FYI, I forgot to mention, you can drop the Tesla drive unit and replace the bearings in there to get rid of the milling noise. I have done it.
Sadly it doesn't last forever because of a flaw in the design that was fixed in later revisions, but I've seen them do 60k miles. The Rav4EV is still a better car than a powerwall. On Sat, Jan 20, 2024 at 4:02 AM fred via EV <ev@lists.evdl.org> wrote: > As much as I like to do DIY stuff, -Phil-'s suggestion is wise. It would > have grated to have to hire muscle making it less DIY after all. The > insurance aspect escaped my alleged mind and certainly is an important > aspect. It's not like I have a hunting cabin in the woods, which still > would not justify the risk and difficulty. > This idea becomes immediately abandoned.Thanks very much for the input. I > like also things that result in less work for me! > > **************************Original Message: 6 > From: "(-Phil-)" <p...@ingineerix.com> > To: Electric Vehicle Discussion List <ev@lists.evdl.org> > > As much as I like to see DIY stuff, I'd recommend you just sell your Rav4EV > and use that to add some powerwalls. Not only is it a lot of work to make > something like this, it's also difficult to make it safe, and if something > bad happens and you have a house fire, you don't want the insurance company > denying your claim because you hooked a non-approved home-brew device to > your home's electrical system w/o permits, etc. > > The main problem is there are no good off-the-shelf solutions for inverters > with a proper control system. In addition, unless you fully > reverse-engineer the Tesla BMS in there, you'll have to roll-your-own, and > it's hard to do that safely, let alone easily and/or affordably. > > End of Original Message: 6 > > -------------- next part -------------- > An HTML attachment was scrubbed... > URL: < > http://lists.evdl.org/private.cgi/ev-evdl.org/attachments/20240120/59f3d5aa/attachment.htm > > > _______________________________________________ > Address messages to ev@lists.evdl.org > No other addresses in TO and CC fields > HELP: http://www.evdl.org/help/ > > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://lists.evdl.org/private.cgi/ev-evdl.org/attachments/20240120/e7c8fd06/attachment.htm> _______________________________________________ Address messages to ev@lists.evdl.org No other addresses in TO and CC fields HELP: http://www.evdl.org/help/
