Re: [EVDL] Goodbye old friend.

On Sat 12/10/2022 16:27, Lawrence Rhodes via EV wrote: Getting a Tesla today.   https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=pfbid015DNVhN5YNaWoWgNYqTFnyrb1PpWzuozkdbAZADwH5cRubkQN5qYssmFF985haFNl=1274199338=mo=6aamW6 Lawrence Rhodes I don't suppose you can post that on something other than

[EVDL] Lightning

Just wondering.  Anyone on the list either have or have considered the Ford Lighting pickup? -- 73 - Jim Walls - K6CCC j...@k6ccc.org Ofc: 818-548-4804 AMSAT Member 32537 - WSWSS Member 395 ___ Address messages to

Re: [EVDL] Power/Energy misunderstanding

On 01/22/2022 09:19, Willie via EV wrote: I've been working on a power/energy description to try to correct some misconceptions a neighbor has revealed.  Suggestions on improvements solicited: https://wmckemie.blogspot.com/2022/01/powerenergy-confusion.html Commented... -- 73

Re: [EVDL] 500HP towing monster starting at $24k

On 10/18/2021 18:47, Lawrence Rhodes via EV wrote: https://cnevpost.com/2021/07/15/leap-motors-flagship-suv-c11-to-go-into-mass-production-in-october/   I thought this was an interesting example of what China is going to be putting out. Ford will have a hard time competing. Lawrence Rhodes

Re: [EVDL] Radio Noise Issue

On 10/14/2021 20:09, Mike Nickerson via EV wrote: It's possible to get reasonable radio reception on the FM band. I had a Honda del Sol conversion with an Elcon DC-DC converter that had reasonable reception on FM. FM is not a big problem.  AM is a HUGE problem.  Both the operating frequency

Re: [EVDL] Plaid S Tesla ends the ICE age.

On 06/12/2021 13:08, Lawrence Rhodes via EV wrote: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kUmkbzQ-BS0 From Tesla. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5zkIDLk9Qao Jay Leno runs the 1/4mile 17 Milliseconds off the world record time with the A/C on. Lawrence Rhodes

Re: [EVDL] Green car reports - illegible. - FIX

On 06/10/2021 10:33, Robert Bruninga via EV wrote: There is a "fix" under windows 10. Press and hold the left Shift and ALT keys and then press the prt-screen key.. It turns the screen into white font on black screen and LINKS become a highly visible yellow. No workie on my Windows 10. --

Re: [EVDL] small UPS

On 05/23/2021 18:16, Peri Hartman via EV wrote: Somewhat off topic... For some time, I've been meaning to get a small UPS to power my router, laptop, and other electronics in case of an emergency. Well, our power will be off monday for utility work and so I bought a small UPS. But, I'm

Re: [EVDL] Ford F-150 Reveal - Great for everyone!

On 05/21/2021 21:11, John Lussmyer via EV wrote: Which was one thing that had to be pointed out to a bunch of people when I converted my F250 to electric. I kept getting asked WHY I wanted such a huge inefficient vehicle when I could convert some econobox instead. Because you didn't want to

Re: [EVDL] Tesla Y Spare Tire location ?

On 05/16/2021 21:40, (-Phil-) via EV wrote: Yeah, to me a plug kit and a good compressor are all I need. IMO, it's pretty rare you get a flat you can't plug. Unless that flat is on the freeway.  By the time you can get slowed down, pull over and stop, the tire is trashed. And I agree with

Re: [EVDL] opinion article on hydrogen

On 05/09/2021 12:37, Lawrence Rhodes via EV wrote (in part): My case in point is over the last couple of years we have switched from natural gas for heating and cooking. It was the pandemic and we drove much less but with the use of electric space heaters, induction cooking, heat pump clothes

Re: [EVDL] Bloated Trucks/Suvs (one isn't)

On 04/24/2021 07:08, Peri Hartman via EV wrote: So, that gets back to the question of whether it's marketing or market response. For the same size vehicle, a minivan form is generally more practical. Take out he rear seats and you'll have 7 or 8 feet of flat space. Put them in and you can haul

Re: [EVDL] Solar Panels On EV

On 04/22/2021 10:09, EVDL Administrator via EV wrote: Also worth considering: the huge, jaw-dropping depreciation on some EVs should give us pause. That tells us what value vehicle customers actually attach to them, and it's not good news for the EV movement. Tesla is a notable outlier,

