Hawaii Tesla Owners

[RodF]

Here's a new one. I opened the charge port this afternoon and found it full of tiny ants. This is not good for electronics. My suspicion is that in the cool evening, the ants gravitate to the warm charging wire and follows it up to the port. I am thinking of putting some type of chemical at the end of the wire so they can't make it over to the car. Anyone come across this before? Thanks.

Also, just did an update from 4.5 to the "second 4.5."
Strange, now on the charging screen there are no percentages shown. Just the bar.

 

[spleen]

Here's a new one. I opened the charge port this afternoon and found it full of tiny ants. This is not good for electronics. My suspicion is that in the cool evening, the ants gravitate to the warm charging wire and follows it up to the port. I am thinking of putting some type of chemical at the end of the wire so they can't make it over to the car. Anyone come across this before? Thanks.

Interesting, haven't seen that before. Vaseline?

 

[Akikiki]

spleen, No, have not seen that before. I'd recomment wiping down an area around the outlet on the wall with a mixture of water and lemon juice. Ants and roaches hate the smell of lemon. Naturally, let it dry before holding the UMC. Might also wipe the cable near the end of the UMC and let it dry. Don't forget, the cable from the wall is not the only way the ants could climb on the car - tires. Sounds like there's something in the charging port they are hungry for? Blow it dry with a can of air?

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solar, let me take a picture of mine. I think I didn't do a very good job of explaining where my sticker plate currently is. (Its mounted on the bottom of the car and sticks out the back.) Is that what you understand? Do you still want the the distance between my license plate mounting bolts?

Another welcome to jatk. Using the "rule" that jatk provided in comment #949 of this thread and the picture of ddruz's tag and stickers in comment #945, it assures us that ddruz's method if acceptable. I like ddruz's method much better than how I did mine. I will post you folks a picture of mine, later today. But I am thinking of tweaking ddruz's method. Maybe instead of adding a separate plate to the end of the tag or secured from a tag screw, I was thinking of a metal or maybe plastic flat plate that hides completed behind the tag matching the screws. The difference being the plastic plate will have an "ear" sticking out the side measuring about the 4" by 2.5-3" that the stickers would stick on. This would eliminate the separate plate for the sticker by making it part of the plate behind the tag. I'll have to find a plastic plate larger than the tag and cut it to fit the size of the tag and the sticker. But I like the thought of a plastic plate between the tag and the paint on the car. hhmmm, gotta think about this some more.

p.s., nanimac did you ever get your 14-50 installed at your house?

 

[nanimac]

Akikiki, yes, my 14-50 has been installed for over a month now...installed it on the left side of the garage closest to the electrical box so it was cheaper to install even though my car will be on the right side..the cable is long enough anyway..just need the car to plug it into! Crossing my fingers it gets on this week's boat

 

[Akikiki]

nanimac, I think I already said this, but its worth mentioning agin, 'cause it sounds so good. Barry told me last Saturday that 20 cars are arriving at the SC this week.
I hope for you and Papafox your are on this one.

Who else is waiting that we've not heard from in a while?

 

[Jkam]

nanimac, I think I already said this, but its worth mentioning agin, 'cause it sounds so good. Barry told me last Saturday that 20 cars are arriving at the SC this week.
I hope for you and Papafox your are on this one.

Who else is waiting that we've not heard from in a while?

That'll be interesting because I'm pretty sure there is not enough room for 20 cars there. I'm sure new Tesla owners will come and pick up their cars as soon as possible, but I can't imagine 20 cars there.

 

[nanimac]

nanimac, I think I already said this, but its worth mentioning agin, 'cause it sounds so good. Barry told me last Saturday that 20 cars are arriving at the SC this week.
I hope for you and Papafox your are on this one.

Who else is waiting that we've not heard from in a while?

Yeah, saw the 20 cars coming in this week. Was hoping mine would be on the ship but haven't heard from a DS yet and my app is still able to connect to the car.

gmtom1, the outlet cost around $400 which was comparable to what Solar City was quoting. We used a regular electrician since we had other work we needed done around the house. I don't remember the company name off hand since my husband handled it, but will look at the invoice when I get home.

 

[Papafox]

Barry told me last Saturday that 20 cars are arriving at the SC this week.
I hope for you and Papafox your are on this one.

Nanimac and all- my smartphone app message has changed from something like "cannot reach" back to the usual "Mobile App Remote Access is OFF". Could it be that my ship has come in??

 

[RodF]

Nanimac and all- my smartphone app message has changed from something like "cannot reach" back to the usual "Mobile App Remote Access is OFF". Could it be that my ship has come in??

Papafox - That is exactly what happened to me before I got the call.

 

[Akikiki]

Regarding the outlet. There's lots of people that will do it. I used American Electric. But they are union and are very expensive. I should have looked more. Solar City gave me the best quote from the hip without looking at my home, but wanted to follow up with a personal visit. And when it came time to do the visit, they didn't come. I ran into them at a BIA homeshow and asked again. They said someone would contact me. Two months later someone from CA. called and wanted we started all over. By then, I had done it. Creative Energy in Kailua gave me a reasonable quote. They were installing Solar Panels in 2008 before most people knew what they were.

Oh by the way. The Feds will give you a 30% up to $1,000 tax credit (same as but less than the $7,500) for installing a residential charging station/equipment. Does everyone remember that? So that 30% is going to help you swallow the cost of your outlet. Just keep yo' receipt for tax time next year.

