Recent content by tga

Bigger is not necessarily better. Resistive (heating) losses increase with the square of current (P=I^2*R). As you increase charge current, there's a point where energy wasted due to heating will outpace energy saved from go to sleep earlier.

I heard the NH State Police closed the highway at Franconia Notch for some reason. That was us. I carpooled w/ friends to Newport VT and watched it from the park on the lake. Waze took us back roads through rural VT, getting back on 91S at Wells River (US 302), about halfway from Newport to...

Thanks for the nudge to go all the way! Although, in hindsight, I think the people who stopped at 91 rest areas just inside the zone of totality did it right. Watch the eclipse from the rest area, then get out before the endless wave of traffic hits.

28 cars en route, >25 min wait, and one stall out. Safe post-eclipse travel, all!

In-car nav shows all 8 now available.

I wound up carpooling with a couple of friends to Newport. Never saw that much traffic on 91 that far north

“Damn flat-landahs!”

PlugShare shows 4 of 8 open, despite Tesla’s report of closure

I was just in the car planning a trip to the border - in car nav shows St J temp closure, 15 min wait at West Lebanon.

How bad is it up there? I'm trying to decide if I'm going to find someplace just over the line to watch, or go further. A couple of friends are planning to drive up to Newport in the morning. I was thinking about going to Montreal to visit family. No idea how the border will be.

Dirt/dust on the rims? Bad seal in the valve stem?

Yes, looks like I spoke too soon. I tried it to set "double pull" last night and saw the same thing. Maybe I'm misremembering how it worked during my post-purchase trial, but I swear it worked before.

This may be the stupid "activate on 1 pull" default. With EAP, the first pull/tap activates TACC, the second activated EAP. By default, FSD activates on the first pull/tap, but that setting can be changed to replicate EAP (1st = TACC, 2nd = FSD). The problem with the default is that if you...

Autopark does an OK job when backing in. Could go another 6-12 inches. Parallel parking is pretty bad. Not straight and too far from the curb. Would get a ticket in my town for >12 inches from the curb.

B&H still has glasses from American Paper Optics in stock - https://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/buy/solar-eclipse-glasses-accessories/ci/32948 APO is on the AAS aproved list that @Mrdrbot23 mentioned above in post #8.