Re: [EVDL] EV trailer light wiring Bolt & Tesla

D, but due to the voltage regulating electronics. A series resistor is MUCH more reliable On Fri, Apr 2, 2021 at 1:08 PM Jim Walls via EV wrote: On 04/02/2021 09:57, Lee Hart via EV wrote: For fun, I just measured the current of my trailer's LED lights. At 12vdc: brake lights: 100ma each (has 8 LEDs i

Re: [EVDL] EV trailer light wiring Bolt & Tesla

On 04/02/2021 09:57, Lee Hart via EV wrote: For fun, I just measured the current of my trailer's LED lights. At 12vdc: brake lights: 100ma each (has 8 LEDs in each one) tail lights: 80ma each (has 12 LEDs in each one) side marker lights: 30ma each (has 4 LEDs in each one) So they apparently

Re: [EVDL] EV trailer light wiring Bolt & Tesla

On 03/31/2021 20:06, Lee Hart via EV wrote: Alan Arrison via EV wrote: Those LED's must not be very bright. 13V x .03A= .39W Maybe you meant 300ma? I dunno. Modern LEDs can be *very* bright at 30ma! Lee Agreed that a single LED with 30mA is very bright.  However a tail light is not a

Re: [EVDL] Tesla question for Phil

On 03/23/2021 12:55, Peter VanDerWal via EV wrote: Not counting the oven, dryer, or EV charging, my house does not use more than ~3kw. If I actively manage my loads I can keep it down below 1.5kw. Boy, I wish.  My minimum load is close to 2.5 KW.  I am really looking forward to my older son

Re: [EVDL] Tesla Y Operating manual on EBay

On 03/22/2021 15:31, Lee Hart via EV wrote: Like Mark, I prefer to have a real manual that I can read anywhere, any time. But I also know the modern way is for products to have *no* manual; you are expected to look everything up online. One advantage to a pdf manual.  When I am working on my

Re: [EVDL] DC/DC converter at Electronic Goldmine - solar

On 02/13/2021 12:24, Robert Bruninga via EV wrote: FWIW, I have a 72 volt UPS for some house backup power, but there are no cheap 72 volt solar chargers. So I plan on hooking up three DC/DC float power supplies set to 13.8 volts, one across each of the three 12v batteries. If it's a 72 volt

Re: [EVDL] Calculating nickel strip amp carrying power

On 02/08/2021 15:31, Peri Hartman via EV wrote: Just a thought, here. Years ago I played around with electronics using bread boards and wire wrapping. The wire wrap causes a really tight bond, I was told, at the molecular level. I wonder if you can do something similar for connecting cells. At

Re: [EVDL] A holiday puzzler

On 12/25/2020 13:21, Lee Hart via EV wrote: Merry Christmas, all! Here is a little Christmas puzzler I made for friends and family. I hope you enjoy it! Very clever.  I figured out half of it just by looking at the original picture.  Then the second

Re: [EVDL] EV drivers locked-out 1+hrs> network down

On 10/05/2020 08:18, Peri Hartman via EV wrote: Frankly, I think this is a good lesson for people who depend too much on their phones. Always carry the key, even if you don't actually use it. What happens if your phone stops working, or the battery runs down, or the servo in the car fails, or

Re: [EVDL] Leased-returned Mirai fcvs: Toyota fool cell fire sale.

On 08/31/2020 09:21, Peter VanDerWal via EV wrote: Are these a 'good' deal? I suppose that depends on where you live. For me, the nearest H2 fueling station is in San Diego, 500 miles away. I'm not driving 500 miles for fuel, even if it is free. When this original E-Mail came out a few days

Re: [EVDL] prius as generator

On 07/29/2020 16:35, Willie via EV wrote: Perhaps you can comment on some trouble I've run into. After observing that some microinverters worked on battery input and that string inverters worked well with combined strings of both east and west facing panels, I became convinced that a single

Re: [EVDL] Iota DLS-55 on a 96v battery

On 06/22/2020 20:55, Matt via EV wrote: Also, does anyone have one of the dual voltage plugs spare (described here: https://www.iotaengineering.com/pplib/dlsmanl.pdf illustration 3) Pretty sure it's just a single wire jumper in a telephone type plug.  So it would be easy to make.  On the

Re: [EVDL] .tw Tesla-3 plows into flipped hwy box-truck body @110kph (v)

On 06/02/2020 09:41, evln via EV wrote: https://autos.yahoo.com/watch-tesla-model-3-drive-213200447.html Watch a Tesla Model 3 drive into a flipped truck on a Taiwan highway June 1, 2020 ... a video that surfaced on Twitter shows a Tesla Model 3 driving, without waiver or interruption, directly

