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Yeah, I was just looking at those. Do you have a '23 5-seat Fremont build?

Seems Tesla still hasn't actually fixed this issue. I have a 2023 Model Y, 5 seater, “full carpet” trunk. I ordered the “full carpet” storage bins, but the one on the passenger side still doesn’t fit correctly. The rubber bin part fits, but the lid does not. The P/N on the box I received is...

Seems Tesla still hasn't actually fixed this issue. I have a 2023 Model Y, 5 seater, “full carpet” trunk. I ordered the “full carpet” storage bins, but the one on the passenger side still doesn’t fit correctly. The rubber bin part fits, but the lid does not. The P/N on the box I received is...

Seems Tesla still hasn't actually fixed this issue. I have a 2023 Model Y, 5 seater, “full carpet” trunk. I ordered the “full carpet” storage bins, but the one on the passenger side still doesn’t fit correctly. The rubber bin part fits, but the lid does not. The P/N on the box I received is...

Folks arguing this is "pathetic" or unnecessary in any way have failed to realize that someone will now actually be able to drive from Madison to Stevens Point and back in the winter without an issue. There are zero SuC's on this 110 mile stretch or anywhere near Point, so a R/T at 220 miles is...

I've literally seen posts from folks saying they had a 50A breaker trip after charging at 48A for several hours. (Yes, they were told that they needed to change it to a 40A limit or a 60A circuit.) I've also seen properly rated breakers trip if they are in a garage wall that is being baked by...

Oh, sorry, I may have missed the whole story here. If there are NEMA-14 series receptacles, then yes, you must absolutely pull a neutral to the panel and to the connected branch circuits. I was thinking it was hardwired EVSE's based on the original post.

I tried to figure this out some years ago. The answer is... it's up to your AHJ. So call and ask the inspector if it would be approved or not. More than likely, though, they will say no.

My first EMT install, I just bought elbows and couplers. It's super easy if you just need 90's. I think bending PVC is more difficult than using an EMT bender, but just my opinion. :)

I don't see anything particularly wrong, but many things missing, here are a few: - GFCI required in most jurisdictions for receptacles (NEC 2017+). - No mention or discussion of using EMT tradecraft, a very common wiring technique -- more common than PVC, at least in my locale. (Also perhaps...

Strange, I'd think someone in Colorado would know first-hand that rear camera is severely degraded when there's water and/or salt spray on it in the winter... I've been noting recently how useless any vision-based rear parking assist will be most of the winter on my recently ordered Y... Gonna...

In response to earlier posts about the 160 lb limit being only "implied" by the bike rack... Tesla actually directly states a 160 lb limit on their support page here: Model Y Tow Package | Tesla Support "When using the tow package to carry accessories, the 2 x 2 inch (5 x 5 centimeter) square...

14-60 very definitely exists. It's quite rare and it's incredibly surprising that any electrician would have done this. In any case, the correct path is to remove it and hardwire the HPWC. Adding a pigtail plug to the unit is a code violation for other reasons.

It's still a violation to add a cord and plug to a device listed only for hardwired installation.

... except for the part where components inside the WC are not rated higher than 60A, so a fault current of, say, 90A could be dangerous and would not trip the breaker.

Yeah, you could pretty certainly do that to cut the MC. Just put on work gloves when you do this -- not just because of the sharp edges, but the metal tends to be really grimey/greasy and will get your hands really dirty. Putting MC exposed on the bottom of joists (or outside edge of wall...

Oops, my bad on this one. 75°C ratings should be fine as long as that's the insulation type for the wire used and all termination ratings (which it surely is). (Ugh, I can't go edit my post now... 😓 )

Uhhhh did you put a NM-B clamp or bushing on that cable as it exited your panel?? I'm guessing from the suggestion that you used a 1/2" KO that you didn't, since 4/2 would surely need at least 3/4"... That's definitely a code requirement.

Definitely way easier. Note that MC has the same ampacity ratings as NM-B (Romex) at 6 AWG — 55A. I don't know of any EVSEs that support a 55A setting (though they really should!!), so you will need to use a 50A setting and circuit breaker now. Most people would have just used NM-B instead of...

No GFCI for hardwired EVSE's. Only receptacles. Use #6. #4 is overkill unless you have a very long run, and it's much harder to work with. Personally I would not pull a neutral wire. If someone changes to a 14-50R in the future, a neutral can be added into conduit at that time pretty easily, or...

For what it's worth (i.e. other people following this), the terminal blocks are only rated for 4 AWG as the largest acceptable. Also, you should have used the bare ground wire for ground connection, not the white wire.

Yes, it is a very common issue. The main path to misinterpretation is as follows: - #6 NM-B is rated to 55A. - Code allows you to "round up" to the nearest breaker size if the one you need doesn't exist. - 55A breakers are nonexistent or extremely rare. OK, so you can use a 60A breaker. -...

