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Unless you’re @jboy210 … where his power goes out any time a fat bird lands on his neighborhood power lines.

I shared this on another forum, but figure it's more useful for you all. https://www.tesla.com/mx/order/7SAX218_1198709a8dc2c94331c4ab3795428bdd Tuscon, AZ. Should be new "non demo". Should be able to take delivery before EOY in 85704. They have some demos too.

Because our family actually wants a car made by a manufacturer that thinks it’s not good to sell a car that shuts down while being driven when the car has less than 500 miles on the odometer. And our family wants a car that wasn’t rushed through production where someone at the factory would...

Says the guy who has like 100 solar panels, maybe 12 Powerwalls, a house converted to full electric, a driveway that caused a big insurance event, a Nissan Maxima that probably needs a new timing belt to prevent the VG30E from blowing up, and is retired with a lot of time on his hands. I know...

Time to wire up a 6th EVSE… but now behind the GW.

Time for you to get 5 Cybertrucks. Don't think about ROI. Just think about the level of awesome.

Yeah the car was bought back by Tesla and they advised me never to buy Tesla again. Regarding your question - the rear hatch wasn't just clogged, there was a portion of the drain section that was damaged by flux or weld spatter. It caused the ecoat to not adhere and Ultra Red paint to get...

Ok then let's get Vines one of these things. It's zero-emissions so it'll qualify as a clean energy source under California NEM! Alternatively we can just park a Toyota Mirai on a treadmill in his yard and have someone put a brick on the go-pedal...

I think TMC-Energy-Products should crowdsource a wind turbine and get @Vines to try and install it so he can learn the ins-and-outs… then we all add stealth turbines with his learnings. Then I’ll get a nasty-gram from my HOA.

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Technically, the rule under both NEM 2.0 and NEM 3.0 is supposed to be that a homeowner can oversize their array compared to previous consumption if the homeowner plans on purchasing BEVs, installing a pool, switching to heat pumps vs natural gas furnace, etc. I say "technically" because some...

Nah I said PHD. That’s not a PhD. PHD means PG&E Hating Degree.

Dude, how will you put your PHD in PG&E Bill Reading to use if they nix the black and white bill? I hope you see the new style blue header bill with the graph in the next cycle. I think this view makes more sense for the average homeowner/user. Major gripe you'll probably have is how the NBC...

I think @YRide and I have the newer version of the blue bill. This entire thing is confusing since it's a completely different set of numbers to reconcile on the new blue bill vs the old blue bill. Like the new bill has a estimated NEM true up dollar figure that I don't recall seeing under the...

The TOU buckets are there but not the unpacked detail that used to be in the telephone book sized black and white bill. Like you used to be able to cross multiply every portion of the unbundled TOU rates against import/export and actually back into the calculation that you would be billed...

Yeah my black and white bills are no longer available. I get extra detail on my blue-header normal bill though. I have no clue how to authenticate these values any more since I can't see the hour-by-rates broken out by each component of transmission, distribution, and all the things that...

Yeah the gas guys seem more chill than the power guys. At least, I don't think the gas guys view Solar and Batteries as damaging their pension hah. I kind of wish I saw the gas tech that wrote me up for having a grounding bond to the gas riser. Then I could ask them about a slam shut valve hah.

WTF, you had a PG&E guy add that after his shift? Like this thing is before their meter and costs over $1,000. I feel like @Vines needs to get some of these so he can install a bunch of crap all around the gas riser in his next design. The FE is a two-stage gas pressure regulator by Pietro...

Can you post a picture of the shutoff they installed? My understanding is the slam shutoffs are underground before the riser. So maybe you can’t actually get a picture of it… I have one of those earthquake gas shutoffs but that’s not a slam shutoff (based on what that PG&E T-man that hates...

California NEM 3.0 is wiping out a lot of the monetary incentive to install solar and ESS, but the quality of life improvements remain. I can't stress enough how stupid it is for the California PUC to encourage people to just "sit there" as a means to manage their energy consumption from 4 to...

I expect the next Greenbook to have 25 extra pages disclaiming water tables, mid-wall eaves, dog houses, abnormally thick vinyl siding, stucco with a protrusion that has conduit embedded inside, plastic tarps, conduit that is 2 inches below the grade level, spiral reinforced non-helical...

Thank your lucky stars you have overhead service from PG&E. Underground lift and shift is a swift kick in the nuts.

Can you all get jobs at PG&E so you can re-write the Greenbook to be understood by normal people? Or the moment you work for PG&E will your brain deteriorate with extra swiss cheese holes and you'll spend all day complaining about NEM and your pension being poorly funded?

Writers at PG&E need to stop splitting goddamn infinitives. Like if you clean up their sentence it says. "conduit... can run completely through... the 36-inch radial clearance..."

@Vines - does this part of the new greenbook actually mean you can run a metal conduit through the 36" radiused circle (as long as the ends terminate outside of the 36" radius)?