Re: [EVDL] : V2g for DIY EV's (economics)

On 05/28/2020 14:43, Mark Abramowitz via EV wrote: Without energy storage, you actually need *more* energy infrastructure. Why would you need more infrastructure to handle your peak load going down? -- 73 - Jim Walls - K6CCC j...@k6ccc.org Ofc:

Re: [EVDL] Stranded ICE assets

On 04/26/2020 19:55, Lee Hart via EV wrote: Yes, if you live in a big city (especially in California), seeing EVs is a daily occurrence. CA is reporting something like 15 EVs per 1000 people. Daily?  Here in the Los Angeles suburbs, I can't go more than a minute or two on the freeway without

Re: [EVDL] Battery spot welder

On 04/16/2020 03:36, Lawrence Rhodes via EV wrote: This is crude and the electrodes stick. However no big battery is needed. https://youtu.be/WSXHO7C1vaM maybe some one knows a better method. Maybe a better modification of this design. Lawrence Rhodes I had to laugh with him safety

Re: [EVDL] custom battery

On 04/14/2020 11:35, Lee Hart via EV wrote: For years I worked for Robertshaw and Honeywell designing furnace controls. A furnace control has to be DAMN fool proof, or it could (for example) open the gas valve without lighting the burner, fill the house with gas, and THEN light it. So the

Re: [EVDL] Ohio EV tax reduction

On 04/03/2020 22:12, EVDL Administrator via EV wrote: On 3 Apr 2020 at 19:03, Jim Walls via EV wrote: My truck gets about 12 mpg, so 1,250 gallons or $1,062.50 total of which $832.50 is state tax. That's a fair bit, but it seems to me that it might not be all that unfair or unreasonable

Re: [EVDL] Ohio EV tax reduction

On 04/03/2020 20:32, Peri Hartman wrote: Hmm. 15000 miles at 12mpg. That's 1250 gallons. At nominally $3/gal, that's 3750. On gasoline cost alone, 10 years would buy you a nice EV - model 3 or Bolt, for example. Ok, I'm not being quite fair since you do have to pay for electricity. But you

Re: [EVDL] Ohio EV tax reduction

Trying this one again.  Sent it this morning, but just got a failure message... On 04/03/2020 09:29, paul dove wrote: Well then . highest in the country it $58.7 a gallon. 6000 miles divided by 30 mpg is 200 gallons at 59 cents that's $116 Let's try the correct numbers.  California

Re: [EVDL] Ohio EV tax reduction

On 04/03/2020 08:53, Rod Hower via EV wrote: Ohio is one of several US states that impose taxes on EVs that are far higher than the amount paid in gas taxes by a typical driver of a legacy vehicle. A recently introduced bill aims to change that. Ohio’s current EV tax, which was enacted in

Re: [EVDL] (Keep EVs charged)> N.CA Counties power shutoff warning> Butte, El_Dorado, Nevada, Placer, Sutter, Yuba (v)

On 09/22/2019 19:43, Alan Arrison via EV wrote: Properly maintained equipment should not be producing any arcs let alone arcs big enough to start a fire. All the proper maintenance in the world wont prevent people from driving into poles - along with a host of other things. This includes

Re: [EVDL] (Keep EVs charged)> N.CA Counties power shutoff warning> Butte, El_Dorado, Nevada, Placer, Sutter, Yuba (v)

On 09/22/2019 17:12, Alan Arrison via EV wrote: I am amazed that the public would put up with this. It's a complex situation.  In short, answer under California law, an electric utility can be held liable for a fire even when there was zero negligence involved.  The result is that large

Re: [EVDL] Solar off grid with an EV? (transformers)

On 07/14/2019 10:41, Willie via EV wrote: I would be buying about 10kwh per night and paying about $.10/kwh.  Then, during the day, selling back at about $.06/kwh. That sucks (the buy vs sell cost ratio).  When I installed solar last year, I got switched to a Time Of Use account (did not

Re: [EVDL] Solar off grid with an EV?