Ah, so you'd run a business and do licensed, insured electrical work for people and charge significantly less money?

You've misread/misinterpreted 625.54 in 2017. It says under 150V to ground, which any typical 240V service in the US meets (it is 120V to ground). Yes, a 14-50 needs GFCI unless you've done something very unusual.

Yes, this, in fact, is basically the cheapest way to transition from heavy-gauge aluminum to copper wires. A 60A non-fusible disconnect is <$15 and you get to transition all 3 wires in it. Polaris connectors are the best choice for transitions in J-boxes, and they are like $15 each, plus you...

This is refreshing to see mostly correct answers on an electrical installation thread for once :-). You should be able to tell rather easily if you can use the existing wire to pull in copper instead. Give it a tug on one end and see how easily it moves. If it was actually installed to code...

That is moot if you use NEMA 6-50 instead.

Well just so nobody thinks I'm crazy..... 😅

Not anymore. Reports are no longer sent to Tesla. They are only pulled off the car if you request service.

Guess all I can say is that a year ago or whenever it was that someone "discovered" this and it was all over the forums, I tried a bunch of unrelated nouns and they all opened the charge port door. I wouldn't be surprised if the algorithm/programming has changed since then in some way. 🤷‍♂️

True, other specific things it can open are the exception. I played with this a year or two ago and found that no matter what I said, it would open either the charge port door or the glovebox. Charge port door was by far more common. Same principle applies to saying things like "set my seat to...

Nobody added "open butthole" as an easter egg. The voice command interpreter is adaptive and keys in on the "open" part and ignores the rest. You can say "open <anything>" and it'll do the same thing.

Yep, here we are a year later, and it's still not fixed.

Conceptually, I agree, but that's not what they did. They took out seat heater buttons and replaced them with... blank space. Tesla could have avoided this whole mess by just finishing the damn customizable launcher before ever releasing it. One has to think it was rushed to release...

Wake me when automatic controls actually work. - Auto wipers are a joke; they need manual intervention all the time. - Auto seat heaters are a poor idea and will only work for certain people a certain percentage of the time. - Auto high-beams don't work that great. - There is no auto defrost. -...

Nah, if that were the case, the font would be bigger, not smaller than before. 😆 You mean the second time. :) It was horizontal for 3 years, then vertical for 1, and now back to horizontal.

No, we know that. - You can no longer see defrost or front seat heater status at a glance. - You can no longer toggle rear defrost or front seat heaters via the screen without turning on HVAC first, and then turning it off again if you didn't need it on. (Note this has always been the case for...

You must have a very different experience. Mine is so awful at night from the blinker washing out the picture that I turned it off. Turn signal at night = flashing purple box on the screen, extremely distracting. I keep seeing this from a ton of people, though also some that say they don't seem...

<bigger sigh> Voice commands don't always work on the first try. Voice commands don't work at all when there's no connectivity. Voice command reliability goes way down when front defrost is on high (too much background noise). I don't want to disrupt a conversation with another passenger in...

Fine. Find me any other car with heated seats that takes more than one button press. I'll wait.

Dumb argument. Nobody has a self-driving car. Those with FSD beta have to keep MORE attention on the road these days. Autopilot on the highway -- sure -- but that's also only a portion of driving time. Gotta design the UI to work in any reasonable conditions.

That's not really a winning argument. Any type of distraction should be minimized. So reasoning that you can make something simple take longer just because there are other things that take that long isn't helpful. You can't make a shoulder-check quicker. You can make a common control task as...

Um... sometimes? Either way it doesn't make logical sense to design the UI this way. Also, there are people that run seat heaters when it's not cold.

You're kidding, right?? First, that adjusts the temperature by one degree, so now I have to change it back to where it was. That's absurd. Second, if I want to turn on seat heaters or rear defrost without also turning on HVAC, now I have to turn it off afterward. (This now applies to any...

Most of the time they fix bugs, they don't put anything relevant in the release notes, unfortunately.

With that logic, it doesn't fit that they gave individual icons for each audio source, though. Really, they just made the customizable area primarily about entertainment, phone, and non-driving functions (e.g. dashcam viewer).

Yeah, but now the nav system no longer uses two different zoom levels for highway vs. city driving. I loved how it automatically zoomed out further when I got on the highway/interstate, and then back in when I exited. Awesome for seeing pertinent traffic area. Now it stays at one zoom level, and...

Literally this is only happening because Tesla provides no other avenue for feedback. There's no "contact us" form on their site, or "report an issue" feature in the car software*. This seems to be the only recourse. (Note: I am not one of them — just reporting back what I've been observing). *...

1) Auto seat heaters only work if HVAC is also on and set to auto — often folks want seat heat but not cabin heat (or have HVAC on manual settings, which I basically do all winter long). 2) The auto function has no concept of how much heat you want. This varies both by person and by how the...

Half of Teslarati articles are just extrapolations/ramblings of a single tweet 🙃 .