Recent content by zroger73

That's right - if you've got anywhere near 350 watts (the vehicle's overhead) of loss between your meter and the EVSE when charging at the maximum current, either something isn't up to code or is faulty. :)

I've long thought that changing filters based on time and/or distance traveled was a very poor method because there are too many other variables that determine filter life. A better method would be a run timer that prompts for a filter change. This method could be further improved by...

The highest possible because that is the most efficient due to the fixed overhead consumed by the vehicle when it is awake. https://www.teslaownersonline.com/threads/charging-amps.32633/post-406342

See this post earlier in this thread... https://teslamotorsclub.com/tmc/posts/7451850/

Ah HA... Just as I suspected/feared - that is the cheap and inappropriate RESIDENTIAL-grade Hubbell receptacle (RR450F) (actually, it's an RR450FW, which is the white version). It is NOT the recommended and appropriate INDUSTRIAL-grade Hubbell receptacle (9450A). Get that hazard out of the...

That was my very first thought. 1. What model of Hubbell NEMA 14-50 receptacle did your electrician install? They make two different versions - 9450A and RR450F. The 9450A has that number molded into the receptacle itself. If there is no number, it is the RR450F. Only the 9450A is suitable for...

Lectron ended up replacing two of these 40-amp chargers under warranty. Each time, they would work fine for about three months until the plugs started overheating causing the charging current to drop to 16 amps. Recently, the third one failed in the same manner. Lectron wanted to replace it with...

I'll bite if it rolls around as the standard, free color, but I'm not sure I could bring myself to pay $2,000 extra for it.

"As part of its court settlement with the California Air Resources Board (CARB) and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) for the DieselGate scandal, Volkswagen agreed to invest $2 billion in electric vehicle infrastructure in the US."...

Wasn't EA "forced" to install an EV charging network as punishment for cheating? When I got in trouble as a child and was forced to do something I didn't want to do as punishment, I'd do it, but it would be a half-assed job. :)

The saving grace for now is that Lindale has the older V2 chargers, which do not support non-Tesla vehicles.

Haha! The fangs were just a fun thing for Halloween…that kinda grew on me…so I left them. They started out as vinyl stickers my mom made then I made 3D printed versions. I rarely drive the car - 10K miles in 4.5 years and even less so after buying a Tesla a year ago.

Again, it's not that extension cords won't work - they certainly will. The issue is that if/when something does go wrong with the receptacle or the plug end of the extension cord, the EVSE won't know to cut back on charging current in an attempt to avoid a fire. This can happen regardless of the...

One difference is that you're not mowing continuously for 8 hours while everyone is asleep.

If you have a receptacle that overheats due to a defect, wear, or lose wire, for example, heat will transfer into the plug on the Mobile Connector where one of the temperature sensors is located so that the charging current can be reduced. If this happens while an extension cord is being used...