Recent content by rsomrek

As a meteorologist, let me second Eriamjh1138's reply. Wind chill only applies to humans. It's actually only an estimate of how fast exposed skin will lose heat with "no wind" if the observed temperature were equal to the wind chill temperature. As wind speed increases, the rate of cooling on...

Reference please?

As others have noted, the material costs seems high. On other hand the labor cost seems okay (I'm guessing cheap for SFO/SJC). I'm in a Chicago suburb and paid ~$350 total (labor and material) for a slightly shorter run (but a little more complex path).

I didn't mean to imply that the Supercharger nor ambient air temperature was the issue. As I've learned since my original post, it's the temperature of the battery pack itself that makes a difference - if the battery pack is cold, the car's BMS throttles the Supercharges's charge rate to the...

Thanks again. I appreciate your intention and I would agree that there may be a lack of understanding of the impact of resistance heating. In an ICE car the heat would have be cranked up to max and then throttled back. I thought we'd try 70 degrees for starters and actually dialed back as low as...

Nomad is nice and works well at charging. I've a v1 and it has some drawbacks (which may/may not be 'fixed' in v2): it requires use of both USB ports. So now what if I have music on a USB stick? Got a cable splitter and that seemed to work fine. I understand a $5 coupon for a splitter is now...

Thanks for the "help." I was only stating initial conditions and what was experienced. I'll be sure to remind you to turn off your air-conditioning, roll down all your windows and wear light clothes this summer when I'm enjoying a refreshing lake breeze and you're sweltering in TX heat & humidity.

Drove from southwest Chicago suburbs to St. Louis over Thanksgiving weekend. Left with battery at 99%, heat set to 70, seats on low, air temperature at 40. Got to Springfield, IL, with 19% left, outside temp 65. Coming back was harder. Was unaware of limited charging at "cold" temps (mid 20s in...

I've had the splitter cable for about a week now. It seems to be working fine. I bought another to be able to use the left USB port for the dashcam when I get v9.

I agree. I would suggest that Nomad include a cable similar to the one described (https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B01KX4TKH6/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o05_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1&tag=tmc064-20); it's cost is inconsequential to the price charged for the unit. I'll be trying MacInfoSys's solution but am...

The moisture in air is a gas and so o\beys the universal gas law. It's a very small part and does not compare to the amount of nitrogen and oxygen that comprise ordinary air.

Hey, nothing personal. You obviously have experience with using nitrogen and that's worth something. Like you, I came here with what I thought was a simple question and got a whole bunch of comments impugning laziness and questioning things that weren't up for discussion. I'm cool.

Wow, this thread has really taken a turn since I started it. I only wanted to be able to cancel the tire pressure warning every time the temperature changes. Seems the guys in temperate climates experience a narrow enough monthly/annual range in temperatures that my post draws comments that...

The past few days have been rainy and cooler in the Midwest. Although tire pressure has not been an issue up to this point, now I consistently/constantly get low tire pressure alerts. (TP used to be steady at 41 psi now has dropped to 36 psi, uniformly on all 4 tires). I fully understand the...

I should have added that in winter the temperature difference shouldn't be as noticeable - in-car readings should be close to the ambient outdoor temperature ( within a degree or two). The radiation effects are not as noticeable because the temperatures are low enough to cancel them out within...