40A is what’s necessary for the 8 hour chargers. Want to charge your 100kWh Tesla in a few hours, spend about $10K with the electric company and get them to pull another 100A to your house at 480v I think.
Rory From: Af [mailto:af-boun...@afmug.com] On Behalf Of Chuck McCown Sent: Monday, March 20, 2017 2:32 PM To: af@afmug.com Subject: Re: [AFMUG] OT Tesla 220/221 30 amp at least. I think I would wire a 40 or 50 amp circuit for it. From: Lewis Bergman Sent: Monday, March 20, 2017 3:29 PM To: af@afmug.com<mailto:af@afmug.com> Subject: Re: [AFMUG] OT Tesla For you guys with your fancy electric cars. I don't have one, Not sure I'll ever get one. But I am building a new house and want to make sure I allow for all the wild things that may take place one day. Is it just a 220 or something? On Mon, Mar 20, 2017 at 3:36 PM Chuck McCown <ch...@wbmfg.com<mailto:ch...@wbmfg.com>> wrote: E=MC^2 I think probably has a tad more energy than just the M... -----Original Message----- From: Robert Sent: Monday, March 20, 2017 2:33 PM To: af@afmug.com<mailto:af@afmug.com> Subject: Re: [AFMUG] OT Tesla It was a joke about the "Solar System" and as such is a birthright... On 3/20/17 9:06 AM, Rory Conaway wrote: > How much do you get paid for that. In Phoenix, it's pretty low and they > just added a $50 per month charge to connect to the grid. > > Rory > > -----Original Message----- > From: Af [mailto:af-boun...@afmug.com] On Behalf Of Robert > Sent: Monday, March 20, 2017 10:46 AM > To: af@afmug.com<mailto:af@afmug.com> > Subject: Re: [AFMUG] OT Tesla > > My solar system stores energy in the form of gravity potential... > > On 3/20/17 5:59 AM, Chuck McCown wrote: >> My solar system stores excess energy as credit on the bill. So I can >> use it anytime of day. >> >> *From:* Rory Conaway >> *Sent:* Monday, March 20, 2017 3:21 AM >> *To:* af@afmug.com<mailto:af@afmug.com> >> *Subject:* Re: [AFMUG] OT Tesla >> >> >> Our rate is 5.9 cents per kWh under a special program for electric car >> owners. >> >> >> >> Most of my wife’s driving is 70mph or less and more city driving than >> what you probably do. We probably charge 50 miles per day average and >> the car gets about 3.5-4m per kWh. >> >> >> >> Our worst rate is about 10.1 cents per kWh on peak during the week. >> Solar doesn’t help us in charging since the care is gone at 7:30am and >> doesn’t get home until after 6:30. >> >> >> >> Rory >> >> >> >> >> >> *From:*Af [mailto:af-boun...@afmug.com] *On Behalf Of *Chuck McCown >> *Sent:* Sunday, March 19, 2017 9:50 PM >> *To:* af@afmug.com<mailto:af@afmug.com> >> *Subject:* Re: [AFMUG] OT Tesla >> >> >> >> I am getting about 1 mile per percent. I never trust that display, I >> always use battery percentage. But I drive 80 mph everywhere, freeway. >> >> >> >> I am solar powered at my house and other people pay for the power other >> places I charge. So there is no cost of energy for me. >> >> >> >> But if I was paying, it would be about 12 cents per kWh (it can go as >> low as 8 cents depending on how you do it). So $3.60/charge or 3 >> cents per mile. (2.4 cents per mile at the lower tariff) >> >> >> >> Hyundai was getting 34 mpg. So 7.4 cents per mile. >> >> >> >> *From:*Rory Conaway >> >> *Sent:*Sunday, March 19, 2017 9:57 PM >> >> *To:*af@afmug.com >> >> *Subject:*Re: [AFMUG] OT Tesla >> >> >> >> So after 2 days with the Leaf and the 30Kw battery, our estimate is >> that it’s actually underrated or they have found other ways to save >> power. I definitely notice more aggressive regen control on eco mode >> but we are seeing 120-125 mile on the display even after using 5-8% of >> the >> battery. Considering you can drive one for about $4K a year, almost no >> maintenance, and about ¼ of the cost of gas, it’s got to be one of the >> best values out there. >> >> >> >> Rory >> >> >> >> *From:*Af [mailto:af-boun...@afmug.com] *On Behalf Of *Chuck McCown >> *Sent:* Saturday, March 18, 2017 9:08 AM >> *To:* af@afmug.com<mailto:af@afmug.com> >> *Subject:* Re: [AFMUG] OT Tesla >> >> >> >> I find it interesting they can upgrade a battery with software... >> >> >> >> *From:*can...@believewireless.net >> >> *Sent:*Saturday, March 18, 2017 10:06 AM >> >> *To:*af@afmug.com >> >> *Subject:*Re: [AFMUG] OT Tesla >> >> >> >> I highly doubt people were just buying the 75 as they say. Think this >> will hurt sales? They already did this to the Model X. >> >> Or are they hoping the Model 3 will fill the gap? >> >> >> >> On Sat, Mar 18, 2017 at 11:33 AM, Chuck McCown >> <ch...@wbmfg.com<mailto:ch...@wbmfg.com>> wrote: >> >> Interesting note from Tesla this morning: >> >> >> >> Customers who still want the opportunity to own a 60 kWh Model S will >> have until April 16, 2017 to place their order. Any 60 kWh Model S >> will have the ability to upgrade their battery to 75 kWh via an over >> the air update. >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >