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Papafox, I hope your ship has come in... I would not like to see you swimming out after it. LOL

 

[nanimac]

Nanimac and all- my smartphone app message has changed from something like "cannot reach" back to the usual "Mobile App Remote Access is OFF". Could it be that my ship has come in??

Lucky you...i got the cannot reach signal for a short time on Saturday only, then back to the same "remote access is OFF"..am now wondering why mine probably missed last week's boat

 

[jeffdhood]

nanimac, I think I already said this, but its worth mentioning agin, 'cause it sounds so good. Barry told me last Saturday that 20 cars are arriving at the SC this week.
I hope for you and Papafox your are on this one.

Who else is waiting that we've not heard from in a while?

Things are looking up...

Hi Jeff,


I am in process of coordinating intra-island shipping today and will have an update for you. Per your original note, you would like a flatbed to pickup your car for you at the port rather than you picking it up yourself, correct?

Robert

 

[Papafox]

Lucky you...i got the cannot reach signal for a short time on Saturday only, then back to the same "remote access is OFF"..am now wondering why mine probably missed last week's boat :frown:

Nanimac, I'm surprised your car isn't ahead of mine. You've been a day or two on the front side of everything while our cars have been running through the factory. Fingers crossed that it is ready to pick up soon.

 

[nanimac]

Nanimac, I'm surprised your car isn't ahead of mine. You've been a day or two on the front side of everything while our cars have been running through the factory.

Yeah..was expecting it to be on last week's boat..got a FedEx from Tesla on Thursday since I missed a signature on the CA DMV form...thought it wouldn't matter, but maybe it does sent back right away so we'll see. If that's the reason for the delay, am disappointed Tesla didn't check my paperwork when I sent it two weeks ago!

 

[Akikiki]

Things are looking up...

Hi Jeff,


I am in process of coordinating intra-island shipping today and will have an update for you. Per your original note, you would like a flatbed to pickup your car for you at the port rather than you picking it up yourself, correct?

Robert

Jeff, Cool. Yes they are looking up. Good for you. Wonderful.

 

[Akikiki]

hodgeshawaii, I was reading on TM forum today and saw the following comment on a thread talking about their rear seat experience. I thought this might be helpful to you
KOL2000 | June 2, 2013 new
We had same issue. Here's what we did:
Limo tint full black out on the rear window and put ac on highest setting, close front vents and let all of it go to rear. Aim the rear vents up so it flows to the back. That worked like a charm.
To get them to fall asleep buy neck pillows (like the one for airplanes).

hodgeshawaii, I realize this is a really dumb question of me to ask you. Did you fold down the back seats to see if this would help get cooler air flowing to the rear-rear seats? I am simply curious if this helped at all? It seems like it would. I am disappointed to have to say this about a $70K+ car, but one of those little battery powered fans facing the rear from the center armrest might make a difference. Not a permanent fix, but would be interesting to know if it changes the temp at the back.

 

[Papafox]

I dropped by the SC today at lunchtime but the 20 new cars hadn't been brought over from the port yet. I was told that they'd be at the SC shortly, so I'll take a lunch break from work Thursday and report back on what I find. I was told today that once the cars arrive at the SC the various specialists back at Tesla will be notified and they'll then start sending out the delivery emails to this batch's owners.

Nanimac, If the CA delivery doc slowed down your car's arrival I will be bummed. Mac indicated that once the money was received the car would be on its way. I'd hate to find out that the information I passed along was not true.

 

[nanimac]

I dropped by the SC today at lunchtime but the 20 new cars hadn't been brought over from the port yet. I was told that they'd be at the SC shortly, so I'll take a lunch break from work Thursday and report back on what I find. I was told today that once the cars arrive at the SC the various specialists back at Tesla will be notified and they'll then start sending out the delivery emails to this batch's owners.

Nanimac, If the CA delivery doc slowed down your car's arrival I will be bummed. Mac indicated that once the money was received the car would be on its way. I'd hate to find out that the information I passed along was not true.

Two weeks ago Mac said everything was received and my car was ready for transit and just waiting for the next boat to Hawaii. I emailed him today to see if my missed signature on the CA reg form would impact delivery but haven't heard back. I missed the signature block on the odometer form at the bottom of the page..guess I was too excited to send back the forms!

anyone know if they use Matson to ship the cars? I was looking at their vessel schedule to Hawaii. Guess it only takes 4 days to get here and the rest of the time the cars are waiting at the ports or SC to get processed/prepped.

 

[Akikiki]

Two weeks ago Mac said everything was received and my car was ready for transit and just waiting for the next boat to Hawaii. I emailed him today to see if my missed signature on the CA reg form would impact delivery but haven't heard back. I missed the signature block on the odometer form at the bottom of the page..guess I was too excited to send back the forms!

anyone know if they use Matson to ship the cars? I was looking at their vessel schedule to Hawaii. Guess it only takes 4 days to get here and the rest of the time the cars are waiting at the ports or SC to get processed/prepped.

nanimac, I am sorry, I don't remember now where I read it exactly, but it was a TM document some place. It appears that TM passes the cars over to UPS in CA and then UPS uses both Matson and Pasha. The material also talked about a special packing method was being deployed that packs 4 cars in a container with two sitting against big plastic frames in a open V like position in the center with then two more cars scooted under those two.
The point here I guess is I believe UPS is using both Matson and Pasha. Good luck to you and Papafox (and anyone else).

 

[Papafox]

I'm guessing the Matson and Pasha ships do about 20 knots underway, which would give them around 500 miles a day and just over 4 days en route time. The sail down to LA (if it takes place) would eat up some additional time, though.

I'll be very curious what Nanimac learns from Mac re the paperwork.