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  1. vbaker

    Electrify Everything

    My accident: "" And my wife's was two days later, my car was out of service and she was summoning hers into the garage when the 4G dropped, it ran into the support for the garage shelves and dropped them on the hood, dented the bumper too. She is still driving it around like that.
  2. vbaker

    Electrify Everything

    I sometimes wonder myself when I get it rocking front to back onto the buckets!
  3. vbaker

    Electrify Everything

    I just picked up a 1974 Case 580B backhoe. All soil is soft... ;)
  4. vbaker

    Out Of Warranty, Seat Stuck Down

    Yes. There is a cam that the cable rolls over to latch and unlatch. The pin on the cam broke (probably under my weight sleeping in back). I did that repair and a broken "7 seater trunk" cover support plastic piece (definitely broke due to my weight trying to pull the seat up) at the same time...
  5. vbaker

    Electrify Everything

    Correct, but the air almost always has capacity to absorb moisture. So expose enough air to the condensed water, and it will re-absorb it (except in the case of air saturated to the point of fog). ~edit: re-absorb the warmer-than-pipe-temperature water drops - air still makes deposits of...
  6. vbaker

    Electrify Everything

    I got you now. The condensation of water is more ~without~ airflow because airflow enables evaporation. It would evaporate a lot of the condensed water, even on the cold surface. This is how our modern frost-free freezers work, they have airflow in the freezer to evaporate the frozen and...
  7. vbaker

    Electrify Everything

    Yeah, we usually have a hard time thinking of vapor pressure and air pressure being different critters, the odd part is the denser vapor moving faster. Or was it through a restricted orifice where the vapor could act as a blockage for the air?
  8. vbaker

    Electrify Everything

    As I have been posting, those wall hung units! They are made to run almost continuously, advantage being de-humidification. Central air units do not run long enough to be effective at de-humidification.
  9. vbaker

    Electrify Everything

    And you have to think about the humidity (at least in the mid west). Sometimes getting the house cooled to 68F is not worth the extra humidity once it is closed up. Definitely look at those wall-hung heat pumps, most of them are pretty much DIY - if you have existing air returns you can use to...
  10. vbaker

    Electrify Everything

    I have done a lot of experimentation with passive energy transfer, rule of thumb: the most efficient transfer happens with ~15F temperature differential. That last 15F takes a lot longer to achieve.
  11. vbaker

    Electrify Everything

    I did some reading on the multi-room conditioners, LG, Mitsubishi etc. Apparently -4F for heat and +118F for cooling, and I think the literature called it inductive heat pump exchangers. You hang it on a wall, and route three pipes and some wires out to the outdoor unit. Most of the work is DIY...
  12. vbaker

    Electrify Everything

    Mother Earth News ran an article about 10 years ago about a guy in Minnesota that used solar thermal to heat his workshop and home. www.builditsolar.com, very good plans on a solar water heater that is proven to work. I did some experiments using the NREL data on my front SE facing porch and...
  13. vbaker

    Electrify Everything

    Excellent, I was getting ready to mention the SEER and EER, two things that have me thinking I may give up my propane furnace. "Convert EER To SEER Rating (Calculator + Chart) | LearnMetrics" has good info on how to figure it and an understanding why the SEER is important.
  14. vbaker

    Electrify Everything

    Please don't let the wife know... We never spoke, right? Seriously, we only use cast iron now so it would work well for us and we have mentioned it. But I am still fighting the battle of keeping our 1992 living room set because it is in great shape, I don't need to fight the good fight on...
  15. vbaker

    Electrify Everything

    The only reason we keep the dual-fuel propane/electric range is the recovery energy needed to maintain the heat for a strong sear on a good steak. :) And yes, I know beef production is also very bad for the environment due to the inefficiencies of raising cattle, but humans ain't at the top of...
  16. vbaker

    Electrify Everything

    In 2005 I opted for a Dutchwest reburner that was only 80% efficient at burning all of the bio-gas (mostly smoke) released in a fire. The ones with titanium catalysts were 95% efficient, but the catalysts were expensive to replace. 15 years later and several broken fire bricks replaced, I think...
  17. vbaker

    Fastest Docking Time

    LOL. I decided to just play around, cruise around the outside of the station admiring the rendering detail, and also visiting StarMan. He is not rendered in much detail.
  18. vbaker

    Fastest Docking Time

    LOL, I tried keeping everything in the blue and green the first attempt.
  19. vbaker

    Fastest Docking Time

    Have you tried this: SPACEX - ISS Docking Simulator My first attempt I successfully docked - after more than an hour. Several more attempts and I made it in ~15 minutes. BTW: disapointed the roadster has the roof on and you cannot see Starman. But the ISS is exquisitely detailed.
  20. vbaker

    How it all started - What turned you on to EV's?

    If you are a do-it yourselfer, check out Plasma Boy and how he made Zombie. If you have the money, talk to RichRebuilds - he puts salvaged Teslas back on the road.
  21. vbaker

    How it all started - What turned you on to EV's?

    Yeah, so many talking points in your reply, but I will limit mine to: I bought the X because I couldn't wait any longer for the 3 (RN# 32,XXX stood in line), and I wanted to give as much operating capitol as I could afford to Tesla at the time (while getting a fun car). Yes, fun. Literally the...
  22. vbaker

    How it all started - What turned you on to EV's?

    California/West Coast is so far ahead in this movement.
  23. vbaker

    How it all started - What turned you on to EV's?

    I think even "I" would have been struggling with that intro! The controls are a bit different from the X and it took me a while to adjust to the 3. And yes, even in my plain X it took a month before I could launch without jerking the steering wheel.
  24. vbaker

    How it all started - What turned you on to EV's?