Cool, yeah that installer I sent you will be able to re-use that main lug only main service panel without any swap or like for like. Or go with Vines and you won't have to worry about a single thing lol. Good luck! Edit, and those folks won't use an acorn to bind your grounding rods to your...

Cool, so it looks like in the latest Greenbook... they added the "radiused" measurement for conduit runs and maybe a gutter box. But the 36" non-radius requirement is still there for any sub panels, combiner boxes, or the main service panel (unless like for like). I think the general consensus...

Something changed about the 36” rule between when I posted and today. Iirc vines said new equipment was allowed within 36 (but not within 18 inches) under certain criteria. It was supposed to make a MSP replacement even easier. Hopefully @Vines can elaborate.

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You should just find an auto broker and buy through them. Take the direct interaction with the sales person out of the equation. You'll get a great deal and a fairly seamless process. There are some great brokers in the tri-state area.

There’s a EQS thread already… I posted about the sluggish demand here. Sluggish demand means massive bargains. AMA about owning Modern Mercedes EVs Used AMG EQS with 9k miles listing for $86k. https://www.elkgrovevw.com/inventory/W1KCG5FB1NA009053/

You'll be pleased to learn that a new Sunrun tech came out today... and we learned my house actually has a Ufer that is in the common wall that has my main service panel, gateway, and Powerwalls. The Ufer is visible only if you pull back a funky cover that I never thought to open up. The folks...

I sent you a PM to explain, and you seem to have decent reading comprehension. But you don't seem to draw the connections properly in your head. You keep saying FUD and my concern about what could happen with your risk assessments. I sent you detailed information about what did happen with...

If that stalling you experienced was on a new-ish car (under warranty or recently past the warranty period), you definitely need to submit the occurrence into the NHTSA database regardless if there was injury or not. And of course you should report the even to Mercedes through the service...

You gotta stick with what works for you. Tesla doesn’t work for us. Not really a “fear” as you keep putting it when Tesla says to us it happens all the time to brand new cars.

Lucky for you, your Teslas seem to work well.

Yeah, this is probably 100% on Mercedes doing what I personally think is a poor job educating buyers about BEVs. It isn't a stretch for someone to then bring a EQ to a Tesla Supercharger looking lost. But hopefully you got them sorted out and explained the situation lol. As far as I'm aware...

I'll send you a PM (I know the mods don't want me derailing this thread with my experience). But I assure you. Tesla's own reps here in Dublin, CA told my family NEVER to buy Tesla again over the topic of whether or not a brand new vehicle vehicle that shuts down while it's being operated is...

In the USA, I wouldn't trust a BEV for long distance travel with my family. Maybe a short jaunt to a day care or grocery store, but not a long trip. ICE all the way for long trips. I'll put my own life on the line with BEV because I have life insurance heh. Tesla's own reps told us that when...

I think what you're describing is a glitch with the car then. It probably thinks every time they were pulling to a stop, that they were pulling into a parking space. The EQS/EQE detect when it thinks the driver is trying to park in a lot, and automatically does a 360 camera view to assist...

Yeah, the emblem on the back of an EQS or EQE is a combination of a camera shutter and a button to activate the auto open for the rear hatch. But, there is no automatic rear opening when the car is slowing to a stop. The driver has to manually tap into the camera views then select the rear...

A neighbor in my subdivision (Contra Costa County California) is getting ESS put in his garage even though the original design had them outdoors. Trying to do it without bollards (edit: side wall; not the shear wall that headlights would shine on). Such bravery in this day and age. I want to...

Quick follow up, here's the deal sheet for a very well loaded (Southern California) EQE 500 4Matic ($90k MSRP) lease @ 3 years 7,500 per annum miles. WITH doc fees, taxes, and MSDs is $680 per month and $2k down. So that's $735 effective per month. If you just pick a lower end trim, you'll...

I thought I was going to a premium 5-star shop (paid 20% more than other quotes). But I’ve since learned there are an even more premium guy that I’ll try next time. Bottom line, you the customer need to be upfront about what is acceptable or not. Can’t wait until after the fact to bicker if...

I've been helping a lot of of people stuff into EQE and EQS lately (no I'm not a dealer, I'm just a DAMF). The deals are there, you just have to be willing to haggle instead of ordering inventory off of a .com. I agree, EQS vs a Model 3 is probably not a fair comparison. But I believe EQE vs...

In my experience, using Mercedes EQS sedan is functionally superior to the Model 3 it replaced. The Mercedes is better in almost every way. Soup to nuts the vast majority of the driving experience is better for less money. EQS Pros: Let's start with how you get into the car. Having a real...

Lol yeah Mercedes has such better service in my brief experience so far. They haven't disappointed yet. So we picked up a GLS @ MSRP (plus stupid ceramic bullcrap) ) and they gave us the most awesome white glove service (like it's not worth MSRP but whatever). Bow on the hood, silly stupid...