On 07/13/2019 07:44, Jay Summet via EV wrote: Also, the PowerWall is able to "fake" the grid well enough that grid tie inverters will "powerup" and start to feed power back into what they believe is the "grid" but is instead the powerwall. (which accepts the power so that the voltage does not

Re: [EVDL] Making Fun of EV Owners: F-Tesla_chanting trucks ICEed/blocked all superEVSE @Sheetz.com NC store

On 12/30/2018 20:33, Tom Hudson via EV wrote: Does anyone on the list have links to legislation prohibiting non-EVs from parking in dedicated EV charging spots?  I'd like to try and get ahead of this problem here in Wisconsin and it would be great if I had some examples of such legislation

Re: [EVDL] Testing batteries

On 8/15/2018 5:32 PM, ROBERT via EV wrote: If someone wanted to test 300 - 400 NICAD or NIMH cells for capacity, how can it be done efficiently? I do not want to take 6 months charging and discharging one cell at a time. The purpose of the testing is to match cells so as to build a large

Re: [EVDL] Charging load on the grid (NOT)

On 7/29/2018 11:56 PM, Roger Stockton via EV wrote: My experience is that if you are in the habit of turning a light on when you enter a room and off when you leave, that CFLs will die *faster* than incandescents. If you leave a CFL on continuously, it will last much longer than if it is

Re: [EVDL] EVnewswire status: heart, again

On 2/25/2018 23:30, brucedp5 via EV wrote: afib heart problems, again ... I hope it goes well for you Bruce. -- 73 - Jim Walls - K6CCC j...@k6ccc.org Ofc: 818-548-4804 http://members.dslextreme.com/users/k6ccc/ AMSAT Member 32537 - WSWSS Member 395

Re: [EVDL] Nice video of Eva and the KillaJoule

On 6/1/2017 11:02, Bill Dube via EV wrote: EV Listers, BMW has compiled a _very_ artistic video clip from our collection videos of Eva and our electric sidecar the KillaJoule on the salt flats.

Re: [EVDL] Smart cruise control

Are you TRYING to get almost every driver on the road to hate you and create a road hazard for everyone else? Jim Original Message > From: "Lawrence Harris via EV" > Sent: Monday, February 27, 2017 1:53 PM > To: "Lawrence Rhodes"

Re: [EVDL] PG customers can get a $500 rebate if you own or lease an EV

On 1/13/2017 21:57, Danny Ames via EV wrote: Correct..! I'm going to place quotes around the URL as a test. "https://www.pge.com/en_US/residential/solar-and-vehicles/options/clean-vehicles/electric/clean-fuel-rebate-for-electric-vehicles.page?WT.mc_id=Vanity_cleanfuelrebate-ev; That worked...

Re: [EVDL] Electrical Safety...

This list is set up so that replies go to the originator rather than back to the list. If you don't remember to manually add the list into the address (or use "Reply all"), the list won't get the message. My personal opinion is that this is a dumb way to set up a list, but this is not my

Re: [EVDL] $52M/yr 'Quiet (Electrified) cars' alert-sound rules by 2019/09

Lee said (in part): > If we're going to set some new standard, I think it should apply to > *all* vehicles, ICE as well as EV. That will prevent EV-haters from > legislating obnoxious standard *on purpose* to discourage EVs. It would > also put the general public on our side, as they don't

Re: [EVDL] Ev scooter / bike sound generator

Unless it's quite loud (think - loud obnoxious motorcycle), the people in cars are not going to hear it anyway, so there is little point in trying to make it noisy from that perspective. If you are trying to warn pedestrians, your plan has merit, but from your description, that is not the

Re: [EVDL] This is one future for mass produced electric vehicles.

On 8/13/2016 11:29, Lawrence Rhodes via EV wrote: It's a matter of money. I am thinking of using a tandem recumbent bicycle with 20" wheels. This should support 750watts of solar. With a 7.5kw battery it will charge in 10 sunny hours. As a moped class vehicle it will have a very long

Re: [EVDL] PG's EV Charging Plan Still Angers Industry Players ...

44KW at 240V is about 185 amps (likely more because of conversion losses and voltage drop). That makes for very large wire. Jim Walls From: "paul dove via EV" Sent: Wednesday, August 3, 2016 12:59 PM To: "Cor van de

Re: [EVDL] EVLN: GM's 1st 200mi EV will launch as a driverless(autonomous) Lyft platform

--- Off list --- You said (in small part): > No one stops to realize the real autopilot (as used in aircraft) is little more than cruise control. And when you're in the vicinity of anything you could hit, you're not permitted to use it. Since when? I'll have to remember that next

Re: [EVDL] Best deal on Lead Acid for conversion?