    I suggest you test drive a newer Tesla. I had some of those early versions as loaners and wonder why anyone said they were awesome.
  25. vbaker

    How it all started - What turned you on to EV's?

    Me too! And the wife refused to let me order her the performance, said she would kill herself having fun with it. ;)
  26. vbaker

    How it all started - What turned you on to EV's?

    I have custom plates, and change them from time to time. One will be related to what you just said (not saying what, don't want someone to take it from me!)
  27. vbaker

    How it all started - What turned you on to EV's?

    Wife is a Disney freak, she loves your avatar. Have you taken one to your local drag strip for "test and tune"? It's a blast.
  28. vbaker

    How it all started - What turned you on to EV's?

    Ok, I am starting to see I am just a dabbler in EV when I read these replies!
  29. vbaker

    How it all started - What turned you on to EV's?

    You can just hear the dinosaur farts when an ICE goes by... Designed, but have not yet built, a garage addition specifically for solar thermal and electric. Might be able to pull the trigger next year.
  30. vbaker

    How it all started - What turned you on to EV's?

    Got me beat!
  31. vbaker

    How it all started - What turned you on to EV's?

    Now to tame that car in your profile picture!
  32. vbaker

    How it all started - What turned you on to EV's?

    I was working a nothing assignment around 2001, basically cost plus contract and they needed a body to charge against. (I left within 2 months) Being young in the '70's gas crisis, I had laid awake in bed as a boy thinking of a way to separate the H2 and the O in water to run a car, that would...
  33. vbaker

    Sold my Model S after 5.5 years...moving on

    WHYYYY??? I have had my X for two years 5 months and 84k miles. Best winter car I have ever owned (not fun-wise; I grew up in the snow belt when it had snow and I love drifting/donuts and 180 degree flips on side roads, can't do any of those in a Tesla) Anecdotally, while doing Uber, I had a...
  34. vbaker

    USED 2016 MODEL X P100D Things to look for when delivery?

    So glad you experienced good service! I hope everything else was present - cable, tow receiver... My service center in Columbus, OH has always been excellent, and I now even have one of the former techs as a co-worker. I can say, my experience with them has been wonderful. But then, I was a...
  35. vbaker

    USED 2016 MODEL X P100D Things to look for when delivery?

    Did you get the car today? Are you too busy playing with it to post here?
  36. vbaker

    USED 2016 MODEL X P100D Things to look for when delivery?

    Congratulations on taking delivery tomorrow! I know the excitement. Take a video as you walk up to it, walk around it. Then open each door/lid one by one while using video. Check the bottom of the door seals, check all seals. Open the below deck storage in the trunk, make sure you have the...
  37. vbaker

    USED 2016 MODEL X P100D Things to look for when delivery?

    Ok, got some things for you if you are still checking alexwarren. I had a signature series MX P100D as a loaner for a week. 1) Have someone hold a flashlight some distance in front of the windshield and see if you can detect THREE lights from the drivers seat. Early windshields had lamination...
  38. vbaker

    Advice for Model X purchase

    I purchased mine at a time I knew my job may change soon. And I have loved it. That being said, I would wait until this fall to place your order. I think some pretty good things will be coming out soon. Not sure how you will get it delivered to Ukraine tho.
  39. vbaker

    Have you done rideshare?

    Sorry you both had bad experiences. EV's are still relatively rare in the midwest, not much for incentives. That may be why I didn't get too much Tesla hate. And the falcon wing opening might also make a small difference in first impressions. My bad ratings were because I didn't know how to...
  40. vbaker

    Jokes --- My battery...

    Jokes. My ICE is better than your EV... because.
  41. vbaker

    Have you done rideshare?

    During the state fair I picked up four women and a guy. The poor guy was the boyfriend to one of the girls, and had to keep entering the songs the girls requested into Slacker and cranking the volume higher. Lots of fun. When we got to the fair the four up front got out and took off, leaving...
  42. vbaker

    Have you done rideshare?

    One of my first Uber trips was during the "Open" in Dublin. I picked up 5 twenty-somethings to take to Bogey's. They were cranking the tunes, singing at the top of their lungs and having an awesome time, and by proxy, so was I. I now actually like Ke$ha's "Blow".
  43. vbaker

    Have you done rideshare?

    One Sunday I was driving, and I could tell by how far away I was getting sent to pick people up that most Ubers were not driving that three day weekend. So I ended up with an UberXL run that I had to drive 17 minutes to pick up two college kids at WalMart, where they had just bought two fully...
  44. vbaker

    Have you done rideshare?

    I am also not very good at navigating in the city, I often end up in the wrong lane and am forced to make a turn where I didn't want to. So I have these 30 somethings in the car taking them for happy hour at a craft brew place, and I got stuck in the wrong lane at a stoplight. They were hooting...
  45. vbaker

    Jokes --- My battery...

    Spice-y!
  46. vbaker

    Jokes --- My battery...

    Oh come on! With a little outside influence this could become a positive thing.
  47. vbaker

    Have you done rideshare?

    I think I was up to 500 rides before COVID-19. The one story that stands out the most is the used car lot owner (sells only Porsche, BMW, Mercedes...) that I took to the south side to pick up some auction cars. He told me all about his bad experiences trying to resell Tesla's and how the tech...
  48. vbaker

    Have you done rideshare?

    I have had the best time this past year doing Uber in the Columbus OH area in my Model X. I have tons of fun stories, does anyone else rideshare their Tesla, and do you have FUN stories? (don't want any horror, make your own thread for that).
  49. vbaker

    Jokes --- My battery...

    Zero impact.
  50. vbaker

    Jokes --- My battery...

    I am current-ly not impressed with this thread. Maybe it is because of one person dominating the posts...