagine Tesla getting into those locations. Would be nice though.

Both the A2Z and Tesla adapters are passive. It cannot be locked out by Tesla. I have an A2Z. I’ve only tested it twice. In both cases I got approx. 35kW on a 50kW charger. 50% SOC and no preconditioning with temperature below freezing. What I did learn was how happy I am to have access to...

I finally got a chance to use Madoc this afternoon and it was busy. 3 Teslas and 2 ICE-holes. This may be an ongoing problem given the lack of parking for the gas station and Subway. Complaints aside, it is a great addition to the SC network for me.

Good info. I just purchased a CCS adapter today in anticipation of a road trip later in the year. Gaspé, Quebec and Cape Breton, Nova Scotia do not have Supercharger coverage.

Any measurement device that is used in a financial transaction requires approval from Measurement Canada. Example - the scale at your butcher. Each measurement device will have to meet the requirements for that category of product. EV charging is a new category. So first Measurement Canada had...

My garage has a bottom tube seal as well. I put a dowel the same diameter as the charger cable inside the tube. It’s about one foot narrower than the door. The charger cable is placed under this one foot section. Perfect. No pinching at all.