Check your local Costco, or Sam's Club (if you are a member of one of those) or Walmat (if you're not a member of the former). Jim Walls From: "Robert Bruninga via EV" Sent: Wednesday, July 20, 2016 6:30 AM To: "Electric

Re: [EVDL] Aluminum cables

se, disclosure, distribution, or copying of any part of this message is prohibited. -Original Message- From: EV [mailto:ev-boun...@lists.evdl.org] On Behalf Of EVDL Administrator via EV Sent: Friday, April 15, 2016 12:57 PM To: Electric Vehicle Discussion List Subject: Re: [EVDL] Aluminum

Re: [EVDL] Aluminum cables

First Brucedp5 said: >> So is aluminum that such a good idea for power line/wiring use of any kind? Then David Roden responded: Aluminum wire has been used for larger (stranded) power cables for many decades, and it's given good service. You do have to size it larger because of its higher

Re: [EVDL] EVLN: Ludicrous Tesla-S vs Boeing 737 race> Qantas, Tesla pr-stunt

Mike said: > The author should read his own story before making some of his criticisms. > He commented: "Nevermind that the Tesla Model S can't even do 181 mph which > is the take off speed of this aircraft." But later in the story, it > mentioned that the takeoff speed is 140 knots, about

Re: [EVDL] What You Need To Know To Wire A Garage EVSE

On 3/7/2016 14:36, Jan Steinman via EV wrote: Y’mean like the cord and plug I wired to go into the dryer outlet… with a 15 kW generator on the other end? :-) I am careful to follow a certain sequence that begins with throwing the main breaker and genset breaker, then plugging the plug into

Re: [EVDL] UK grid too weak for 34M EVs (not when we stop pumping gas too!)

Ben, I did the same thing until I realized Bob was talking about per month. For a ballpark figure, Bob's figure is close enough. Jim From: "Ben Goren via EV" Sent: Friday, December 4, 2015 7:35 AM To: "Robert Bruninga"

Re: [EVDL] Any recent surveys or focus groups of EV owners? (burning coal?)

Having natural gas available to houses played a big part around here. Jim Walls From: "Lee Hart via EV" Sent: Tuesday, December 1, 2015 11:57 AM To: "Electric Vehicle Discussion List" Subject: Re:

Re: [EVDL] Any recent surveys or focus groups of EV owners? (burning coal?)

You do realize that regardless of whether you pay for clean power or not, makes absolutely no difference in how much power is generated from clean sources. Let me use some simple numbers for a demonstration. Let's say at any given time the load is 10,000 MegaWatts. At that same time,

Re: [EVDL] Any recent surveys or focus groups of EV owners? (burning coal?)

You do realize that regardless of whether you pay for clean power or not, makes absolutely no difference in how much power is generated from clean sources. Let me use some simple numbers for a demonstration. Let's say at any given time the load is 10,000 MegaWatts. At that same time,

Re: [EVDL] EVLN: Buying An Electric Car: Why Charging Rate, DC Quick-Charging Matter

Peri said: > Don't forget that there is a huge percentage, 30% to 50% depending on how you measure, who don't have consistent access to dedicated off street charging. Then Ben replied: > Almost all those people are apartment dwellers. And I think it's safe to suggest that, before long,

Re: [EVDL] Lithium batteries, media frenzy

On 10/13/2015 17:34, Alan Arrison via EV wrote: Is it just me or is the media in a frenzy over those horrible lithium ion batteries. Batteries that are used in billions of devices, safely, day in and day out. The copy writers love to use the line "they can catch fire and explode." They

Re: [EVDL] Same reporter bringing both anti e-Bike articles, was: Bu's e-wheely bad idea

Cor van de Water said (in part): This means that they law is giving serious trouble to the current wave of new bicycles, since it is almost impossible to buy a good bike without it having electric assist. When I walk into a bike shop in The Netherlands, the only bikes you will find on

Re: [EVDL] EVLN: How Tesla Sells the Model S EV in Norway (v)

I have to wonder why you advertise a high performance car by showing video of it creeping along the road? Jim From: brucedp5 via EV ev@lists.evdl.org Sent: Monday, June 15, 2015 1:24 AM To: ev@lists.evdl.org Subject: [EVDL] EVLN: How

Re: [EVDL] Supercharging is not the way.

On 5/14/2015 11:21 AM, Ben Goren via EV wrote (in part): No way is that station going to have a 20 MW feed from the grid...that's about 5% - 20% of the output of a utility-scale generating unit. And even the utilities themselves would have problems running such a facility because of the

Re: [EVDL] OT: Fireworks in Oct? ...

On 10/29/2014 21:55, brucedp5 via EV wrote: % OK, so it is getting about that time (of day) for this ol' man to start getting sleepy in the evening, and let the video recordings take over as I (hopefully) drift off to get a couple hours sleep, so that I can pump out a few select news items I